Chords for Sutter's mill - Dan Fogelberg with lyrics [HD]

Tempo:
134.15 bpm
Chords used:

Cm

Eb

Ab

Bb

Fm

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Sutter's mill - Dan Fogelberg with lyrics [HD] chords
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Cm
13421113
Eb
12341116
Ab
134211114
Bb
12341111
Fm
123111111
Cm
13421113
Eb
12341116
Ab
134211114
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To learn Dan Fogelberg - Sutters Mill chords with lyrics, focus on the sequence of these chords: Eb, Ab, Eb, Cm, Ab. For a smooth transition, initiate your practice at 67 BPM and gradually match the song's pace of 134 BPM. With an eye on the song's key Eb, set the capo that best suits your vocal range.

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[Eb] [Cm] [Ab] .
[Eb] .
[Cm] .
[Ab] [Eb] .
[Cm] .
[Ab] [Eb] [Gm] .
[Cm] [Fm] [Bb] .
[Eb] .
[Bb] In [Cm] the spring .
[Ab] of [Eb] 47, so [Cm] the .
[Ab] story it [Eb] is told, .
old [Cm] John Sutter .
[Ab] went to [Eb] a mill [Bb] site, .
[Cm] found [Fm] a .
[Bb] piece of [Eb] shining gold.
.
Well, [Cm] he took it .
[Ab] to [Eb] the city, .
where [Cm] the word [Ab] like [Eb] wildfire spread.
.
And old [Cm] John Sutter .
[Ab] soon [Eb] came to wish [Bb] he .
[Cm] left [Fm] that stone .
[Bb] in the [Cm] riverbed.
.
For [Ab] there came like [Eb] herculean, .
[Ab] every .
[Eb] woman, child, [Cm] and man, .
in [Ab] their lumbering [Eb] corner [Bb] stogas, .
[Cm] they left [Fm] their tracks [Bb] [Cm] upon the land.
.
Some [Ab] would fail and [Eb] some would prosper, .
some [Ab] would [Eb] die and [Gm] 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 [Ab] came from [Eb] Alabama, .
with [Cm] their .
[Ab] dreams of [Eb] finding fortune .
[Cm] in [Fm] this [Bb] wild, [Eb] unsettled land.
.
Well, some [Cm] fell prey .
[Ab] to [Eb] hostile arrows .
as [Cm] they tried .
[Ab] to [Eb] cross the plain, .
and some [Cm] were [Ab] lost in the [Eb] Rocky [Cm] Mountains,.
with [Fm] their [Bb] hands froze to [Cm] the rain.
.
Oh, [Ab] some would fail and [Eb] some would prosper, .
[Ab] some would die .
[Eb] and some [Cm] would kill.
.
[Ab] Some would thank the Lord for their [Eb] deliverance,.
[Cm] and some [Fm] would [Bb] curse John [Eb] Sutter's mill.
.
[Bb] [Cm] .
[Ab] [Eb] .
[Bb] [Cm] .
[Ab] [Eb] .
[Bb] [Cm] .
[Ab] [Eb] .
[Cm] [Fm] .
[Bb] [Eb] .
Well, [Dm] some [Cm] pushed on .
[Ab] to [Eb] California, .
and others [Cm] stopped .
[Ab] to take [Eb] their rest, .
and by [Cm] the spring .
[Ab] of [Eb] 1860, .
[Cm] well, they [Fm] had .
[Bb] opened up [Eb] the west, .
and then the [Cm] .
[Ab] railroad came [Eb] behind them, .
and [Cm] the .
[Ab] land was plowed [Eb] and tamed.
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When old [Cm] John Sutter [Ab] went and made [Eb] his maker, .
[Cm] he'd not [Ab] one [Bb] penny to [Cm] his name.
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Oh, some [Ab] would fail and some [Eb] would prosper, .
[Ab] some would die [Eb] .
and some [Cm] would kill.
.
Some [Ab] would thank the Lord for their [Eb] deliverance,.
[Cm] .
some [Fm] would curse [Bb] .
John [Eb] Sutter's mill,.
[Cm] some [Fm] would [Bb].
curse John [Eb] Sutter's mill,.
[Cm] .
some [Ab] men's thirst [Bb].
are [Eb] never filled.
.
[Cm] [Ab] .
[Eb] .
[Cm] [Ab] .
[Eb] .
[Cm] [Ab] .
[Eb] [Cm] .
[Fm] [Bb] .
[Cm] [Bb] [Cm] .
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