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The Song Of Chief Joseph chords by
James Talley
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Key: D major•
Verse 1
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I have no ponies left to ride,
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there are no visions in my mind
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The sky is broken,
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the moon is down, there is darkness
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And I will pray to the morning star
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Pray that I might carry on
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Give me wisdom, give me life,

give me courage
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Once this great land was my home
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Where my people freely roam
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Now the world is torn apart
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There is darkness
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My name is Joseph, this is my story
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I didn't want fame, I didn't seek glory

My father's land, I will defend it
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With my life, with my hand

We were on our way

To the reservation, forced to go
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Our homes abandoned,

my people's hearts
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They were breaking, my young men killed
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And the war was on

The army found us in White Bird Canyon
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We were camped on the Salmon River

One hundred men we did defeat
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And away to death, to death we rode

Day and night they pursued us
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along the rivers of the bitter root
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We're young and old, the trail was brutal
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but we were running for our lives

Then one cold dawn in the big hole valley
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their bullets rang
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In a deadly violent, so many died
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I can't remember, we fought them off,
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and we rode on

Across the divide, they came after
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Down the val ley, into Yellowstone

Down the steps of

Clark's Fork Canyon
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Through the land of the crow
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Up the mussel shell

Across the Missouri at Cow Island
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Twelve hundred miles
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we'd run and fall

Headed north to the Bearfall Mountains
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And it was there our love ran out

Five days and nights

we stood
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and fought the bitter wind
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Freezing snow,

we shot each other all to pieces
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Till a fluke ran out, the ammunition gone

My heart is sick, sad and heavy
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My children freezing, so many gone
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I'll fight no more, no more forever
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Where the sun now stands,
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I will fight no more

I hear the thunder from the mountains
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I see the blood there on the plain

I feel a sorrow never -ending
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Among the tears of everlasting pain

I have no ponies left to ride
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There are no visions in my mind
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The sky is broken, the moon is down,
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there is darkness
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I will pray to the morning star,
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pray that I might carry on
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Give me wisdom, give me light,
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give me courage
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Once this great land was my home
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My people freely roam
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Now the world is torn apart,
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there is darkness,
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I will fight no more,
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I will fight no more, no more forever.

This is a song that

I wrote about my father.

My father worked in the Hanford

plutonium factory.

He worked in the reactor

as a chemical operator,

and after we left Washington,


shortly thereafter,

he continued to have problems with his health

and died rather prematurely

at age 57.

And years ago when I had two little boys


I wrote this song I guess to explain

it to them and to myself.

It's called Richland, Washington.

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Frequently asked questions

The original key of The Song Of Chief Joseph by James Talley is D major.

The primary chords used in The Song Of Chief Joseph are D, G, Em, Bm, A.

No capo is required for this song.

Yes, this version uses open chords like D, G, Em, Bm, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

The tempo of The Song Of Chief Joseph is approximately 54 beats per minute.

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