Johnny Cash - Big Foot: chords

But the land was already
claimed by a people
When the cowboy came and when the soldiers came
The story of the American
Indian is in a lot of ways
A story of tragedy,
like that day at Wounded Knee, South Dakota

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Big Foot was an Indian chief
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Of the Minneconjou band
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A band of Minneconjou Sioux
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From South Dakota land
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Big Foot said to Custer
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"Stay away from Crazy Horse"
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But Custer crossed into Sioux land
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And he never came back across
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Then Big Foot led his people
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To a place called Wounded Knee
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And they found themselves surrounded
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By the 7th Cavalry

Chorus:
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Big chief Big Foot
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Rise up from your bed
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Minneconjou babies cry
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For their mothers lying dead

Big Foot was down with a fever
When he reached Wounded Knee
And his people all were prisoners
Of the 7th Cavalry
Two hundred women and children
And another hundred men
Raised up a white flag of peace
But peace did not begin
An accidental gunshot
And Big Foot was first to die
And over the noise of the rifles
You could hear the babies cry

Chorus:
Big chief Big Foot
It's good that you can't see
Revenge is being wrought
By Custer's 7th Cavalry

Then smoke hung over the canyon
On that cold December day
All was death and dying
Around where Big Foot lay
Farther on up the canyon
Some had tried to run and hide
But death showed no favourites
Women, men, and children died
One side called it a massacre
The other a victory
But the white flag is still waving
Today at Wounded Knee

Chorus:
Big chief Big Foot
Your Minneconjou band
Is more than remembered here
In South Dakota land