Now that the buffalo’s gone
G - D - F - Em - C - G - D - A - D
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1. Can you remember the times,
F Em
that you`ve held
your head high?
C G
and told all your friends of your Indian
claim,
D G
proud good lady and proud
good man?
C G
Your great-great-grandfather from Indian
blood sprang,
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and you feel in your heart for these ones.
G D
2. Oh, it`s written in books
and in songs,
F Em
that we`ve
been mistreated and wronged.
C G
Well, over and over I hear the same words,
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from you, good lady, and
you, good man.
C G
Well, listen to me if you care where we
stand,
D A D
and you feel you`re
a part of these ones.
G D
3. When a war between nations
is lost,
F Em
the loser, we know, pays the cost.
C G
But even when
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consider, dear Lady, consider, dear man,
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you left them their pride and you left them
their land,
D A D
and what have you done to these ones?
G D
4. Has a change come about
Uncle Sam,
F Em
or are you still taking our lands?
C
G
A treaty forever George Washington signed,
D G
he did, dear Lady, he did, dear man.
C G
And the treaty`s
being broken by Kinzua Dam,
D A D
and what will you do
for these ones?
G D
5. Oh, it`s all in the past,
you can say,
F Em
but it`s still
going on here today.
C G
The government now wants the Iroquois land,
D G
that of the Seneca and
the
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It`s here and
it`s now you must help us, dear man,
D G
now that the buffalo`s
gone
(orig. = capo 2nd) (Buffy Sainte-Marie)