#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE--------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the# #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.# #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------# From: [email protected] (MR KEN L REYNOLDS) Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1998 16:54:15, -0500 Subject: d/denver_john/trail_of_tears.pro album: Dreamland Express song: Trail of Tears written by: Randy Handley performed by: John Denver trasnscribed: Ken Reynolds Enjoy my latest contribution to the directory. Trail Of Tears Randy Handley No more [G] beautiful moons may we [Em] spend on our lands In the [C] north the scarlet [D] councils talks of [G] war [D] And the [G] long knives have massacred the [Em] tribe and burned corn We?re not [C] welcome in our [D] homeland any [G] more There will be a [C] trail [D] of [G] tears There will be a [C] trail [D] of [Em] pain [Em/g] And Jackson will [C] have the Missisis [G] ippi and the [C] twenty dollar [G] bill But for [C] us the trail is [D] all that will re [G] main No more [G] songs of the hunters on the [Em] buffalo plain No more [C] smoke from sacred [D] fires touch these [G] hills [D] And the [G] numbers of the people will grow [Em] fewer every mile And our [C] children will not [D] learn the Great Spirits [G] way There will be a [C] trail [D] of [G] tears There will be a [C] trail [D] of [Em] pain [Em/g] And Jackson will [C] have the Missis [G] sippi and the [C] twenty dollar [G] bill But for [C] us the trail is [D] all that will re [G] main On the [G] streets of Rapid City on the [Em] road to Wounded Knee There is [C] whiskey for for [D] getting every [G] thing [D] But the [G] old ones say there may be time from [Em] learning from each other The [C] way that it had [D] once been meant to [G] be There is still a [C] trail [D] of [G] tears There is still a [C] trail [D] of [Em] pain [Em/g] And Jackson has [C] got the Missis [G] sippi and the [C] twenty dollar [G] bill But for [C] us the trail of [D] tears re [G] main Jackson has [C] got the Missis [G] sippi and the [C] twenty dollar [G] bill But how [C] long will the [D] trail of tears re [G] main I have a wide variety of popular artist and venues for audio tape trading. Contact me at < [email protected] > and I will e-mail my list to you. Ken Reynolds
