On Wounded Knee

E5 (distorted guitar noise) E5 G5 Back of the napkin scratch out D5 A5 The words that I’ve learned E5 G5 But they don’t come, just cracks and hums D5 A5 Like nothing I’ve ever heard E5 G5 No place to stay no fire or rain D5 A5 No number or ratio E5 G5 A5 No gauge to give a warning sign E5 D5 A5 No gauge to give a warning sign E5 G5 I guess we all should have known D5 A5 What the downside might be E5 G5 As we swore and prayed and stood and gazed D5 A5 At some beast we never did see E5 G5 Coming winter’s chill in Charlottesville D5 A5 With no leg to stand on E5 G5 A5 That’s about where I draw the line E5 D5 A5 Yeah, that’s about where I draw the line D5 A5 Scrape off the time elapse D5 A5 Push myself right up to the collapse B5 D5 A5 Will you know me when I’m down on wounded knee? E5 D5 A5 Will you know me when I’m down on wounded knee? E5 G5 Well the blood ran down and covered up D5 A5 Everyone I’ve ever known E5 G5 With mangled hands and best laid plans D5 A5 My my haven’t we grown E5 G5 Back to the mirrors where we can’t hear D5 A5 The screams and shouts below E5 G5 A5 Well, I tell you boys it’s about time E5 D5 A5 Yeah boys it’s about that time CHORUS II D5 A5 Scrape off the time elapse D5 A5 Bend and run, under the wires and traps B5 D5 A5 Will you know me when I’m down on wounded knee? E5 D5 A5 Will you know me when I’m down on wounded knee? E5 G5 D5 A5 3x E5 G5 A5 E5 D5 A5 E5 E5 D5 There are high towers and deep wells E5 G5 D5 There are strokes and heart attacks and spells B5 D5 A5 Will you know me when I’m down on wounded knee? E5 D5 A5 Will you know me when I’m down on wounded knee? CHORUS III D5 A5 Scrape off the time elapse D5 A5 Take the good, and the rest we'll sell for scrap B5 D5 A5 G5 A5 Will you know me when I’m down on wounded knee? E5 D5 A5 G5 A5 Will you know me when I’m down E5 G5 E5 On wounded knee 3x E5 G5 E5 E5 G5 E5 E5 G5 E5 On wounded....... knee E5 G5 E5 4x