Cherokee Trail of Tears chords by Geoff Oelsner
Verse 1
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Am
Dm
Well, I'm gone, and it's hard to be gone.
G
Am
See, it was good to live here, on and on.
Dm
We struggled along,
G
as we walked the Cherokee
Am
Trail of Tears.
G
White men stole harnesses,
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rifles, and hoes,
G
Our gristmills and spinning wheels,
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baskets,
Dm
Our ducks and geese, log chains,
C
Am
shovels, and plows,
Dm
Pots, kettles, plates,
E
quilts, and blankets
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Our terrified children,
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our dear ones in fear
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E
Dragged from our cabins in Georgia
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We were torn from our homelands
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and penned in stockades
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E
Taking only the clothes that we wore
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And I'm gone
Dm
G
And it's hard to be gone
Am
See, it was good to live here
On and on
Dm
We struggled along
G
Am
As we walked the Cherokee Trail again
G
The teams were stretched out
Am
in a line on a road
G
Ran through the Tennessee
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A
Am
forest
Dm
The chief going snake
C
Dm
Am
mounted his pony and led
Dm
E
As low thunder groaned from the west,
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But though the sun was unclouded,
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a dark spiral cloud
C
E
Em
Rose from the western horizon.
Am
As many the thousands be
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gin our death track,
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E
Thunder, grumble, divine indignation,
Am
Dm
and I'm gone.
G
And it's hard to be gone,
Am
to see it was good to live here.
Dm
On and on, we struggled along
G
as we walked
Am
G
Am
G
The Cherokee Trail of Tears
Am
Dm
C
Dm
Am
Dm
E
Em
Am
G
Am
Later the full -bloods told how it was
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Am
A long time we traveled the trail
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Children they weep and
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G
Am
many men cry
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E
Women they make great said, well
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Oh, we just keep our heads down
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and keep on going towards west.
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E
Many days pass, people die much.
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We bury the fallen ones
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close to the trail.
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Dear country, no, do us justice.
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Am
And I'm gone,
Dm
G
and it's good to be gone
Am
See, it was hard to die here, on and on
Dm
We struggle along
G
as we watch the Cherokee
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G
Am
Trail of Tears.
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Snow choked the yawning
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mouth of the dawn
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Am
Streaked the bending horizon
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As down on the frozen ground
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G
Am
we staggered along,
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E
Snow clouds concealed a cold moon.
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By 1839, many thousands had died,
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When our tribe reached
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the new territory.
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The pneumonia, starvation, exhaustion,
and grief
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E
The wind still keens over our bones
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And I'm gone
Dm
G
And it's hard to be gone
Am
It was good to live here, on and on
Dm
G
We struggled along as we walked
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The Cherokee Trail of Tears
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Cherokee Trail of Tears
Geoff Oelsner
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