Buffy Sainte Marie - "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee" Chords
Tempo:
94.7 bpm
Chords used:
Ab
Db
Ebm
Cm
Bb
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Eb] [Cm] Indian [Bb] legislation's on the desk of a do-right congressman.
[Eb] Now he don't [Ab] know much about the issue, [Bb] so he picks up the phone.
And he asks [Eb] advice of the senators [Cm] out in Indian country.
[Ab] But darling, [Bb] are the energy [Cm] companies who are ripping [Ab] off what's left of the [Bb] reservations?
I learned a safety rule, I [Cm] don't know who to thank.
Don't [Bb] stand between the [G] reservation [Cm] and the corporate bank.
They'll [Bb] send in federal tanks.
It [G] isn't nice, but it's [Cm] reality.
[Eb] Bury my heart in wounded knees.
[Db] [Ab] She's [Eb] in the earth, [Db] [Ab]
[Eb] covering me with pretty [Gb] lies.
[Ab] Bury my heart in [Eb] wounded knees.
[Db] [Ab] They [Bb] got these energy companies [Cm] who want the land.
[Gm] And [Bb] they've got churches [G] by the government's [Cm] want to bite our hand.
[Gm] And sign our mother earth [Bb] over [G] to pollution, war, [Cm] and greed.
Get this, get this [Eb] quick.
[Abm] Bury my heart in [Eb] wounded knees.
[Abm] Bury my heart [Db] [Ab] in wounded knees.
She's [Ebm] in the earth.
[Db] Bury my heart in [Ab] wounded knees.
Cover me with [Ebm] pretty lies.
[Db] [Ab] Bury my heart in [Ebm] wounded knees.
Bury my heart [Ab] in wounded knees.
We [Bb] get the federal marshals, we [Cm] get the covert spies.
We [Bb] get the liars [G] by the fire, and we [Cm] get the FBI.
They [Bb] lie in court and get nailed, and [G] still Pelletier goes off [Cm] to jail.
[Eb] Bury my heart in wounded knees.
[Db] The nails of the [Ab] reservation.
Bury my heart in [Eb] wounded knees.
[Db] Transfer [Ab] in secret.
Bury my heart in [Ebm] wounded knees.
[Db] Her ran [Ab] into the station.
Bury my heart in [Ebm] wounded knees.
[Db] [Ab] My [Bb] girlfriend Annie Mae talked [Cm] about geranium.
Her [Gm] head was filled with [G] bullets, [Cm] and her body dumped.
[Bb] The FBI cut off her hands and [G] told us she died [Cm] of exposure.
Bury [Abm] my heart in [Ebm] wounded knees.
Bury [Db] my heart in [Ab] wounded knees.
Deep in [Eb] the earth.
[Db] Bury [Ab] my heart in wounded knees.
Cover me [Ebm] with pretty lies.
[Db] [Ab] Bury my heart in [Eb] wounded knees.
[Db] [Ab] Bury my heart in [Ebm] wounded knees.
Bury [Db] my heart [Ab] in [Ebm] wounded knees.
Bury [Db] [Ab] my heart in [Ebm] wounded knees.
Bury [Db] [Ab] my heart in [Ebm] wounded knees.
[Db] [Ab] We have [Bb] got so much worse.
Why didn't [Cm] we learn to grow?
And now [Bb] our [G] history gets written [Cm] in a liar's scrum, [Gm] hey,
[Bb] tagger, hey, honey, [G] you can still be an Indian.
[Cm] Down at the Y on Saturday [Eb] nights.
Oh, bury my [Ebm] heart at Pope and A.
Bury [Db] my heart [Ab] at A.
Deep in [Ebm] the earth.
Bury [Db] my heart at Pope [Ab] and A.
Cover me with pretty lies.
[Db] Bury my heart at Pope [Ab] and A.
Bury my heart at Pope [Ebm] and A.
Bury [Db] my heart at Pope [Abm] and A.
Bury my heart at Pope [Ebm] and A.
Bury [Db] my heart at [Ab] Pope and A.
Down in the [Ebm] earth.
Bury [Db] my heart at Pope [Ab] and A.
[Ebm] Cover me with pretty [Db] lies.
[Ab] Bury my heart at Pope [Ebm] and A.
Bury [Db] [Ab] my heart at Pope [Ebm] and A.
