The Ballad Of Ira Hayes chords by
Kate Campbell

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Key: A major•

Verse 1

G

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Em

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C

C

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Am

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Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, ooh,

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D

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C

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ooh, ooh, ooh, oo h.

Gather round me people,

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there's a story I would tell

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D

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G

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About a brave young Indian

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you should remember well.

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From the land of the Pima Indian,

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a proud and noble band,

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who farmed the Phoenix Valley

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in the Arizona land.

Down the ditches for a thousand years,

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the water grew Irish people's crops,

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till the white men stole the water rights

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C

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and the sparkling water stopped.

Now Ira's folks were hungry,

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and their land grew crops of weeds.

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D

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When war came, Ira volunteered

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and forgot the white man's greed.

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Call him Drunken Ira Hayes,

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C

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he won't answer anymore.

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D

D

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Not the whiskey drinkin' Indian,

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or the Marine that went to war.

There they battled up Iwo Jima's Hill,

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250 men,

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but only 27 lived to walk

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back down again.

When the fight was over,

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and when old glory raised,

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among the men who held it high was was the Indian,

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G

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Ira Hayes.

Ira Hayes returned a hero,

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celebrated through the land.

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D

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He was wined, speeched,

and honored,

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C

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and everybody shook his hand.

But he was just a Pima Indian.

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C

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No water, no home, no chance.

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D

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Home nobody cared what Ira'd done.

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C

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G

G

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And when did the Indians dance?

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Em

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Callin' drunken Ira Hayes

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C

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He won't answer anymore

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Am

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D

D

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Not the whiskey drinkin' Indian

C

C

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G

G

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Or the Marine that went to war

Then Ira started drinkin' hard

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C

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And Joe was off to his home

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D

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They'd let him raise the flag and lower it

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G

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D

D

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C

C

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Like you'd throw a dog a bone

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He died drunk early one morning,

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alone in the land he fought to save

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D

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Two inches of water in a lonely ditch

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C

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G

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was a grave for Ira Hayes

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Em

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Call him Drunken Ira Hayes

C

C

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He won't answer anymore

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Am

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D

D

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Not the whiskey drinkin' Indian

C

C

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G

G

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or the marine that went to war

Yeah, call him drunken Ira Hayes,

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C

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but his land is just as dry

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D

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G

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And his ghost is lyin' thirsty

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G

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in the ditch where Ira died

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C

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Am

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D

D

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C

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G

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C

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We You

Outro 1

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D

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Capo: 2

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