Ballad Of Crowfoot Chords by Willie Dunn

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_ Here comes the spring _ _ and its [E] warm thaw _ _ _ Around _ [A] _ _ your neck the eagle [E] claw _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] Upon your head the buffalo [E] horn _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ Today a great new chief is [E]
born
_ _ _ _ _ [A] The rays of the sun are rising fast _ _ [E] _ A _ _ _ [C] _ _ heart now beats, a life's begun
[E] _ _ It's _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _
1821, [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
today a Blackfoot soul [E] is born
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_ [Am] Roefoot, Roefoot, _ [F] _ _
why the tears?
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You've been a brave man _ [E] _
for many years
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Why the sadness?
_ [F] _ _ Why the sorrow?
_ _ _ [G] Maybe there'll be _ a better tomorrow
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The years have gone, _ _ [E] the years have passed [A] _ Your heart is set, _ _ [E] your soul is cast
[G] _ You stand _ before [E] the council fire _ [A] If you have the mind _ and the desire
Of _ notions wise, you speak so [C] well _ Men in brave deeds, [E] you do excel
And [Am] it's _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
1853, _ [A] and you stand the chief of _ _ _ [E] Confederacy _
_ [A] You are the leader, _ _ you [E] are the chief You [Am] stand against both _ the liar [Em] and thief
They [C] trade brave whiskey, _ _ [E] steal your land And they're [A] coming in swift like the _ windblown sand
They _ _ shoot the buffalo, _ _ kill [G] the game Then send their preachers _ [E] _ into shame
And [A] it's _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
1864, [A] and you think of peace And you think of _ war
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_ _ _ _ See a settler _ [E] in more _ numbers [A] He takes whatever _ _ [E] he encounters
You [G] seem to assume [E] all battered, beaten _ [A]
For all his rags _ [E] they haven't eaten
[A] The men per se _ were much [G] sane It seems like such a heartless [Abm] game
And [A] it's _ _ _ _ _ _ 1876, and the _ enemy's full Of those death [E]-dealing tricks
_ [A] Today the treaty _ stands on the [E] table _ [Am] Will you sign it?
_ [E] Are you able?
[C] It offers food and [E] _
protection to those who [A] really think _ they'll hold it true
It offers the reserve, now [E] isn't that [A] grand?
And in return you seek _ _ all of your land
[C] And it's _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ 1877, and you [A] know the scales [E] are _ so _ _ [A] _
_ uneven
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Pro foot, pro foot, _ [F] _ _
why the _ _ [C] tears? _
You've been a brave man _ _ [E]
for many years
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Why the sadness?
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Why the sorrow?
_ [C] _ Maybe [G]
there'll [C] be [Em] _ a better [E] tomorrow
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_ _ _ _ _ Well the buffalo are _ slaughtered, _ [E] there's nothing to eat The _ [A] government's played again [E] _ with the meat
And [C] your people are riddled with [E] the white man's disease
And in the [A] summer you're sick, and in the winter you freeze And _ sometimes you wonder [Em] why you [E] signed that [C] day
But they broke the treaties _ [E] themselves anyway And [A] it's _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ [Em] 1889, and [Am] your vests are exploding _ _
[E] _ _ _ Pro _ _ _
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[Am] _ _ _ _ foot, pro _ [F] foot, _ _ why the tears?
_ _ [C] _ _ You've been a brave man _ _ [E] for many _ years
_ [A] _ _ Why the sadness?
_ _ [F] _ _ Why the sorrow?
_ _ [G] _ Maybe there'll [C] be _ [E] _ a better tomorrow _
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The years have gone, _ _ [E] _
the years have flown _ [A] _ The nation since _ _ [E] has swiftly grown
But yet [Am] for the native _ _ [E] it's all the same _
[A] _ There's still the hardship, _ _
[E] there's still the [A] pain
_ There's still the hardship, _ _ there's still the drive
And its bitterness _ shines like a wedded knife _ There's still hypocrisy
_ _ [E] _ And the hate [C] was that in the treaties [E] Is that the faith [A] were all unhappy pawns
In the government's game And it's always the native who [E] gets the blame
[C] It's the problem which money can [E] _
never let mend [A] It's _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ 1971, _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ pro foot, pro foot, [F] _ _ _ why the tears?
_ [C] _ _ You've been a brave [E] man _ _ for many years _ [Am] _ _ Why the sadness?
_ _ [F] _ _ Why the sorrow?
_ [C] _ _ Maybe there'll be _ _ [E] _ a better tomorrow _ _ [A] _ _ Maybe one day you'll [E] find _ _ honesty _
_ [Am] _ Instead of the usual _
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[C] treachery Perhaps _ one day the [E] truth may prevail
And [A] the war of love which [E] it _ [A] _ doesn't pay [E] _
_ [Am] _ _ Pro foot, pro _
[F] foot, _ why the _ _
[C] tears?
_ You've been a brave man [E] _ _ for many years _ _ [Am] _ _ Why the sadness?
_ _ [F] _ _ Why the sorrow?
_ _ [G] _ Maybe there'll be _ [E] a better _ tomorrow
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