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The Ballad Of Ira Hayes easy guitar chords by 
Kris Kristofferson
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Verse 1
G
Ira Hayes, Ira Hayes
Call him drunken Ira Hayes
C
He won't answer anymore
D
Not the whiskey -drinkin' Indian
G
Nor the marine that went to war
Gather round me, people
C
There's a story I would tell
D
About a brave young Indian
G
you should remember well
From the land of the Pima Indian,
C
a proud and noble man
D
Who farmed the Phoenix Valley
G
and Arizona land
Down the ditches for a thousand years
C
the water grew Irish people's crops
D
Till the white man stole
the water rights,
G
and the sparkling water stopped.
Now Ira's folks were hungry,
C
and the land grew crops of weeds.
D
When the war came, Ira volunteered,
G
and forgot the white man's greed.
Call him drunken Ira Haines,
C
if he won't answer anymore.
D
Not the whiskey -drinkin' Indians
G
or the marine that went to war
There they battled up Iwo Jima's Hill,
C
two hundred and fifty men
D
But only twenty -seven lived
G
to walk back down again
When the fight was over
C
and when old glory raised
D
Among the men who held it high
G
was the Indian, Ira Hayes.
Call him drunken, Ira Hayes,
C
he won't answer any more.
D
Not the whiskey -drinking Indian,
G
nor the marine that went to war.
Ira returned a hero,
C
celebrated through the land.
D
He was whined and speeched
and honored,
G
everybody shook his hand.
But he was just a Pima Indian,
C
no water, no crops, no chance.
D
At home nobody cared what I was done,
G
when did the Indians dance?
Call him drunken I will hate,
C
he won't answer anymore.
D
Not the whiskey -drinkin' Indian
G
nor the marine that went to war
C
Then Iris started drinkin' hard,
Jill was off in his home
D
He let him raise the flag
G
and lower it like he'd throw a dog a bone
He died drunk one morning,
C
alone in the land he fought to save
D
Two inches of water in a lonely dish
G
was a grave for Ira Hayes.
Call him Drunken Ira Hayes,
C
you won't answer any more.
D
Not the whiskey -drinkin' Indian
G
or the marine that went to war.
Yeah, call him Drunken Ira Hayes,
C
but his land is just as dry,
D
And his ghost is lyin' thirsty
G
in the ditch where Ira died.
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