How The West Was Lost Chords Version 2 - Richard Digance

Intro

Am Em Am Am F F Em Am Am Am F Em

Verse 1

Am Em Am Columbus made San Salvador in fourteen ninety two. F Am And the Pilgrims sailed for sanctuary and they arrived there too Em Am Be it not for the Indian those parties would have died F Am They welcomed the white man and they helped them to survive A E Columbus said such peaceful men could not resist or fight A D E7 E E E He said: a dead one’s good and he declared the new land white.

Chorus

C G C C Bury my heart at Wounded Knee F G C C Put the pieces back together, let them be E E7 Feed my body to the birds F F Let them eat my peaceful words C G C Won’t you bury my heart at Wounded Knee

Interlude

Am Am Am G F Em Am Am Am G F Em

Verse 2

Am G Em Am Two thousand of the Indians were sold for slavery F Am And the men that smiled and gave us corn became our enemy Em Am The Indian and Mexican had fought some time before F Am So the white man and his lies became extensions to their war. Am The rich vines where the birds once sang E Were sighted, cleaned and cleared A Am D E E E E And blood spilled through the canyons of the land we’d pioneered

Chorus

Interlude

Am Am Am G F Em Am Am Am G F Em

Verse 3

Am A Em Am We don’t care for your traditions, we don’t want your kids and wives F Am Progress stands beside us - we want your land and lives Am Em Am We built you reservations - You really can’t ask for more Am F Am And you’ve got to see it our way ‘cause that’s what the treaty’s for. Am A E There’s room enough for both of us - You’ve got to understand A D D E E E E And you’ve got to see it our way – We have thanked you for your land.

Chorus

Verse 4

C Am Em Am My name is Buffalo Bill C Am Em G They call me so ‘cause I killed ‘em at will C Em F I am the fastest gun in the West C Am F C There ain’t none faster – I am the best. Link Am Em G

Verse 5

C Am Em G Colonel Chivington is my name C Am Em G We moved our men to the buffalo plain C E F Gave Indians land where crops wouldn’t grow C Am F C Where hunting was scarce and streams wouldn’t flow Link Am Em G

Verse 6

C Am Em G Then came film of how the West was won C Am Em G How the bow and arrow got beat by the gun C Em F But Pilgrim Fathers prayed for our men C Am F C And nations fell and never rose again. Link Am Em G

Verse 7

C Am Em G I’m Crazy Horse, chief of the Sioux C Am Em G You gave us your word and we trusted you C Em F You took our land where our grandfathers died C Am F C C And all we have is our broken-down pride

Chorus

C G C C Bury my heart at Wounded Knee F G C C Put the pieces back together, let them be E E7 Feed my body to the birds F F Let them eat my peaceful words C G C G Won’t you bury my heart at Wounded Knee

Chorus