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Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1998 22:03:07 -0300
From: Andrew Woods 
Subject: b/blue_rodeo/pine_ridge.crd

tabbed by Andrew Woods


Pine Ridge
Written and performed by Greg Keelor with Blue Rodeo
>From the Leonard Peltier benefit album "Pine Ridge"


I think this is as close as it comes.  Any suggestions on the lyrics
or anything else: woodsa@tuns.ca

D-Em-C-G
D-Em-C-G

DEm	C (x32010@1)GGun (320003@1)squads got whatever they wanted
DEm	CG
On Pine Ridge
GG/B	C (x32010@1)DDickie (xx0232@1)Wilson the only law and order
	G (320003@1)G/F# (320002@1)Em (022000@1)CD
Sat back and watched while over 100 were murdered
	EmBm	C (x32010@1)DHe'd (xx0232@1)made his bed with the government man
	C (x32010@1)C/B (x2555x@1)Am (x02210@1) 		DTaking (xx0232@1)everything he could for himself, his family and
GG/B	CD
friends


	G (320003@1)G/BC		DAnd (xx0232@1)he didn't want those longhairs on his reservation
	G (320003@1)G/F# (320002@1)Em (022000@1)	C (x32010@1)DThey (xx0232@1)were always causing trouble and instigating
Em (022000@1)BmC		DSo (xx0232@1)he waged his war of intimidation
	C (x32010@1)C/B (x2555x@1)AmD		GG/B	CD
On his poverty stricken reservation


	GG/B		C (x32010@1)D>From (xx0232@1)??wounded knees?? to the ??longest walks??
	G (320003@1)G/F# (320002@1)Em (022000@1)C (x32010@1)DWhile (xx0232@1)the government destroys what won^?t be bought
	Em (022000@1)Bm (x24432@1)C (x32010@1)DWhen (xx0232@1)the whites first came to the Black Hills for the gold
	C (x32010@1)C/B (x2555x@1)Am (x02210@1)D (xx0232@1)GNow (320003@1)the corporations steal the uranium and coal


D (xx0232@1)Em (022000@1)C (x32010@1)GThey (320003@1)destroyed the land and the traditional ways
D (xx0232@1)	Em (022000@1)	C (x32010@1)GAnd (320003@1)you can^?t drink the water, you better not stand in the way
DEm	CG
On Pine Ridge
DEm	CG
On Pine Ridge


EmC	DG  G/F#This (320002@1)is a song of freedom
Em (022000@1)C (x32010@1)D (xx0232@1)G (320003@1)G/F#While (320002@1)the eagle soars in the endless blue sky
EmC	D (xx0232@1)G (320003@1)G/F#For (320002@1)the innocent, wrongly imprisoned
Em (022000@1)CD
This is a song of freedom

GG/B	CD
GG/B	CD

EmEm	EmEm

C7The (x32310@1)government man hate the color of your skin and your ?dogshined?
	Emreservation (022000@1)C7 (x32310@1)						EmNo (022000@1)reasons why those two FBI were on Oglala land chasing that red van
C7And (x32310@1)the FBI admit Leonard Peltier did not commit the killings that have
kept
		Emhim (022000@1)20 years in prison

C7Em

GD	EmC
This is a song of freedom

Em (022000@1)C7 (x32310@1)							EmNo (022000@1)explanations why those two FBI were on Oglala land chasing that red
van
C7Well (x32310@1)maybe because Dickie Wilson was in Washington selling uranium to
the
		EmAmerican (022000@1)nightmare


	G (320003@1)F (133211@1)Bb (x1333x@1)CAs (x32010@1)the people striving 2 FBI were lying dead in a pasture
G (320003@1)FWilliams (133211@1)and Collier
C7Caught (x32310@1)in a crossfire

G7 (320001@1)G7Dino (320001@1)Butler and ??Bob Roberdobo?? got tried and acquitted
G7And (320001@1)the case against Jimmy Eagle was so weak it never got prosecuted
C7So (x32310@1)they set their sights on the last chance of a conviction
	Eb7 (x32310@4)		D7with (xx0212@1)a ??record?? eye-witness and a legal extradition
C7Leonard (x32310@1)Peltier had fled across the border to southern Alberta
G (320003@1)		FThe (133211@1)Canadian government was far too eager
	Bb (x1333x@1)	C7And (x32310@1)in awe of their elected copkiller


	G (320003@1)G/B (143121@7)C (x32010@1)DThere's (xx0232@1)a few that know the truth this morning in Oglala
		G (320003@1)G/F# (320002@1)Em (022000@1)	C (x32010@1)DThey^?re (xx0232@1)as silent as the land, as silent as Williams and Collier
	Em (022000@1)Bm (x24432@1)C (x32010@1)DThey^?re (xx0232@1)as silent as the eagle in the endless blue sky
	C (x32010@1)C/B (x2555x@1)Am (x02210@1)	D (xx0232@1)	GThey^?re (320003@1)as silent as the sun, she's been watching such a long time

	D (xx0232@1)Em (022000@1)C (x32010@1)GCause (320003@1)it^?s a sacred mind of ???? that's brought to the ?????
	DEm	C (x32010@1)GLeonard (320003@1)Peltier's rule divided the land
	DEm	C (x32010@1)GAnd (320003@1)the soldiers came to protect their own
	D (xx0232@1)Em (022000@1)C (x32010@1)GWith (320003@1)the promises of peace and the land that they stole
	D (xx0232@1)EmC		GAnd (320003@1)they murdered Crazy Horse killed off the buffalo
	D (xx0232@1)EmC		GSince (320003@1)yesterday and today and all of tomorrow
		DEm		C (x32010@1)GThere^?s (320003@1)a silence in the land, there^?s a sadness in the people
	DEm		C (x32010@1)GBut (320003@1)life goes on, it's the same as it's always done
DEm	CG
On Pine Ridge
DEm	CG
On Pine Ridge

solo (over D-Em-C-G)

Em (022000@1)CD	G (320003@1)G/F#This (320002@1)is a song of freedom
Em (022000@1)C (x32010@1)D (xx0232@1)G (320003@1)G/F#While (320002@1)the eagle soars in the endless blue sky
EmC		D (xx0232@1)G (320003@1)G/F#For (320002@1)the innocent, wrongly imprisoned
Em (022000@1)CD
This is a song of freedom

GG/B	CD
CC/B	AmD	G (320003@1)--

"Every point of the universe is a fixed point: all you have to do
is hang the Pendulum from it."
				-Umberto Eco