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
Start Jamming...
[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] .
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] _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .