Key: F# minor•
Verse 1
F#m
His father was a man
who could never understand
never came down
Verse 2
the snow had disappeared
Verse 3
Bm
white man said
white man did
the government store
he come to his end
C#
F#m
from Cherokee Bend.
Verse 4
F#m
Now the mother was alone and the
winter was at hand
in the Kentucky hills
C#sus4
F#m
On the day when the boy came in
Verse 5
it covered up the door
Verse 6
never would end
of the terrible affair
Verse 7
Bm
white man said
white man did
Verse 8
and three long nights
and her weavin'
Verse 9
F#m
Now the boy wasn't big but
he hunted what he could
meat went bad
C#
F#m
And she said to the boy one day
Verse 10
I never will return
and trade what you can
Verse 11
Bm
closed her eyes
Bm
He found her a place on the side of the hill
Verse 12
F#m
seen in the town
stood once again
Verse 13
F#m
He was ten years tall and a Redskin too
laughed and they clowned
C#sus4
At the talk of a criminal's grave
Verse 14
man from the east didn't
smile when he said
then you better abide
Verse 15
Bm
white man said
white man did
Verse 16
F#m
government store
had taken him away
Verse 17
F#m
It's been 21 years since
the boy disappeared
a man named Jim
C#
C#sus4
F#m
And he rides in the rodeo s
Verse 18
alone to a place
hauled up the stone
Verse 19
Bm
white man said
white man did
Verse 20
F#m
government store
had a friend
C#sus4
C#
When he died by the rope
It was 1910 and they never had a friend
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsF#m A C#sus4 Bm C#
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