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