How the west was lost chords by Richard Digance
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Columbus
Verse 1
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made San Salvador in 1492
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And the pilgrims sent for sanctuary
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when they arrived there too
Bid not for the Indian,
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both parties wouldn't die
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They welcome the white man
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and they help them to survive
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Columbus said such peaceful men
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could not resist our fight
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He said a dead one's good
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and he declared the new land white
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Bury my heart, it wounded me
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Put the pieces back together,
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let them be
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Feed my body to the birds
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Let them eat my peaceful words,
won't you?
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Bury my heart, it wounded me
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2 ,000 of the Indians
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were self -enslaved
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and the men that smiled
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and gave us corn
became our enemy.
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The Indian and Mexican
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had fought some time before
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So the white man and his lies
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became extensions to their war
The rich pines where the
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birds once sang
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were sited, claimed and cleared
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And blood spilled through the canyons
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of the land we pioneered
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Bury my heart, wounded me.
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Put the pieces back together,
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let them be.
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Feed my body to the birds,
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let them eat my peaceful words,
won't you?
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Bury my heart, wounded me
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We don't care for your traditions
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We don't want your kids
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and wives
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Progress stands beside us,
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we want your land and lives
We've built you reservations,
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you really can't ask for more
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And you've got to see it our way,
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that's what the treaty's for
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There's room enough for both of us,
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you've got to understand
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And you've got to see it our way,
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we have thanked you for your land
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Carry my heart and put it near
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Put the pieces back together,
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let them be
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Feed my body to the birds,
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let them eat my peaceful words,
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won't you bury my heart that wounded me.
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My name is Buffalo Bill,
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they call me so
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because they killed them at will
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I am the fastest gun in the west,
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there ain't none faster,
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I am the best
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Colonel Chivington is my name
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We moved down then to the Buffalo plain
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Gave Indians land
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where crops wouldn't grow
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Where hunting was scarce and stream
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s wouldn't flow
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And then came film
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of how the West was won
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How the bow and arrow got
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beat by the gun
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When pilgrim fathers prayed for all men
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A nation fell and never rose
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again
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I'm Crazy Horse, Chief of the Sioux
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You gave us your word
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and we trusted you
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You took our land
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where our grandfathers died
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And all we have is our
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broken down pride
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Bury in my heart a wounded knee
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Push the pieces back together,
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let them be
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Feed my body to the birds
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Let them eat my peaceful words,
won't you
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Bury my heart and wound it deep
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Bury my heart and wound it deep
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Put the pieces back together,
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let them see
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Feed my body to the bird
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Let them eat my peaceful words,
won't you
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bury my heart and wounded heart?
How the west was lost
Richard digance
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