Pine Ridge
Blue RodeoVersion1
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D-DU-UDU
Gun squads got whatever they wanted
On Pine Ridge
Dickie Wilson the only law and order
Sat back and watched while over 100 were murdered
He'd made his bed with the government man
Taking everything he could for himself, his family and
friends
And he didn't want those longhairs on his reservation
They were always causing trouble and instigating
So he waged his war of intimidation
On his poverty stricken reservation
>From ??wounded knees?? to the ??longest walks??
While the government destroys what won^?t be bought
When the whites first came to the Black Hills for the gold
Now the corporations steal the uranium and coal
They destroyed the land and the traditional ways
And you can^?t drink the water, you better not stand in the way
On Pine Ridge
On Pine Ridge
This is a song of freedom
While the eagle soars in the endless blue sky
For the innocent, wrongly imprisoned
This is a song of freedom
The government man hate the color of your skin and your ?dogshined?
reservation
No reasons why those two FBI were on Oglala land chasing that red van
And the FBI admit Leonard Peltier did not commit the killings that have
kept
him 20 years in prison
This is a song of freedom
No explanations why those two FBI were on Oglala land chasing that red
van
Well maybe because Dickie Wilson was in Washington selling uranium to
the
American nightmare
As the people striving 2 FBI were lying dead in a pasture
Williams and Collier
Caught in a crossfire
Dino Butler and ??Bob Roberdobo?? got tried and acquitted
And the case against Jimmy Eagle was so weak it never got prosecuted
So they set their sights on the last chance of a conviction
with a ??record?? eye-witness and a legal extradition
Leonard Peltier had fled across the border to southern Alberta
The Canadian government was far too eager
And in awe of their elected copkiller
There's a few that know the truth this morning in Oglala
They^?re as silent as the land, as silent as Williams and Collier
They^?re as silent as the eagle in the endless blue sky
They^?re as silent as the sun, she's been watching such a long time
Cause it^?s a sacred mind of ???? that's brought to the ?????
Leonard Peltier's rule divided the land
And the soldiers came to protect their own
With the promises of peace and the land that they stole
And they murdered Crazy Horse killed off the buffalo
Since yesterday and today and all of tomorrow
There^?s a silence in the land, there^?s a sadness in the people
But life goes on, it's the same as it's always done
On Pine Ridge
On Pine Ridge
over
-G)
This is a song of freedom
While the eagle soars in the endless blue sky
For the innocent, wrongly imprisoned
This is a song of freedom
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Readable chord sheet for Pine Ridge by Blue Rodeo
[D] [Em] [C] [G] [D] [Em] [C] [G] G[D]un squad[Em]s got wh[C]atever they want[G]ed O[D]n Pine R[Em]idge [C] [G] D[G]ickie Wi[G/B]lson the[C] only law and or[D]der S[G]at b[G/F#]ack and[Em] watched while o[C]ver 100 [D]were murdered H[Em]e'd made[Bm] his bed[C] with the govern[D]ment man T[C]akin[C/B]g ever[Am]ything he could for himself, his[D] family and f[G]riends [G/B] [C] [D] A[G]nd he didn't wan[G/B]t those [C]longhairs on his[D] reservation T[G]hey [G/F#]were al[Em]ways causing trouble and[C] instigating [D] S[Em]o he waged his w[Bm]ar of in[C]timidation [D] O[C]n hi[C/B]s pove[Am]rty stri[D]cken reservation[G] [G/B] [C] [D] >[G]From ??w[G/B]ounded knees?? t[C]o the ??longest [D]walks?? W[G]hile[G/F#] the go[Em]vernment destroy[C]s what won^?t be[D] bought W[Em]hen the whites f[Bm]irst came to the[C] Black Hills for[D] the gold N[C]ow t[C/B]he cor[Am]porations steal [D]the uranium and [G]coal T[D]hey destroyed th[Em]e land and the t[C]raditional ways [G] A[D]nd you can^?t drink the [Em]water, you better not st[C]and in the way [G] O[D]n Pine R[Em]idge [C] [G] O[D]n Pine R[Em]idge [C] [G] T[Em]his is a[C] song of[D] freedom[G] [G/F#] W[Em]hile the eagle s[C]oars in the endl[D]ess blue sky [G] [G/F#] F[Em]or the i[C]nnocent,[D] wrongly impriso[G]ned [G/F#] T[Em]his is a song of[C] freedom[D] [G] [G/B] [C] [D] [G] [G/B] [C] [D] [Em] [Em] [Em] [Em] T[C7]he government man hate the color of your skin and your ?dogshined? r[Em]eservation N[C7]o reasons why those two FBI were on Oglala land chasing that red[Em] van A[C7]nd the FBI admit Leonard Peltier did not commit the killings that have kept h[Em]im 20 years in prison [C7] [Em] T[G]his is a[D] song of[Em] freedom[C] [Em] N[C7]o explanations why those two FBI were on Oglala land chasing that red [Em] van W[C7]ell maybe because Dickie Wilson was in Washington selling uranium to the A[Em]merican nightmare A[G]s the people str[F]iving 2 FBI were[Bb] lying dead in a[C] pasture W[G]illiams and Coll[F]ier C[C7]aught in a crossfire [G7] D[G7]ino Butler and ??Bob Roberdobo?? got tried and acquitted A[G7]nd the case against Jimmy Eagle was so weak it never got prosecuted S[C7]o they set their sights on the last chance of a conviction w[Eb7]ith a ??record?? eye-witness and[D7] a legal extradition L[C7]eonard Peltier had fled across the border to southern Alberta T[G]he Canadian government was far t[F]oo eager A[Bb]nd in awe of their elect[C7]ed copkiller T[G]here's a few tha[G/B]t know the truth[C] this morning in[D] Oglala T[G]hey^[G/F#]?re as [Em]silent as the land, as s[C]ilent as William[D]s and Collier T[Em]hey^?re as silen[Bm]t as the eagle i[C]n the endless bl[D]ue sky T[C]hey^[C/B]?re as[Am] silent as the sun, she'[D]s been watching such a l[G]ong time C[D]ause it^?s a sac[Em]red mind of ????[C] that's brought [G]to the ????? L[D]eonard P[Em]eltier's[C] rule divided th[G]e land A[D]nd the s[Em]oldiers [C]came to protect [G]their own W[D]ith the promises[Em] of peace and th[C]e land that they[G] stole A[D]nd they murdered[Em] Crazy H[C]orse killed off [G]the buffalo S[D]ince yesterday a[Em]nd today[C] and all of tomo[G]rrow T[D]here^?s [Em]a silence in the[C] land, there^?s [G]a sadness in the people B[D]ut life [Em]goes on, it's th[C]e same as it's a[G]lways done O[D]n Pine R[Em]idge [C] [G] O[D]n Pine R[Em]idge [C] [G] over [D] [Em] [C]-G) T[Em]his is a song of[C] freedom[D] [G] [G/F#] W[Em]hile the eagle s[C]oars in the endl[D]ess blue sky [G] [G/F#] F[Em]or the i[C]nnocent, wrongly[D] imprisoned [G] [G/F#] T[Em]his is a song of[C] freedom[D] [G] [G/B] [C] [D] [C] [C/B] [Am] [D] [G]