Chords for Buffy Sainte-Marie - Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee

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[Eb] [Cm] Indian [Bb] legislation's on the desk of a do-right congressman.
[Eb] Now he don't know [Ab] much about the issues, [Bb] so he picks up the phone.
And he asks [Eb] advice of the senators [Cm] out in Indian country.
[Ab] Darling [Bb] of the energy [Cm] companies who are ripping [Ab] off what's left of [Bb] the 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.
[Gm] 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] Feet [Eb] in the earth, [Db] [Ab] cover [Eb] 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.
[Bb] And they've got churches [G] by the gardens, [Cm] want to guide our hand.
[Gm] And sign our mother earth [Bb] over [G] to pollution, war [Cm] and greed.
[Eb] [Abm] Bury my heart in [Eb] wounded knees.
[Db] Bury my [Ab] heart in wounded knees.
Feet [Ebm] in the earth.
[Db] Bury my heart in [Ab] wounded knees.
Cover [Ebm] me with pretty lies.
[Db] Bury my heart in [Ab] wounded knees.
Bury my heart in [Ebm] wounded knees.
Bury my heart in [Ab] wounded knees.
We [Bb] get the federal marshals, we [Cm] get the covert spies.
We [Bb] get the [G] liars by the fire and we [Cm] get the F.B..I.s. [Bb] They lie in court and get nailed and [G] still felt here goes [Cm] off to jail. [Eb] Bury my heart in wounded knees. [Db] The names of the [Ab] reservations. Bury my heart in [Eb] wounded knees. [Db] Transfer [Ab] in secret. Bury my heart in [Ebm] wounded knees. [Db] Murder and [Ab] intimidation. Bury my heart in [Ebm] wounded knees. [Db] [Ab] My [Bb] girlfriend Annie May talked [Cm] about uranium. Her [Gm] head was [G] filled with bullets [Cm] and her body dumped. The [Bb] F.B..I. cut off her hands and [G] told us she died [Cm] of exposure. [B] Bury my heart in [Ebm] wounded knees. [Db] Bury my heart in [Ab] wounded knees. Deep in [Eb] the earth. [Db] Bury my heart [Ab] in wounded knees. Cover [Ebm] me with pretty lies. [Db] [Ab] Bury my heart in [Eb] wounded knees. [Db] Bury my heart in [Ab] wounded knees. Bury my heart in [Ebm] wounded knees. [Db] [Ab] Buried my [Ebm] [Db] [Ab]
[Ebm] [Db] [Ab] heart at [Ebm] Boundeny [Db] [Ab] We [Bb] had the gold rush, what? Why [Cm] didn't we learn to crawl? And [Bb] now our [G] history gets written [Cm] in a liar's straw [Gm] They [Bb] tell her, hey honey, you can [G] still be an Indian [Cm] Don't ask me why, on Saturday [Eb] nights Buried my [Ebm] heart at Boundeny [Db] Buried my heart [Ab] at Boundeny Deep in [Ebm] the earth [Db] Buried my heart at [Ab] Boundeny Cover me [Ebm] with green light [Db] Buried my heart at [Ab] Boundeny Buried my heart at [Ebm] Boundeny [Db] Buried my heart at [Ab] Boundeny Buried my heart at [Ebm] Boundeny [Db] [Ab] Deep in the [Ebm] earth [Db] Buried my heart at [Ab] Boundeny Cover [Ebm] me with green light [Gb] [Ab] Buried my heart at [Ebm] Boundeny [Db] Buried [Ab] my heart at [Ebm] Boundeny [Db] [Ab] [Ebm] [Db] [Ab]
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[Eb] _ _ [Cm] Indian [Bb] legislation's on the desk of a do-right congressman.
[Eb] Now he don't know [Ab] much about the issues, [Bb] so he picks up the phone.
And he asks [Eb] advice of the senators [Cm] out in Indian country.
[Ab] Darling [Bb] of the energy [Cm] companies who are ripping [Ab] off what's left of [Bb] the 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.
[Gm] 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] _ _ Feet [Eb] in the earth, [Db] _ _ _ [Ab] _ cover [Eb] 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.
[Bb] And they've got churches [G] by the gardens, [Cm] want to guide our hand.
[Gm] And sign our mother earth [Bb] over [G] to pollution, war [Cm] and greed.
_ _ [Eb] _ [Abm] Bury my heart in [Eb] wounded knees.
[Db] Bury my [Ab] heart in wounded knees.
Feet [Ebm] in the earth.
[Db] Bury my heart in [Ab] wounded knees.
Cover [Ebm] me with pretty lies.
[Db] Bury my heart in [Ab] wounded knees.
Bury my heart in [Ebm] wounded knees.
Bury my heart in [Ab] wounded knees.
We [Bb] get the federal marshals, we [Cm] get the covert spies.
We [Bb] get the [G] liars by the fire and we [Cm] get the F.B..I.s. [Bb] They lie in court and get nailed and [G] still felt here goes [Cm] off to jail. _ _ [Eb] _ Bury my heart in wounded knees. [Db] The names of the [Ab] reservations. Bury my heart in [Eb] wounded knees. [Db] Transfer [Ab] in secret. Bury my heart in [Ebm] wounded knees. [Db] Murder and [Ab] intimidation. Bury my heart in [Ebm] wounded knees. _ [Db] _ [Ab] _ _ My [Bb] girlfriend Annie May talked [Cm] about uranium. Her [Gm] head was [G] filled with bullets [Cm] and her body dumped. The [Bb] F.B..I. cut off her hands and [G] told us she died [Cm] of _ exposure. _ _ [B] Bury my heart in [Ebm] wounded knees. [Db] Bury my heart in [Ab] wounded knees. Deep in [Eb] the earth. [Db] Bury my heart [Ab] in wounded knees. Cover [Ebm] me with pretty lies. [Db] _ _ [Ab] _ Bury my heart in [Eb] wounded knees. [Db] Bury my heart in [Ab] wounded knees. Bury my heart in [Ebm] wounded knees. [Db] _ _ [Ab] _ Buried my _ [Ebm] _ _ [Db] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
[Ebm] _ _ [Db] _ [Ab] heart _ at [Ebm] Boundeny [Db] _ _ [Ab] _ _ We [Bb] had the gold rush, what? Why [Cm] didn't we learn to crawl? And [Bb] now our [G] history gets written [Cm] in a liar's straw [Gm] They [Bb] tell her, hey honey, you can [G] still be an Indian [Cm] Don't ask me why, on Saturday [Eb] nights Buried my [Ebm] heart at Boundeny [Db] Buried my heart [Ab] at Boundeny Deep in [Ebm] the earth [Db] Buried my heart at [Ab] Boundeny Cover me [Ebm] with green light [Db] Buried my heart at [Ab] Boundeny Buried my heart at [Ebm] Boundeny [Db] Buried my heart at [Ab] Boundeny Buried my heart at [Ebm] Boundeny [Db] _ _ [Ab] Deep in the [Ebm] earth [Db] Buried my heart at [Ab] Boundeny Cover [Ebm] me with green light [Gb] _ _ [Ab] _ Buried my heart at [Ebm] Boundeny [Db] Buried _ [Ab] _ my heart at [Ebm] Boundeny [Db] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Ebm] _ _ [Db] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
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