Bury [Db] my [Ab]
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[Gb] [Ab] [Ebm]
[Db] [Ab]
[Ebm] [Db] [Ab]
[Ebm] [Db] [Ab]
[Ebm] [Db] [Ab] [Ebm]
[Db] [Ab] heart
[Eb] Now he don't [Ab] know much about the issue, [Bb] so he picks up the phone.
And he asks [Eb] advice of the senators [Cm] out in Indian country.
[Ab] But darling, [Bb] are the energy [Cm] companies who are ripping [Ab] off what's left of the [Bb] reservations?
I learned a safety rule, I [Cm] don't know who to thank.
Don't [Bb] stand between the [G] reservation [Cm] and the corporate bank.
They'll [Bb] send in federal tanks.
It [G] isn't nice, but it's [Cm] reality.
[Eb] Bury my heart in wounded knees.
[Db] [Ab] She's [Eb] in the earth, [Db] [Ab]
[Eb] covering me with pretty [Gb] lies.
[Ab] Bury my heart in [Eb] wounded knees.
[Db] [Ab] They [Bb] got these energy companies [Cm] who want the land.
[Gm] And [Bb] they've got churches [G] by the government's [Cm] want to bite our hand.
[Gm] And sign our mother earth [Bb] over [G] to pollution, war, [Cm] and greed.
Get this, get this [Eb] quick.
[Abm] Bury my heart in [Eb] wounded knees.
[Abm] Bury my heart [Db] [Ab] in wounded knees.
She's [Ebm] in the earth.
[Db] Bury my heart in [Ab] wounded knees.
Cover me with [Ebm] pretty lies.
[Db] [Ab] Bury my heart in [Ebm] wounded knees.
Bury my heart [Ab] in wounded knees.
We [Bb] get the federal marshals, we [Cm] get the covert spies.
We [Bb] get the liars [G] by the fire, and we [Cm] get the FBI.
They [Bb] lie in court and get nailed, and [G] still Pelletier goes off [Cm] to jail.
[Eb] Bury my heart in wounded knees.
[Db] The nails of the [Ab] reservation.
Bury my heart in [Eb] wounded knees.
[Db] Transfer [Ab] in secret.
Bury my heart in [Ebm] wounded knees.
[Db] Her ran [Ab] into the station.
Bury my heart in [Ebm] wounded knees.
[Db] [Ab] My [Bb] girlfriend Annie Mae talked [Cm] about geranium.
Her [Gm] head was filled with [G] bullets, [Cm] and her body dumped.
[Bb] The FBI cut off her hands and [G] told us she died [Cm] of exposure.
Bury [Abm] my heart in [Ebm] wounded knees.
Bury [Db] my heart in [Ab] wounded knees.
Deep in [Eb] the earth.
[Db] Bury [Ab] my heart in wounded knees.
Cover me [Ebm] with pretty lies.
[Db] [Ab] Bury my heart in [Eb] wounded knees.
[Db] [Ab] Bury my heart in [Ebm] wounded knees.
Bury [Db] my heart [Ab] in [Ebm] wounded knees.
Bury [Db] [Ab] my heart in [Ebm] wounded knees.
Bury [Db] [Ab] my heart in [Ebm] wounded knees.
[Db] [Ab] We have [Bb] got so much worse.
Why didn't [Cm] we learn to grow?
And now [Bb] our [G] history gets written [Cm] in a liar's scrum, [Gm] hey,
[Bb] tagger, hey, honey, [G] you can still be an Indian.
[Cm] Down at the Y on Saturday [Eb] nights.
Oh, bury my [Ebm] heart at Pope and A.
Bury [Db] my heart [Ab] at A.
Deep in [Ebm] the earth.
Bury [Db] my heart at Pope [Ab] and A.
Cover me with pretty lies.
[Db] Bury my heart at Pope [Ab] and A.
Bury my heart at Pope [Ebm] and A.
Bury [Db] my heart at Pope [Abm] and A.
Bury my heart at Pope [Ebm] and A.
Bury [Db] my heart at [Ab] Pope and A.
Down in the [Ebm] earth.
Bury [Db] my heart at Pope [Ab] and A.
[Ebm] Cover me with pretty [Db] lies.
[Ab] Bury my heart at Pope [Ebm] and A.
Bury [Db] [Ab] my heart at Pope [Ebm] and A.
Bury [Db] my [Ab]
[Ebm] [Db] [Ab]
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[Gb] [Ab] [Ebm]
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[Db] [Ab] heart
Key:
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Cm
Bb
Ab
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Ebm
[Eb] _ _ [Cm] Indian [Bb] legislation's on the desk of a do-right congressman.
