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Lakota Sioux by Matt Fockler
Lakota Sioux
Tuning: E A D G B E
Key: Am
[Intro]
Am F Am
E7 Am
[Verse 1]
Am G Am
Summer is changing. Fall is in the air.
F Am G
The geese are in migration. You can hear them up there.
Am
The prairie''''s golden brown. The leaves are falling down.
F
The fawns have lost their spots
Am
and the temperature''''s dropping down.
[Chorus]
E7
It was a big day I suppose when the Indians chased the buffalo.
E7
Across the prairie in herds they''''d go, ''''til the blood began to flow
Am
and they went down.
[Verse 2]
Am
We ain''''t got no time, no waste no time.
F Am
We got a lot of lives we got to keep in line.
Am
Pretty soon the snow''''s gonna fly.
Am
You don''''t feed them, your people gonna die.
[Chorus]
E7
It was a big day I suppose when the Indians chased the buffalo.
E7
Across the prairie in herds they''''d go, ''''til the blood began to flow
Am
and they went down.
[Verse 3]
Am
They like to paint their face. They like to paint their paints.
F Am
They like to decorate everything up and celebrate.
Am
They like to congregate in a beautiful place,
F Am
dress themselves in feathers and leathers and dream their fates.
[Chorus]
E7
So it was a big day I suppose when the Indians chased the buffalo.
E7
Across the prairie in herds they''''d go, ''''til the blood began to flow
Am
and they went down.
[Verse 4]
Am
Then the cavalry came to take their land away.
F Am
Hell, they lied and died and lost every battle but got their way.
Am
Then they took their souls when they took the buffalo.
F Am
And they took their families blankets riddled with the pox, and so
[Chorus]
E7
it was a big day I suppose when Custer went in for the close
E7
and found himself with his pants down as the Indians rode around
Am
and took him down.
[Verse 5]
Am
We ain''''t got no time, no to waste no time.
F Am
We got a lot of lives we got to keep in line.
Am
Pretty soon the snow''''s gonna fly.
Am
You don''''t feed them, your people gonna die.
[Chorus]
E7
It was a big day I suppose when the Indians chased the buffalo.
E7
Across the prairie in herds they''''d go, ''''til the blood began to flow
Am
and they went down.
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