Big Foot chords by Johnny Cash
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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But the land was already claimed
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by a people
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When the cowboy came and when
the soldiers came
The story of the American Indi
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an is in a lot of ways
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A story of tragedy, like that day at Wounded Knee,
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Interlude 1
South Dakota
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Verse 2
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Big Foot was an Indian chief
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Of the Minneconjou band
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A band of Minneconjou Sioux
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From South Dakota land
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Big Foot said to Custer
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"Stay away from Crazy Horse"
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But Custer crossed into Sioux land
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And he never came back across
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Then Big Foot led his people
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To a place called Wounded Knee
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And they found themselves surrounded
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By the 7th Cavalry
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Verse 5
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Big chief Big Foot
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Rise up from your bed
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Minneconjou babies cry
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For their mothers lying dead
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Verse 6
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Big Foot was down with a fever
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When he reached Wounded Knee
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And his people all were prisoners
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Of the 7th Cavalry
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Two hundred women and children
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An d another hundred men
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Raised up a white flag of peace
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But peace did not begin
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An accidental gunshot
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And Big Foot was first to die
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And over the noise of the rifles
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You could hear the babies cry
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Verse 9
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Big chief Big Foot
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It's good that you can't see
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Revenge is being wrought
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By Custer's 7th Cavalry
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Then smoke hung over the canyon
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On that cold December day
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All was death and dying
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Around where Big Foot lay
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Farther on up the canyon
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Some had tried to run and hide
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But death showed no favorites
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Women, men, and children died
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One side called it a massacre
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The other a victory
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But the white flag is still waving
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Today at Wounded Knee
Verse 13
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Big chief
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Big Foot
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Your Minneconjou band
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Is more than remembered here
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In South Dakota land
Big Foot
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