Chords for Sutter's Mill

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_ In [Cm] the spring _ _ [Ab] _
of _ [Eb] 47, _ _ _ _ so [Cm] the _ _ _ [Ab] _
story it [Eb] is told, _ _
_ Old [Cm] John Sutter _ [Ab] _
went to [Eb] _ [Bb] Millside,
_ [Cm] _
_ Found [Fm] a _ _ _ [Bb] _
piece of [Eb] shining gold. _ _ _
_ Well, [Cm] he took it _ [Ab]
to _ [Eb] the city, _ _
_ Where [Cm] the _ _ [Ab] word like [Eb] wildfire spread. _ _
_ And old [Cm] John Sutter _ _ [Ab]
soon _ [Eb] came to wish [Bb] he
_ [Cm] _
_ Left [Fm] that stone _ [Bb] _
in the river [Cm] bed.
_ For _ _ [Ab] there _ came _ like [Eb] herds of _ _ locusts,
_ _ [Ab] Every _ _ _ [Eb]
woman, child, [Cm] and man. _ _
_ In [Ab] their _ _ _ lumbering _ [Eb] corner [Bb] stogas,
_ [Cm] _
They left [Fm] their _ _ [Bb] tracks _ upon [Cm] the land. _ _ _
_ Some [Ab] would fail _ _ [Eb] and some would prosper, _ _ _
_ Some [Ab] would _ die [Eb] _
and [Gm] some [Cm] would kill. _ _ _
_ Some [Ab] would _ _ thank the Lord for [Eb] their _ [Bb] deliverance,
[Cm] _
And some [Fm] would _ curse [Bb] _
John [Eb] Sutter's mill.
_ Well, _ _ [Bb] [Cm] they came _ [Ab]
from New [Eb] York City, _ _ _
_ And [Cm] they _ came [Ab] _
_ from [Eb] _ Alabama, _ _
_ With [Cm] their _ dreams [Ab] _
_ of [Eb] finding fortune
_ [Cm]
In _ [Fm] this _ _ [Bb] wild, _ _ unsettled [Eb] land. _ _
Well, some [Cm] fell prey _ [Ab] _
_ to [Eb] hostile arrows _ _
As [Cm] they tried _ [Ab] _
to [Eb] cross the plain. _ _ _
_ And some [Cm] were _ _ [Ab] lost in the [Eb] Rocky _ Mountains,
[Cm] _
_ With [Fm] their _ _ _ [Bb]
hands froze to [Cm] the rain. _ _
Oh, some [Ab] would fail _ _ and some [Eb] would prosper, _ _
_ Some [Ab] would die _ [Eb] _
and some [Cm] would kill. _ _ _
_ Some [Ab] would _ _ thank the Lord for [Eb] their _ deliverance,
[Cm] _
_ And some [Fm] would _ curse [Bb] _
John [Eb] Sutter's mill. _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
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_ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ Well, some [Dm] [Cm] pushed on _ [Ab] _
to _ [Eb] California, _ _ _
And [Cm] others _ stopped [Ab] _
to take [Eb] their rest. _ _ _
And by the [Cm] spring _ _ [Ab] _ _
of _ [Eb] 1860,
_ [Cm] Well, they [Fm] had _ _ [Bb] _ _
opened [Eb] the U.S. _ _ _ _
And then the [Cm] _ _ _ [Ab] _
railroad [Eb] came behind them, _ _ _
And [Cm] the _ _ _ [Ab] land was [Eb] plowed and tamed. _ _
When old [Cm] John Sutter _ _ [Ab] went to [Eb] meet his maker,
_ _ [Cm] _
He'd not [Fm] want to pay _ [Bb] _
any [Cm] dues name. _ _ _
Oh, some [Ab] would fail _ _ and some [Eb] would prosper, _ _ _ _
Some [Ab] would die _ [Eb] and _ some [Cm] would kill. _ _ _ _
Some [Ab] would _ thank the Lord for their [Eb] _ deliverance,
_ [Cm] _
Some [Fm] would _ _ [Bb] curse John _ [Eb] Sutter's mill.
_ _ [Cm] _ _
Some [Fm] would curse [Bb] _ John _ [Eb] Sutter's mill.
_ [Cm] _ _ _
Some [Ab] men's _ _ [Bb] thirds are [Eb] never filled. _ _ _ _ _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
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_ [Fm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
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