[Eb] Now he don't [Ab] know much about the issue, [Bb] so he picks up the phone.
And he asks [Eb] advice of the senators [Cm] out in Indian country.
[Ab] But darling, [Bb] are the energy [Cm] companies who are ripping [Ab] off what's left of the [Bb] reservations?
I learned a safety rule, I [Cm] don't know who to thank.
Don't [Bb] stand between the [G] reservation [Cm] and the corporate bank.
They'll [Bb] send in federal tanks.
It [G] isn't nice, but it's [Cm] reality.
_ _ _ [Eb] _ Bury my heart in wounded knees.
[Db] _ _ [Ab] _ _ She's [Eb] in the earth, [Db] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
[Eb] covering me with pretty [Gb] lies.
[Ab] _ Bury my heart in [Eb] wounded knees.
[Db] _ _ [Ab] _ _ They [Bb] got these energy companies [Cm] who want the land.
[Gm] And [Bb] they've got churches [G] by the government's [Cm] want to bite our hand.
[Gm] And sign our mother earth [Bb] over [G] to pollution, war, [Cm] and greed.
Get this, get this [Eb] quick.
[Abm] Bury my heart in [Eb] wounded knees.
[Abm] Bury my heart [Db] [Ab] in wounded knees.
She's [Ebm] in the earth.
[Db] Bury my heart in [Ab] wounded knees.
Cover me with [Ebm] pretty lies.
[Db] _ _ [Ab] _ Bury my heart in [Ebm] wounded knees.
Bury my heart [Ab] _ in wounded knees.
We [Bb] get the federal marshals, we [Cm] get the covert spies.
We [Bb] get the liars [G] by the fire, and we [Cm] get the FBI.
They [Bb] lie in court and get nailed, and [G] still Pelletier goes off [Cm] to jail.
_ _ [Eb] _ Bury my heart in wounded knees.
[Db] The nails of the [Ab] reservation.
Bury my heart in [Eb] wounded knees.
[Db] Transfer [Ab] in secret.
Bury my heart in [Ebm] wounded knees.
[Db] Her ran [Ab] into the station.
Bury my heart in [Ebm] wounded knees.
_ [Db] _ [Ab] _ _ My [Bb] girlfriend Annie Mae talked [Cm] about geranium.
Her [Gm] head was filled with [G] bullets, [Cm] and her body dumped.
[Bb] The FBI cut off her hands and [G] told us she died [Cm] of exposure.
_ _ Bury [Abm] my heart in [Ebm] wounded knees.
Bury [Db] my heart in [Ab] wounded knees.
_ Deep in [Eb] the earth.
[Db] Bury [Ab] my heart in wounded knees.
_ Cover me [Ebm] with pretty lies.
[Db] _ _ [Ab] Bury my heart in [Eb] wounded knees.
_ [Db] _ _ [Ab] Bury my heart in [Ebm] wounded knees.
Bury [Db] my heart _ [Ab] _ _ in [Ebm] wounded knees.
Bury [Db] _ _ [Ab] _ my heart in [Ebm] wounded knees.
Bury [Db] _ _ [Ab] my heart in [Ebm] wounded knees.
[Db] _ _ [Ab] _ _ We have [Bb] got so much worse.
Why didn't [Cm] we learn to grow?
And now [Bb] our [G] history gets written [Cm] in a liar's scrum, [Gm] hey,
[Bb] tagger, hey, honey, [G] you can still be an Indian.
[Cm] Down at the Y on Saturday [Eb] nights.
Oh, bury my [Ebm] heart at Pope and A.
Bury [Db] my heart [Ab] at A.
Deep in [Ebm] the earth.
Bury [Db] my heart at Pope [Ab] and A.
Cover me with pretty lies.
[Db] Bury my heart at Pope [Ab] and A.
Bury my heart at Pope [Ebm] and A.
Bury [Db] my heart at Pope [Abm] and A.
Bury my heart at Pope [Ebm] and A.
Bury [Db] my heart at [Ab] Pope and A.
Down in the [Ebm] earth.
Bury [Db] my heart at Pope [Ab] and A. _
[Ebm] Cover me with pretty [Db] lies.
_ [Ab] Bury my heart at Pope [Ebm] and A.
Bury [Db] _ _ [Ab] _ my heart at Pope [Ebm] and A.
