Chords for Sutter's Mill Presentation

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