Chords for Sutter's Mill ~ Dan Fogelberg [ CC ] 58th

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_ [Bb] In [Cm] the spring _ [Ab] _
of _ [Eb] 47, _ _ _ _ so [Cm] the _ _ _ [Ab] _
story it [Eb] is told. _ _
_ _ Old John [Cm] Sutter _ [Ab] _
went to [Eb] the mill site
[Bb] _ [Cm]
and _ [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. _ _
And old [Cm] John Sutter _ _ [Ab] _
soon [Eb] came to wish [Bb] he
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_ left [Fm] that stone _ [Bb] _
in the _ [Fm] [Cm] riverbed. _ _
For _ [Ab] there _ came _ like [Eb] herds of _ _ locusts
_ _ [Ab] every _ _ _ [Eb]
woman, child, [Cm] and man. _ _
_ In [Ab] their _ _ _ lumbering _ [Eb] corner stogas
[Bb] _ [Cm]
they left [Fm] their _ tracks [Bb] _
_ upon [Cm] the land. _ _ _
_ 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] their _ [Gm] deliverance.
[Cm] _
And some [Fm] would _ curse [Bb] _
John [Eb] Sutter's mill.
_ Well, _ _ [Gm] [Cm] they came _ [Ab]
from New [Eb] York City _ _
and _ [Cm] they _ came [Ab] _
_ from [Eb] Alabama _ _
with _ [Cm] their _ _ _ [Ab]
dreams of finding [Eb] fortune
_ [Cm]
in _ [Fm] this _ _ [Bb] wild, _ _ unsettled [Eb] land. _ _
Well, some [Cm] fell prey _ [Ab] _
_ to [Eb] hostile arrows _ _
_ as they [Cm] tried _ [Ab]
to cross [Eb] the plain. _ _ _
And some [Cm] were _ _ _ [Ab]
lost in the [Eb] Rocky _ Mountains
[Cm] _
_ with [Fm] their _ _ _ [Bb]
hands frozen 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 [Fm] would _ _ [Bb] curse John [Eb] Sutter's mill. _ _ _
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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] 1816
_ [Cm] well, _ [Fm] they had _ _ [Bb] _
opened up [Eb] the west. _ _ _
And then [Cm] the _ _ _ [Ab] _
railroad [Eb] came behind them _ _ _
and [Cm] the land _ [Ab] _
was plowed [Eb] and tamed. _ _
When old [Cm] John Sutter _ [Ab] went and made [Eb] his maker
_ [Cm] he _ not [Fm] one _ _ _ [Bb] penny to [Cm] his name.
_ _ Oh, some [Ab] would fail _ _ and some [Eb] would prosper. _ _ _ _
Some [Ab] would die [Eb] _ _
and some [Cm] would kill. _ _ _ _
Some would [Ab] _ _ thank the Lord for their [Eb] _ deliverance.
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Some [Fm] would curse [Bb] _ John _ [Eb] Sutter's mill.
_ _ [Cm] Some _
_ [Fm] would _ _ [Bb] curse John _ [Eb] Sutter's mill.
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Some men's [Ab] _ _ [Bb] thirds are never [Eb] filled. _ _ _ _ _
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