Chords for Buffy Sainte Maire - "My country 'Tis Of Thy People You're Dying"

[N] _ _ _ [G#] Now that your big eyes [F#] are finally [B] open _ _ _ _
_ [C#m] Now [A] that you're wondering how must they feel
Meaning them that [G#] you've chased across [B] America's movie screens _ _
_ [C#m] Now [A] that you're wondering
_ [G#]
How can [A] it be real?
That [B] the ones you've called [G#] colorful
_ [F#] noble and [B] proud in your [C#m] school
[A] propaganda _
_ _ They [C#m] starve [A] in their splendor
_ _ [F#] _ You've [G#] asked for my [F#] comment.
I simply will [B] render _ _
_ _ _ _ my [F#] country
[B] of _ thy people [F#]
you're [B] dying _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Now
_ that the [G#] _ _ longhouses breed [B] superstition
_ You [C#m] force us to [A] send [C#m] our toddlers
[A]
Away to [B] your schools where they're [G#] taught [F#] to despise their [B] traditions
_ [C#m]
Forbid them [A] their
_ languages [C#m] then further [A] say [B] that American [F#] history
_ _ _ Really [B] began when [C#m] _ Columbus [A] set sail out of [C#m] Europe and
stress [B] that the nation of
[G#] leeches [F#] that's conquered [B] this land [C#m] are the biggest and
[A] bravest [C#m] and boldest [A] and best [B] and yet where in your [G#] history
_ [F#] books is [B] the tale of the [C#m] genocide
[A] _ basic [C#m] to this country's [A] birth [B] of the preachers who [G#] lied how [F#] the Bill of Rights
[B]
failed how [C#m] a nation [A] of
[C#m] Patriots returned to their earth [B] and where will it [F#] tell a
_ Liberty [B]
Bell [C#m] as in her hang with [A] a fraud [C#m] or the kinsmen
_ [A] _ [B] and a brave uncle
[F#] _ _ _ _ Sasko [B] this year _ my country tears of [E] thy people [B] you're dying _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Here how _ [G#m] _ _ [F#] was made [B] for the West with her
_ [C#m]
shivering
[A] _ children [C#m] in zero _
[A] _ degrees
_ [B] Blankets [G#] for your land.
[F#] So the treaties a [B] test.
Oh, [C#m] well
Blankets for [A] land is a [C#m] bargain [A] indeed
[B] And the blankets [G#] were those uncle [F#] Sam had [B] collected
from [C#m] _ smallpox [A] disease [C#m] dying
_ That day [B] and the tribes were [G#] wiped out and [F#] the history books [B] censored a
[C#m] Hundred years of your [A] statesmen have felt [C#m] it's better this [A]
way
[B] Yet a few
_ [G#] _ _ _
_ [F#] _ [B] Somehow survived their blood [A] runs the redder [C#m] though genes have been [A] paled
[B] from the Grand _ [G#] Canyon's
To _ [F#] _ Craven [B] sad hills the [C#] wounded _ [A] losers [C#m] the robbed sing [A] their tale
[B] To _ _
[G#] _ _ _ [F#] _ upstate [B] New York the [C#m] white nation
[A] _ fattens [C#m] while others _ [A] Broly
[B] _ _
They [G#] _ _ [F#] know what [B] I mean
_ my
Country tears of my people you're dying _
It _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G#] just crumbled [F#] the future [B] just threatens [C#m] our [A] lifeblood shut up in [C#m] your
chemical _ [A] tanks and
[B] _ _ _ [G#] Bill [F#] of sale in your [B] hand and [C#m] surprise in [A] your eyes
[C#m] That we're [A] lacking in thanks for [B] the blessings of
[F#] _
_ Civilization [B] you brought us the [C#m] lessons [A] you've taught us
[C#m] The ruin [A] you brought us.
[B] Oh see what [G#] our trust [F#] in
_ [B] America's bought us _ my [F#] country
_ [B] People _ _ _ you're dying _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Now the
[G#] _ side of [F#] the sires
[B] receives charity _
_ [C#m] now
That [A] we're harmless _ [C#m] and safe [A] behind laws _ _
[B] now
_ That [G#] my life [F#] to be known as [B] your heritage
_ [C#m] _ now
_ [A] Even _ [C#m] the _ [D] graves have been [F#] robbed
_ [B] now
that our [G#] own
[F#]
Chosen way is a [B] novelty _
_ [C#m] hands on [A] our hearts
We [C#] salute you your
_ [F#] _ Dory [B] choke on your [G#] blue white [F#] and scarlet
_ [B] hypocrisy
_ [C#m] _
hitting [A] the blindness [C#m] that you
never [A] _ seen [B] that the
Eagles [G#] of _ [F#] war
_ Lent you [B]
glory
[C#m] They were never no [A]
more [C#m] than
_ carrion [A] crows
[B] Push the rims from their [G#] nest _
[F#] Stole their eggs [B] change their story [C#m] the _ [A] mockingbird sings
_ [C#m] It's all that she [F#] knows
[B] _ _ _ _
[G#] _ Say [F#] a powerless [B] you with a [C#] lump in your
throat [C#m]
and
_ tear in your eye
Can't you [B] see that their [G#] _ _
[F#] poverty's?
_ profiting [B] you _ _
my country
Is of thy people _ [F#] you're dying _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _