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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Key:
Cm
Eb
Ab
Bb
Fm
Cm
Eb
Ab
[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.
.
When old [Cm] John Sutter [Ab] went and made [Eb] his maker, .
[Cm] he'd not [Ab] one [Bb] penny to [Cm] his name.
.
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] .
.
.
[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.
.
When old [Cm] John Sutter [Ab] went and made [Eb] his maker, .
[Cm] he'd not [Ab] one [Bb] penny to [Cm] his name.
.
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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