Wounded Knee chords by Joe Ely

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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I took a bride in the bad (C major) lands  (D major) 
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in  (C major)  (D major) 1852
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She was warm as the  (C major) morning sun
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That shone in the morning  (D major) in the dew
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There wars up on  (C major) our land  (D major) 
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We could not settle down  (C major) 
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The  (D major) years went by
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We  (C major) watched our people die
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We laid them in  (D major) the ground

Verse 2

I watched my sons grow

tall and strong

But one by one they fell

My daughters were raped by the Calvary

I wish them all to hell

I wished them all to hell

Verse 3
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 (G major) 
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Custer said to Crazy  (F major) horse  (G major) 
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Wolves are on your  (F major) heel
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 (G major) Crazy horse said the wolves  (F major) will howl
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When they see you  (G major) Kneel

Interlude 1

Verse 4
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 (D major) The Battles are raging and
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 (C major) the bullets flew  (G major)  (C major)  (D major) 
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and the skies turned  (C major) red  (D major) 
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The men all fought un (C major) to the end
The women and the children fled
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 (D major) 

Verse 5
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When sitting Bull was  (C major) killed
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in the stockade  (D major) 
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For the crime of being  (C major) proud
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 (D major) The people all went with  (C major) big Foot to find
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The renegade Chief Red  (D major) cloud

Verse 6
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 (D major) 
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I caught a bullet in  (C major) my knee  (D major) 
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I passed out from the pain  (C major)  (D major) 
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When I finally came  (C major) again
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They said my wife had  (D major) been slain
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They  (C major) said my wife had been  (D major) slain

Verse 7
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Custer did to crazy  (F major) horse  (G major) 
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Can you feel my blood  (F major) on your heels
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 (G major) Crazy horse said the sound  (F major) of a heartbeat
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is a sound you'll never feel  (G major) 

Interlude 2

Verse 8

they dug a grave in the back

of the church

Verse 9

laid my people in the ground

Buried my wife and my last long son

I hung my heavy head down

Verse 10
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The medicine man he  (C major) gathered
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us together  (D major) 
Distance in his eyes
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 (C major)  (D major) and before he  (C major) spoke a word
He raised his hands to the sky
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 (D major) 

Verse 11
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Through our battles  (C major) have been lost  (D major) 
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No one has  (C major) been won  (D major) 
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Though it be a hundred  (C major) years
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We will overcome  (D major)  (C major) 
We will overcome
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 (D major) 

Verse 12
He lifted his head and he
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said  (C major) once more  (D major) 
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Turn your eyes to the  (C major) east  (D major) 
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Soon the morning  (C major) sun will come
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No war can cause to  (D major) cease
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 (C major) No war can cause to cease.