None of them
C Am G
Indian legislation’s 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 F G
Senator out in Indian country, a darling of the energy companies,
Am F G
who are ripping off what's left of the reservations.
G Am
I learned a safety rule, I don't know who to thank,
G E Am
don't stand between the reservation and the corporate bank.
G E Am
They send in federal tanks, it isn't nice but it's reality.
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 !
G Am
They got these energy companies who want the land,
G E Am
and they've got churches by the dozens want to guide our hand,
G E Am
and sign our Mother Earth over to pollution, war and greed.
(Get rich, get rich quick!)
C Bb F
Bury my heart at Wounded Knee, bury my heart at Wounded Knee,
C Bb F
deep in the Earth, bury my heart at Wounded Knee !
C Bb F
Cover me with pretty lies, bury my heart at Wounded Knee,
C Bb F
bury my heart at Wounded Knee, bury my heart at Wounded Knee.
G Am
We get the federal marshals, we get the covert spies,
G E Am
we get the liars by the fire, and we get the FBIs.
G E Am
They lie in court and get nailed, and still Peltier goes off to jail,
(The bullets don't match the gun!)
C Bb F
Bury my heart at Wounded Knee, an eighth of the reservation,
C Bb F
bury my heart at Wounded Knee, transferred in secret.
C Bb F
Bury my heart at Wounded Knee, murder and intimidation,
C Bb F
Bury my heart at Wounded Knee, Aiyi-aiyi!
G Am
My girlfriend Annie Mae talked about uranium,
G E Am
her head was filled with bullets and her body dumped.
G E Am
The FBI cut off her hands and told us she died of exposure.
C Bb F
Bury my heart at Wounded Knee, bury my heart at Wounded Knee,
C Bb F
deep in the Earth, bury my heart at Wounded Knee!
C Bb F
Cover me with pretty lies, bury my heart at Wounded Knee,
C Bb F
bury my heart at Wounded Knee, bury my heart at Wounded Knee.
C
Bury my heart at Wounded Knee,
Bb F
bury my heart at Wounded Knee. (4x)
G Am
We had the goldrush wars, ah, didn't we learn to crawl,
G E Am
and now our history gets written in a liar's scrawl.
G E
They tell you, "Hey, honey, you can still be an Indian
Am
d-d-down at the Y on Saturday nights."
C Bb F
Bury my heart at Wounded Knee, bury my heart at Wounded Knee,
C Bb F
deep in the Earth, bury my heart at Wounded Knee !
C Bb F
Cover me with pretty lies, bury my heart at Wounded Knee,
C Bb F
bury my heart at Wounded Knee, bury my heart at Wounded Knee.
C Bb F
Bury my heart at Wounded Knee, bury my heart at Wounded Knee,
C Bb F
deep in the Earth, bury my heart at Wounded Knee !
C Bb F
Cover me with pretty lies, bury my heart at Wounded Knee,
C Bb F
bury my heart at Wounded Knee, bury my heart at Wounded Knee.
C Bb F
Bury my heart at Wounded Knee ! (6x)
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