Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee chords by Indigo Girls
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Indian legislation's on
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the desk of a do right congressman
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And he don't know much about the issues
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so he picks up the phone
And asks the advice of the senator
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out in Indian country
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A darling of the energy
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companies ripping off
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What's left of the reservation
Verse 2
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I learned the safety rule
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I don't know who to thank
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Don't stand between the reservation
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And the corporate bank
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They're sending federal tanks
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It isn't nice but it's reality
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Bury my heart at wounded
Verse 3
knee
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I said deep in the earth
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Won't you cover me with pretty lies
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Bury my heart at wounded knee
Verse 4
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We got these energy companies
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Who want to take the land
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And we got churches by the dozens
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Trying to guide our hands
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And turn our mother earth
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Over to pollution war and greed
No no
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Bury my heart at wounded
Verse 5
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knee
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Bury my heart at wounded knee
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I said deep in the earth
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Bury my heart at wounded knee
Won't you cover me with
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pretty lies
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Bury my heart at wounded knee
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Bury my heart at wounded knee
Verse 6
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We got the federal marshals
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We got the covert spies
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We got the liars by fire
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And the FBI
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They lie in court and get nailed
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And still Leonard Peltier goes
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off to jail
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(the bullets don't match the gun)
Verse 7
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Bury my heart at wounded knee
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An eighth of the reservation
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Bury my heart at wounded knee
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Was transferred in secret
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Bury my heart at wounded knee
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We got your murder and intimidation
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Bury my heart at wounded knee
Verse 8
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My girlfriend anna may
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Talked about uranium
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Her head was full of bullets
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And her body dumped
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The FBI cut off her hands
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And told us she died of exposure
Verse 9
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To bury my heart at wounded knee
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Bury my heart at wounded knee
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I said deep in the earth
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Bury my heart at wounded knee
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Won't you cover me with your pretty lies
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Bury my heart at wounded knee
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Bury my heart at wounded knee
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Bury my heart at wounded knee
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Talk about a revolution
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They stole my land
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They won't steal my soul
Verse 10
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We had the gold rush wars
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Why didn't we learn to crawl'
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And now our history gets written
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in a liar's scrawl
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They tell me "don't be so uptight
I mean honey you can still be an Indian
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Down at the y on saturday night''
Verse 11
Bury my heart at wounded knee
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Bury my heart at wounded knee
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I said deep in the earth
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Bury my heart at wounded knee
Won't you cover me with
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your pretty lies
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Bury my heart at wounded knee
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Bury my heart at wounded knee
Verse 12
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Bury my heart
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It was an eighth of the reservation
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Bury my heart
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Yeah was transferred in secret
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Bury my heart
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Got your murder, murder,
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murder and intimidation
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Bury me
Bury me
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Bury me
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Bury my heart
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Bury my heart
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Bury my heart
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Bury my heart
Outro 1
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
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