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Date: Tue, 19 Nov 1996 20:47:11 -0800
From: Hakan Sjostrom
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To: [email protected]
Subject: CRD: SUTTER'S MILL by Dan Fogelberg
SUTTER'S MILL
Dan Fogelberg
Key: originally E, here (capo 4th fret)
[[C]]In the [[Am]]spring[[F]] of forty- [[C]]seven
So the [[Am]]story[[F]] it is [[C]]told
Old John [[Am]]Sutter[[F]] went to the Mill [[C]]site [[Am]]
Found a [[Dm7]]piece[[G7]] of shinin' [[C]]gold.
Well, he [[Am]]took it[[F]] to the [[C]]city
Where the [[Am]]word[[F]] like wildfire [[C]]spread
Old John [[Am]]Sutter[[F]] soon came to [[C]]wishin' [[Am]]
He'd left that [[Dm7]]stone[[G7]] in the river [[Am]]bed.
Oh, they [[F]]came like herds of [[C]]locusts
Every [[F]]wo-[[C]]man, child and [[Am]]man
In their [[F]]lumberin' connes- [[C]]togas [[Am]]
They left their [[Dm7]]track[[G7]] upon the [[Am]]land.
REFRAIN:
Some would [[F]]fail and some would [[C]]prosper
Some would [[F]]die[[C]] and some would [[Am]]kill
Some would [[F]]beg the Lord for their de-[[C]]liverance [[Am]]
Some would [[Dm7]]curse[[G7]] John Sutter's [[C]]Mill.
Well, they [[Am]]came[[F]] from New York [[C]]City
And they [[Am]]came[[F]] from Ala-[[C]]bam'
With their [[Am]]dream[[F]] of findin' for-[[C]]tune [[Am]]
In this [[Dm7]]wild[[G7]] unsettled [[C]]land.
Well, some fell [[Am]]prey[[F]] to hostile [[C]]arrows
As they [[Am]]tried[[F]] to cross the [[C]]land
And some were [[Am]]lost[[F]] in the Rocky [[C]]Mountains [[Am]]
With their [[Dm7]]hands[[G7]] froze to the [[Am]]reins.
REFRAIN
Some pushed [[Am]]on[[F]] to Cali-[[C]]fornia
Others [[Am]]stopped[[F]] to take their [[C]]rest
And by the [[Am]]spring[[F]] of eighteen-[[C]]sixty [[Am]]
They had [[Dm7]]opened[[G7]] up the [[C]]west.
And then the [[Am]]railroad[[F]] came be-[[C]]hind them
And the [[Am]]land[[F]] was plowed and [[C]]tame
When old John [[Am]]Sutter[[F]] went to meet his [[C]]Maker [[Am]]
With not one [[Dm7]]penny[[G7]] to his [[Am]]name.
REFRAIN
Some would [[Dm7]]curse[[G7]] John Sutter's [[C]]Mill [[Am]]
Some men's [[Dm7]]thirsts[[G7]] are never [[C]]filled.
[email protected] (Gene L. Graham) and
[email protected] (Hakan Sjostrom)