Wounded Knee Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][F][C][D]

[Verse 1]
I took a bride in the bad[C]lands[D]
[C]in [D]1852
She was warm as the [C]morning sun
That shone in the morning [D]in the dew
There wars up on [C]our [D]land
We could not settle [C]down
The [D]years went by
We [C]watched our people die
We laid them in [D]the ground

[Verse 2]
[D]
I watched my sons grow
[C]tall [D]and strong
But one by one they [C]fell
My [D]daughters were raped by the [C]Calvary
I wish them all to [D]hell
[C]I wished them all to hel[D]l

[Verse 3]
[G]
Custer said [F]to Crazy [G]horse
Wolves are on your [F]heel
[G]Crazy horse said the[F] wolves will howl
When they see you [G]Kneel

[Interlude 1]
[G][F][C][D]

[Verse 4]
[D]The Battles are raging and
[C]the bullets [G]flew[C][D]
and the skies turned [C]red[D]
The men all fought [C]un to the end
The women and the children fled
[D]

[Verse 5]
When sitting Bull was [C]killed
in the [D]stockade
For the crime of being [C]proud
[D]The people all went with big[C] Foot to find
The renegade Chief Red [D]cloud

[Verse 6]
[D]
I caught a bullet [C]in my [D]knee
I passed out from the [C]pain[D]
When I finally [C]came again
They said my wife had [D]been slain
They [C]said my wife had been [D]slain

[Verse 7]
[G]
Custer did [F]to crazy [G]horse
Can you feel my blood [F]on your heels
[G]Crazy horse said the[F] sound of a heartbeat
is a sound you'll never [G]feel

[Interlude 2]
[G][F][C][D]

[Verse 8]
they dug a grave in [C]the back
of the [D]church

[Verse 9]
laid my people in [C]the ground
Bur[D]ied my wife [C]and my last long son
I hung my heavy head down
[D]

[Verse 10]
The medicine man he [C]gathered
us [D]together
Distance in his eyes
[C]and[D] before he spoke [C]a word
He raised his hands to the sky
[D]

[Verse 11]
Through our battles [C]have been [D]lost
No one has [C]been [D]won
Though it be [C]a hundred years
We will over[D]come[C]
We will overcome
[D]

[Verse 12]
He lifted his head and he
[C]said once [D]more
Turn your eyes to the [C]east[D]
Soon [C]the morning sun will come
No war can cause to [D]cease
[C]No war can cause to cease.