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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Buffy Sainte Marie - "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee" chords
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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]
[Ebm] [Db] [Ab]
[Ebm] [Db] [Ab]
[Gb] [Ab] [Ebm]
[Db] [Ab]
[Ebm] [Db] [Ab]
[Ebm] [Db] [Ab]
[Ebm] [Db] [Ab] [Ebm]
[Db] [Ab] heart
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Ab
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Ebm
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Cm
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Bb
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Ab
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Db
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Ebm
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To learn Buffy Sainte-Marie - Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee chords, your practice should emphasize these chord progressions: Ab, Ebm, Db, Ab and Db. Start with a comfortable 47 BPM and as you become proficient, aim for the song's BPM of 95. With Ab Minor as the song's key, tweak the capo to cater to your vocal pitch and chord likes.

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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] _ _ _ _
[Ebm] _ _ [Db] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
[Ebm] _ _ [Db] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
[Gb] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Ebm] _
_ _ [Db] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
[Ebm] _ _ [Db] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
[Ebm] _ _ [Db] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
[Ebm] _ _ [Db] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Ebm] _
_ _ [Db] _ _ [Ab] _ _ heart

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This song finds its place within the Up Where We Belong album.

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