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    "The Griot"genre: Acoustic
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    I met griots as a Peace Corps volunteer. Woody, Pete, Ledbelly, they were American griots. Historian, commentator, advocate and teacher, more than entertainers isn't that what Griots are?
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    CD: The Griot
    Credits: Words and Music, performance DKG

    Story Behind the Song
    The song has been percolating for almost a year. But this is as close as I have been able to come to it.

    I wanted to tell the story, the risk and value of the griot, who is teacher, story teller, historian, politician, poet and often soldier. I dared as well to be arrogant enough to pick up the mantle myself.

    Lyrics
    The Griot

    David Kendall Grant
    Monday, April 15, 2002

    C
    The Griot tells his story
    Am
    Tales of long ago
    G
    Heroes and bravery
    G-
    Love and woe


    He’s the living legacy
    The guardian of the past
    Sifting through history
    For truth along the path

    Chorus

    Dm Am
    Now who will paint the picture?
    Dm Am
    Of all that’s come to be
    F7 G-
    I guess, the only answer
    F7 C
    Is the Griot who lives in me

    There’s hope in his persuading
    His gentle entertaining
    That when you sit and listen
    You’ll get up and act

    His life is not a factor
    His voice only the vector
    But he knows that his feelings
    Are caught up in the facts

    Chorus




    Break

    A F7 A
    But when the men with guns appear
    A F7 A
    His is the voice they fear
    C
    Living like a gypsy
    G
    They’ve got to hunt him down
    C
    Oh Lorca, Lennon, Saro-wiwa
    G
    Your blood blessed hallowed ground


    Final Chorus
    So let us paint a mural
    Of life and love and peace
    Yes we have the answer
    In the Griot, you and me

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