Tom: Am
C Am G
Indian legislation on the desk of a do-right Congressman
C F
Now, he don't know much about the issue
G
so he picks up the phone and he asks advice from the
C Am
Senator out in Indian country
F G
A darling of the energy companies who are
Am F G
ripping off what's left of the reservations. Huh.
[Pre-Chorus]
G
I learned a safety rule
Am
I don't know who to thank
G E
Don't stand between the reservation and the
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corporate bank
G
They send in federal tanks
E Am
It isn't nice but it's reality
[Chorus]
C Bb F
Bury my heart at Wounded Knee
C Bb F
Deep in the Earth
C Bb F
Cover me with pretty lies
C Bb F
bury my heart at Wounded Knee. Huh.
[Verse]
G Am
They got these energy companies that want the land
G E
and they've got churches by the dozen who want to
Am
guide our hands
G E
and sign Mother Earth over to pollution, war and
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greed
[Chorus]
C Bb F
Bury my heart at Wounded Knee
C Bb F
Deep in the Earth
C Bb F
Cover me with pretty lies
C Bb F
bury my heart at Wounded Knee. Huh.
[Verse]
G
We got the federal marshals
Am
We got the covert spies
G E
We got the liars by the fire
Am
We got the FBIs
G
They lie in court and get nailed
E Am
and still Peltier goes off to jail
[Chorus]
C Bb F
Bury my heart at Wounded Knee
C Bb F
Deep in the Earth
C Bb F
Cover me with pretty lies
C Bb F
bury my heart at Wounded Knee. Huh.
[Verse]
G Am
My girlfriend Annie Mae talked about uranium
G E Am
Her head was filled with bullets and her body dumped
G E
The FBI cut off her hands and told us she'd died of
Am
exposure
[Chorus]
C Bb F
Bury my heart at Wounded Knee
C Bb F
Deep in the Earth
C Bb F
Cover me with pretty lies
C Bb F
bury my heart at Wounded Knee. Huh..
[Verse]
G
We had the Goldrush Wars
Am G
Aw, didn't we learn to crawl and still our history gets
E Am
written in a liar's scrawl
G E
They tell ‘ya “Honey, you can still be an Indian
d-d-down at the ‘Y'
Am
on Saturday nights”
[Chorus]
C Bb F
Bury my heart at Wounded Knee
C Bb F
Deep in the Earth
C Bb F
Cover me with pretty lies
C Bb F
bury my heart at Wounded Knee. Huh.
