Chords for Sutter's Mill

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_ [Cm] In 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 [Bb] site,
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_ [Fm] Found 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. _ _ _ _
Old [Cm] John Sutter _ _ [Ab] _
soon [Eb] came to wish [Bb] he, _ [Cm] _ _
Left [Fm] that stone _ [Bb] _
in the river [C] [Cm] bed. _ _ _ _
For [Ab] there _ came _ like [Eb] herds of _ locusts, _ _ Every _ _ _ _ woman, child [Cm] and man, _ _ _
In [Ab] their _ _ _ _ lumbering [Eb] corner [Bb] stogas, _ [Cm] _
They left [Fm] their _ tracks [Bb] _ _
upon [Cm] the land. _ _ _ _
Some [Ab] would _ _ fail and some [Eb] would prosper, _ _ _ Some [Ab] would [F] die _ [Eb] _
[Gm] and some [Cm] would kill. _ _ _ _
Some [Ab] would _ _ thank the Lord for [Eb] their _ [Bb] deliverance, [Cm] _ _
Some [Fm] would _ _ [Bb] curse John [Eb] Sutter's mill. _ _ _ _
Well [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 this _ _ _ [Bb] wild _ [Eb] unsettled land. _ _
Well some [Cm] fell [Gm] prey _ [Ab] _ _
to [Eb] hostile arrows, _ _ _ _ [Cm] As their _ _ _ [Ab] _
tribes built [Eb] cross the plain. _ _ _ _
And some [Cm] were _ _ _ [Ab] _
lost in the [Eb] rocky _ [Bb] mountains, [Cm] _ _
With 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] _ _
Some would _ curse [Bb] _
John [Eb] Sutter's mill. _ _ _ _
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Well some [Cm] pushed _ on [Ab] _
to _ [Eb] California, _ _ _ And [Cm] others _ stopped [Ab] _ _
to take [Eb] their rest. _ _ _
And [Cm] by the spring _ _ [Ab] _ _
of [Eb] _ 1860, _ [Cm] _ _
Well [Cm] they had _ _ [Bb] _ _
opened [Eb] up the west. _ _ _ _
And then [Cm] the _ _ _ [Ab] _ railroad [Eb] came behind them, _ _ _ And [Cm] the _ _ _ [Ab] land was plowed [Eb] and tamed.
_ _ _ When old [Cm] John Sutter _ [Ab] went to meet [Eb] his maker, _ _ [Cm] _ He'd not want to pay _ [Bb] _ any [Cm] dues then.
_ _ Oh some [Ab] would fail _ _ [Fm] and some [Eb] would prosper, _ _ _ _ Some [Ab] would die [Eb] _ _ and [Cm] some would kill. _ _ _ _
Some [Ab] would _ thank the Lord for [Eb] their _ deliverance, [Cm] _ _ Some would _ _ [Bb] curse John _
[Eb] Sutter's mill.
_ _ [Cm] _ _ Some [Fm] would [Ab] _ _ [Bb] curse John _
[Eb] Sutter's mill.
[Bb] _ _ [Cm] _ _ Some men's _ [Bb] thirst are never [Eb] filled. _ _ _ _ _ _
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