Big Foot

Capo: 1st fret [Spoken] Am Am/E Am Am/E Am Am/E Am Am/E Am Am/E Am Am/E Dm Dm/A Dm Dm/A Am Am/E Am But the land was already claimed by a people when the cowboy came and when the soldiers came N.C. The story of the American Indian is in a lot of ways a story of tragedy N.C. Like that day at Wounded Knee, South Dakota Intro D A E7 A A [Verse 1] A D Big Foot was an Indian chief of the Minneconjou band E7 D A A band of Minneconjou Sioux from South Dakota land A D Big Foot said to Custer "Stay away from Crazy Horse" E7 D A But Custer crossed into Sioux land and he never came back across A D Then Big Foot led his people to a place called Wounded Knee E7 D A And they found themselves surrounded by the 7th Cavalry Chorus D A E7 A Big chief Big Foot, rise up from your bed D A D A Minneconjou babies cry for their mothers lying dead [Verse 2] A D Big Foot was down with a fever when he reached Wounded Knee E7 D A And his people all were prisoners of the 7th Cavalry A D Two hundred women and children and another hundred men E7 D A Raised up a white flag of peace but peace did not begin A D An accidental gunshot and Big Foot was first to die E7 D A And over the noise of the rifles you could hear the babies cry Chorus D A E7 A Big chief Big Foot, it's good that you can't see D A D A Revenge is being wrought by Custer's 7th Cavalry [Verse 3] A D Then smoke hung over the canyon on that cold December day E7 D A All was death and dying around where Big Foot lay A D Farther on up the canyon some had tried to run and hide E7 D A But death showed no favorites, women, men, and children died A D One side called it a "massacre", the other a "victory" E7 D A But the white flag is still waving today at Wounded Knee Chorus D A E7 A Big chief Big Foot, your Minneconjou band D A D A Is more than remembered here in South Dakota land D A E7 A Big chief Big Foot, your Minneconjou band D A D A Is more than remembered here in South Dakota land Outro A D A