Sutter's Mill Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[D][Bm][G][D][Bm][G][D]
[Bm][G][D][A][Bm][Em]
[A][D]

[Verse 1]
In [Bm]the Spring [G]of Forty- seven,[D]
[A]So [D]the [Bm]story, [G]it is tol[D]d,
Old John [Bm]Sutter [G]went to the
[D]mill [A]site[Bm]
Found a [Em]piece [A]of shining gol[D]d.

[Verse 2]
Well, he [Bm]took [G]it to [D]the city
Where the [Bm]word, [G]like wildfire, spr[D]ead.
And old John [Bm]Sutter [G]soon came
to [D]wish [A]he'd[Bm]
Left that [Em]stone [A]in the river bed.
[Bm]

[Verse 3]
For they [G]came like herds of [D]locusts
Every [G]woman, [D]child and man[Bm]
In their [G]lumbering [D]Conesto[A]gas[Bm]
They left their [Em]track[A]s
upon the [Bm]land.

[Verse 4]
[Chorus] Some [G]would
fail and some
would [D]prosper
Some would [G]die[D]
[A]and some [D]would [Bm]kill
Some would [G]thank the Lord
for [A]their de[D]liverance
[A]And[Bm] some would curse[Em]
[A]John Sutter's Mill.
[D]

[Verse 5]
Well, [A]they [Bm]came [G]from New York Cit[D]y,
And they [Bm]came [G]fro[D]m Alabam'
With their [Bm]dream[G] s of
finding [D]fortunes[Bm]
In this [Em]wild [A]unsettled land.
[D]

[Verse 6]
Well, some fell [Bm]prey [G]to hostil[A]e arr[D]ows
As [A]they [Bm]tried [G]to cross
the plain[D]s.
And some were [Bm]lost [G]in the
Rocky [D]Mountain[A] s[Bm]
With their [Em]hands[A] froze
to [Bm]the r[G]eins.[D]
[G]Oh...
[D][Bm]

[Verse 7]
[G][Chorus]
[D]Well,[A][Bm][Em][A][D][A][Bm]
[G][D][A][Bm][G][D][A][Bm]
[G]som[D]e p[A]ush[Bm]ed[Em][A][D][A]
[Bm]on t[G]o California[D]
And others [Bm]stopped [G]to take their res[D]t.
And by [Bm]the Spring [G]of
Eighteen- [D]six[Bm]ty
They had [Em]opened [A]up the west.
[D]

[Verse 8]
And then [Bm]the railroad
[G]came behin[D]d them
And the [Bm]land [G]was
plowed and [D]tamed,
When Old John [Bm]Sutter [G]went
to meet his maker[D],[Bm]
He'd not one [Em]penny [A]to
[Bm]his [A]name[G].[D]
[G]Oh...
[D][Bm]

[Verse 9]
[G][Chorus]
[D]And [Bm]some[Em] woul[A]d[D][Bm]
[Em]curse [A]John Sutter's Mil[D]l[A][Bm]
Some men's [Em]thirsts [A]are never fil[D]led.

[Outro 1]
[D][Bm][G]
[D][Bm][G][D][Bm]
[G][D][Bm][Em][A][Bm][A]