Drums

G C G From the Indian reservation to the governmental school C G D7 G Well they're goin' to educate me to the white men's Golden Rule G C G And I am learning very quickly for I've learned to be ashamed C G D7 G And I come when they call "Billy" though I've got an Indian name G C And there are Drums beyond the Mountain There are Drums that you G cannnot hear C G D7 There are Drums beyond the Mountain and they're getting mighty G near G C And when they thought that they had changed me cut my hair to G meet their needs C G D7 G Will they think I'm white or Indian quarter Blood or just half breed G C G Let me tell you Mr teacher when you say you'll make me right C G D7 G In five hundred years of fighting not one Indian turned white G C And there are Drums beyond the Mountain There are Drums that you G cannnot hear C G D7 There are Drums beyond the Mountain and they're getting mighty G near G C Well you thought that I knew nothing when you brought me here to G your school C G D7 G Just another empty Indian just America's first fool G C G But now I can tell you stories that are burnt and dried and old C G D7 G But in the shadow of their telling walks the Thunder proud and bold G C And there are Drums beyond the Mountain There are Drums that you G cannnot hear C G D7 There are Drums beyond the Mountain and they're getting mighty G near G C G Long Pine and Sequoia Handsome Lake and Sitting Bull C G D7 G There's Magnus Colorado with his sleeves so red and full G C G Crazy Horse the legend those who bit off custer's Soul C G D7 G They are dead yet they are living with the great Geronimo G C And there are Drums beyond the Mountain There are Drums that you G cannnot hear C G D7 There are Drums beyond the Mountain and they're getting mighty G near G C G Well you may teach me this land's hist'ry but we taught it to you first C G D7 We broke your Hearts and bent your journeys broken treaties left us G cursed G C G Even now you have to cheat us even though you think us tame C G D7 G In our losing we found proudness in your winning you found shame G C And there are Drums beyond the Mountain There are Drums that you G cannnot hear C G D7 There are Drums beyond the Mountain and they're getting mighty G near