Marie - My Country Tis Of Thy People Youre Dying - Buffy Sainte Chords
Chords: G, E7, D, Am, F, C
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Genre: folk, country, protest
From the album "Little Wheel Spin and Spin" (1966)
Youtube link: https://youtu.be/bTqV1pnQoos
Spotify link:
https://open.spotify.com/track/1Jym4Lq3eVknYO4ifcokW4?si=9d6bb4f319a04ca0
Capo on 4th fret. If you want to play without capo, you can set the
"Transpose" button on +4.
[Verse 1]
G E7 D G
Now that your big eyes have finally opened
Am F Am F
Now that you're wondering "how must they feel?"
D G E7 D G
Meaning them that you've chased across America's movie screens
Am F Am F
Now that you're wondering "how can it be real?"
D G E7 D G
That the ones you've called colorful, noble and proud
Am F Am F
In your school propaganda, they starve in their splendor
D G E7 D G
You've asked for my comment, I simply will render
G D G C G F D G
My country 'tis of thy people you're dying
[Verse 2]
G E7 D G
Now that the longhouses breed superstition
Am F Am F
You force us to send our toddlers away
D G E7 D G
To your schools where they're taught to despise their traditions
Am F Am F
Forbid them their languages, then further say
D G E7 D G
That American history really began
Am F Am F
When Columbus set sail out of Europe and stress
D G E7 D G
That the nation of leeches that conquered this land
Am F Am F
Are the biggest and bravest and boldest and best
D G E7 D G
And yet where in your history books is the tale
Am F Am F
Of the genocide basic to this country's birth
D G E7 D G
Of the preachers who lied, how the Bill of Rights failed
Am F Am F
How a nation of patriots returned to their earth?
D G E7 D G
And where will it tell of the Liberty Bell
Am F Am F
As it rang with a thud over Kinzua mud
D G E7 D G
And of brave Uncle Sam in Alaska this year?
G D G C G F D G
My country 'tis of thy people you're dying
[Verse 3]
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