Bury My Heart Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[Am]It's[F] an[Am]
American song called
Bury
My
Heart [G]at
Wounded

[Interlude 1]
Knee.
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[Verse 2]
Very much,
so [G]where does needs to [F]see?
[Am]Turn it loose in a lonely place
Where a [G]man may [Baug]still be f[G]ree[F]
Make [Am]up my clothes and
my sheets in a ball
[F]Put them in the [C]ground
[Bb]Tell my children [Am]only truths
[Em]Teach them to be [G]proud
[Am]Tell [F]of dreams and [Am]miracles[F]
And [Em]when that thunder [G]starts
Bury my [Am]heart[F][Em][G]
Bury my [Am]heart[Bb][Am]
[Bb][Am][Bb][Am]
[Bb]Well, I was [Am]born
a travelin' trooper
But I laid [G]my [Am]wings to [F]rest
Once I beat [Am]myself in vengeance
Now I [G]feather [Am]up m[G]y ne[F]st
There [Am]are flags in my backyard
Col[F]ors on my [C]wall
I [Bb]pay my servant well
[Am]But I make[Em] the bastard call
[G]And I pre[Am]tend no blessed evil
[F]So I don't hear [Em]that thunder [G]start
Bury my [Am]heart[Bb][Am][Bb][Am][Bb][Am]
[Bb]There's a lily[Am] in the valley
Where I brought [G]the [Am]news to [F]low
[Am]Offered him my visions,
but the hea[G]then rose to go
[F]So I t[Am]ook my shining saber,[C]
and I [F]slew my sinning [C]friend
The
[Bb]Christian burial was [Am]all he
needed to [Em]make him whole again
[G]And I loo[Am]ked up way above me[F]
God [Em]ripped the skies apart,
[G]buried my hea[Am]rt[Bb][Am]
[Bb]Bury my [Am]heart[Bb][Am]
[Bb]Bury my [Am]heart[Bb][C][Am]
[Bb][C][Am][Bb][C]
[Am][Bb][C]
We're
[Am]God's chosen people
This and [G]other truths I [F]know
I put them [Am]into vicious practice
Because the
[G]Bible tells me [F]so
And I [Am]drowned the noble savage
In the [G]blessed holy [F]water
[Am]Burned his filthy village
[G]Hey, I civilized his daughter
[F]There are li[Am]ars in the world,
who say we [G]shame the blood of
[F]Christ
But [Am]killing is
His mercy, [G]and it's growing to [F]lice
And all [Am]the gooks that I've [C]made poems,
[F]I did it in
God's [C]name
And when the [Bb]fools put me on tri[Am]al,
I shouted [Em]out, boy I'm not to blame
[G]I did it for
[Am]Him, I did it for
Him, I did it for
Him,
[F]He did it
[Em]You tore the heavens a[G]part
Bury my [Am]heart[Bb][C]
Bury my [Am]heart[Bb][C]
Bury [F]it way down [Am]low[Bb][C]
Bury [F]it [C]way [Am]down [Bb]low[C][Am]
[G][F][Am][G][F]
[Am][G][F]
Now I'm go[Am]ing to the wilderness
On a [G]horse that I can't [F]trust
[Am]And I'll die where I fall
[G]In the hot, dry [F]dust
[Am]An d if you come to that p[F]lace
Remember this [C]truth
That [Bb]only the mountains
[Am]Live forever in [Em]only
the earth and [G]jewels
Will you [Am]bury my soul
[F]Where the dus[Em]t meets the sea[G]
Bury my [Am]heart[F]
And [Em]wounded [G]knee, bury [Am]my heart
[F]And worth it,[Em] we b[G]uried my heart
[Am]