Bury [Db] my _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
[Ebm] _ _ [Db] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
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[Gb] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Ebm] _
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_ _ [Db] _ _ [Ab] _ _ heart
[Eb] Now he don't [Ab] know much about the issue, [Bb] so he picks up the phone.
And he asks [Eb] advice of the senators [Cm] out in Indian country.
[Ab] But darling, [Bb] are the energy [Cm] companies who are ripping [Ab] off what's left of the [Bb] reservations?
I learned a safety rule, I [Cm] don't know who to thank.
Don't [Bb] stand between the [G] reservation [Cm] and the corporate bank.
They'll [Bb] send in federal tanks.
It [G] isn't nice, but it's [Cm] reality.
_ _ _ [Eb] _ Bury my heart in wounded knees.
[Db] _ _ [Ab] _ _ She's [Eb] in the earth, [Db] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
[Eb] covering me with pretty [Gb] lies.
[Ab] _ Bury my heart in [Eb] wounded knees.
[Db] _ _ [Ab] _ _ They [Bb] got these energy companies [Cm] who want the land.
[Gm] And [Bb] they've got churches [G] by the government's [Cm] want to bite our hand.
[Gm] And sign our mother earth [Bb] over [G] to pollution, war, [Cm] and greed.
Get this, get this [Eb] quick.
[Abm] Bury my heart in [Eb] wounded knees.
[Abm] Bury my heart [Db] [Ab] in wounded knees.
She's [Ebm] in the earth.
[Db] Bury my heart in [Ab] wounded knees.
Cover me with [Ebm] pretty lies.
[Db] _ _ [Ab] _ Bury my heart in [Ebm] wounded knees.
Bury my heart [Ab] _ in wounded knees.
We [Bb] get the federal marshals, we [Cm] get the covert spies.
We [Bb] get the liars [G] by the fire, and we [Cm] get the FBI.
They [Bb] lie in court and get nailed, and [G] still Pelletier goes off [Cm] to jail.
_ _ [Eb] _ Bury my heart in wounded knees.
[Db] The nails of the [Ab] reservation.
Bury my heart in [Eb] wounded knees.
[Db] Transfer [Ab] in secret.
Bury my heart in [Ebm] wounded knees.
[Db] Her ran [Ab] into the station.
Bury my heart in [Ebm] wounded knees.
_ [Db] _ [Ab] _ _ My [Bb] girlfriend Annie Mae talked [Cm] about geranium.
Her [Gm] head was filled with [G] bullets, [Cm] and her body dumped.
[Bb] The FBI cut off her hands and [G] told us she died [Cm] of exposure.
_ _ Bury [Abm] my heart in [Ebm] wounded knees.
Bury [Db] my heart in [Ab] wounded knees.
_ Deep in [Eb] the earth.
[Db] Bury [Ab] my heart in wounded knees.
_ Cover me [Ebm] with pretty lies.
[Db] _ _ [Ab] Bury my heart in [Eb] wounded knees.
_ [Db] _ _ [Ab] Bury my heart in [Ebm] wounded knees.
Bury [Db] my heart _ [Ab] _ _ in [Ebm] wounded knees.
Bury [Db] _ _ [Ab] _ my heart in [Ebm] wounded knees.
Bury [Db] _ _ [Ab] my heart in [Ebm] wounded knees.
[Db] _ _ [Ab] _ _ We have [Bb] got so much worse.
Why didn't [Cm] we learn to grow?
And now [Bb] our [G] history gets written [Cm] in a liar's scrum, [Gm] hey,
[Bb] tagger, hey, honey, [G] you can still be an Indian.
[Cm] Down at the Y on Saturday [Eb] nights.
Oh, bury my [Ebm] heart at Pope and A.
Bury [Db] my heart [Ab] at A.
Deep in [Ebm] the earth.
Bury [Db] my heart at Pope [Ab] and A.
Cover me with pretty lies.
[Db] Bury my heart at Pope [Ab] and A.
Bury my heart at Pope [Ebm] and A.
Bury [Db] my heart at Pope [Abm] and A.
Bury my heart at Pope [Ebm] and A.
Bury [Db] my heart at [Ab] Pope and A.
Down in the [Ebm] earth.
Bury [Db] my heart at Pope [Ab] and A. _
[Ebm] Cover me with pretty [Db] lies.
_ [Ab] Bury my heart at Pope [Ebm] and A.
Bury [Db] _ _ [Ab] _ my heart at Pope [Ebm] and A.
Bury [Db] my _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
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