Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee

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)