The Ballad Of Ira Hayes

The Ballad Of Ira Hayes easy guitar chords by Townes Van Zandt

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    • Verse 1
    D
    G
    A

    The liquor stores on the edge
    G

    of the reservations are made out of cement,
    D
    G
    D
    A
    D

    solid cement with iron doors.


    Come gather round me, people,
    G

    a story I'd like to tell
    Am

    About a brave young Indian
    A
    G

    that you should remember well
    D

    From a tribe of Pima Indians,
    G

    a proud and noble band,
    Am

    Farmed the Phoenix Valley
    A
    G
    D

    down in Arizona land.

    Down the ditches for ten thousand years
    G

    the sparkling waters rushed,
    A

    Then the white man stole the water rights
    Am
    G
    D

    and all the running waters hushed.

    The Naira's folks go hungry
    G

    and their farms grow crops of weeds
    Am

    When war came, Naira volunteered
    G
    D

    and forgot the white man's greed

    Call him drunken Naira Hayes,
    G

    he won't an swer any more
    A

    Not the whiskey -drinkin' Indian,
    G
    D

    the Marine that went to war
    A
    G

    They battled up Iwo Jima Hill, 250 men
    Am
    A

    And only 27 lived to
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    D

    walk back down again

    And when that fight was over,
    G

    an d when old glory raised
    Am
    A

    Well, among the men that held her high
    G
    D

    was the Indian Ira Hayes

    You call him drunken Ira Hayes,
    G

    he can't answer anymore
    A

    Not the whiskey -drinkin' Indy,
    G
    D

    the Marine that went to war

    Well, Ira came back a hero
    G

    He was celebrated throughout the land
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    He was whined and speeched

    and honored
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    G
    D

    Everybody shook his hand

    But he was just a Pima Indian
    G

    Had no money, no home, no chance
    A

    In Arizona, no one cared

    what Ira had done
    G
    D

    It's when did the Indians dance

    And so Ira started drinkin' hard
    A
    G

    and jail was off in his home
    Am

    They let him raise the flag and lower it
    A
    G
    D

    Like you'd throw a dog or bone
    Bb
    D

    Well, he died drunk early one morning
    G

    All alone in this land he'd fought to save
    Am
    A

    Two inches of water in a lonesome ditch
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    D

    was a grave for Ira Hayes

    Call him Drunken Ira Hayes,
    G

    he won't an swer any more
    A

    Not the whiskey -drinkin' Indian,
    Am
    A
    G
    D

    the Marine that went to war

    Yeah, call him drunken Ira Hayes,
    G

    but his land is still as dry
    A

    And his ghost is lying thirsty
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    D
    A
    D

    inside the ditch where Ira died
    G

    Thanks.

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