WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Bruce Cockburn - Indian Wars Chords | Ver. 1
Tuning C A D G B e
Bdim voicing 2 2 3 0 3 0
[riff1]
e|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|-2s4s2--0--0----|
D|-2s4s2--0--0--0-|
A|----------------|
C|----------------|
[riff2]
e|-------------------|
B|-s5s3--1--0--0h1p0-|
G|-------------------|
D|-------------------|
A|-------------------|
C|-------------------|
[riff3]
e|----------------|---------------|
B|-s5s3--1--0--1--|---------------|
G|-s4s2--0--0--0--|-------------0-|
D|----------------|---------------|
A|----------------|---------------|
C|----------------|-0--0--2--2----|
[INTRO]
Am riff1 C
Am riff1 C
[VERSE 1]
Am C
Out in the desert where the wind never stops
Am C
A few simple people try to grow a few crops
Fmaj7 C riff2 Fmaj7
Trying to maintain a life and a home
C Bdim C riff3
On land that was theirs before the Romans founded Rome
[VERSE 2]
Am C
A few dozen survivors, ragged but proud
Am C
With a few woolly sheep, under gathering cloud
Fmaj7 C riff2 Fmaj7
It's never been easy, or free from strife
C Bdim C riff3
But the pulse of the land is the pulse of their life
[CHORUS]
Fmaj7 C
You thought it was over but it's just like before
Dm Bdim Cadd4 C
Will there never be an end to the Indian wars?
[VERSE 3]
Am C
It's not breech-loading rifles and wholesale slaughter
Am C
It's kickbacks and thugs and diverted water
Fmaj7 C riff2 Fmaj7
Treaties get signed and the papers change hands
C Bdim C riff3
But they might as well draft these agreements in sand
[VERSE 4]
Am C
Noble Savage on the cinema screen
Am C
An Indian's good when he cannot be seen
Fmaj7 C riff2 Fmaj7
And the so-called white so-called race
C Bdim C riff3
Digs for itself a pit of disgrace
[CHORUS]
Fmaj7 C
You thought it was over but it's just like before
Dm Bdim Cadd4 C
Will there never be an end to the Indian wars?
Fmaj7 C
You thought it was over but it's just like before
Dm Bdim Cadd4 C
Will there never be an end to the Indian wars?