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, _ _ _
_ [Cm] Old John Sutter _ [Ab] _
went [Eb] to the mill site, _ [Cm] _ _
found [Fm] a _ _ _ [Bb] _
piece of [Eb] shining gold. _ _ _
Well, [Cm] he took it [Ab] _ _
_ [Eb] to the city, _ _ _ where [Cm] the _ world [Ab] _
like [Eb] wildfire sprang. _ _ _
Old [Cm] John Sutter _ _ [Ab] _
soon [Eb] came to wish _ _ [Cm] _
he'd left [Fm] that stone _ [Bb] _
in a [Cm] riverbed. _ _ _ _
For [Ab] they _ _ _ came like [Eb] earth _ -luckers, _ _ _ [Ab] every _ _ _ [Eb] _
[Bb] woman, child [Cm] and man. _ _ _
_ [Ab] In their _ _ _ love, _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] reconstructors [Cm] _ _
left [Fm] their _ _ _ [Bb] tracks _ [Cm] upon the land. _ _ _
Some [Ab] would fail _ _ and some [Eb] would prosper, _ _ _ _ some [Ab] would _ die [Eb] _
[Gm] and some [Cm] would kill. _ _ _ _
Some [Ab] would thank the Lord the [Eb] day they left [Bb] runs, [Cm] _ _
some [Fm] would _ _ _ [Bb] curse John _ [Eb] Sutter's mill. _ _ _
Well, [Cm] they _ came [Ab] from New [Eb] York City, _ _ _ _ [Cm] and they _ _ [Ab] came from _ [Eb] Alabama, _ _ _ _
with [Cm] sad _ _ _ [Ab] _
dreams of [Eb] finding fortune _ [Cm] _
in [Fm] this _ _ _ [Bb] wild, unassailable [Eb] _ land. _ _ _
Some [Cm] fell prey _ [Ab] _
to [Eb] hearts and larrows _ _ _ as [Cm] they tried _ _ [Ab] _
to cross [Eb] the plain. _ _ _
Some [Cm] were _ _ [Ab] lost in the [Eb] rocky _ mountains _ [Cm] _
with [Fm] their _ _ _ [Bb] hands washed [Cm] to the rain. _ _
For some [Ab] would _ _ fail and [Eb] some would prosper, _ _ _ some [Ab] would _ die [Eb] _
and some [Cm] would kill. _ _ _
Some [Ab] would thank the Lord for [Eb] day they left [Bb] runs, [Cm] _ _
some [Fm] would _ _ _ [Bb] curse John [Eb] Sutter's mill. _ _ _ _
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_ pushed _ on [Ab] _
to _ [Eb] _ California, _ _ _ and [Cm] others stopped _ [Ab] _
to take [Eb] their rest. _ _ _
By [Cm] the spring _ [Ab] _
of _ [Eb] 1860, _ _ [Cm] _ _
they [Fm] had _ _ [Bb] _
opened up [Eb] the west. _ _ _ _
Then [Cm] the _ _ _ [Ab] railroad _ [Eb] came behind them, _ _ and [Cm] the _ _ _ [Ab] land was plowed [Eb] and tanned. _ _ _
Old [Cm] John Sutter [Eb] _ _ _
went and made his makers, _ _ [Cm] _ _
not [Fm] one _ _ _ [Bb] _
penny [Cm] too thin. _ _ _
For some [Ab] would _ fail _ and some [Eb] would prosper, _ _ _ some [Ab] would _ die [Eb] _
[Bb] and some [Cm] would kill. _ _ _
Some [Ab] would thank the Lord for [Eb] day they left [Bb] _ [Cm] runs, _ some [Fm] would _ _ _ [Bb] curse John [Eb] Sutter's mill.
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Some [Fm] would _ curse [Bb] _
John [Eb] Sutter's mill.
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Some [Fm] then _ stared [Bb] _
on _ [Eb] Nebraville. _ _ _ _
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