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