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