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Johnny Cash

Key: GEnglish

99 bpm

Intro

Verse

From the GIndian reservation to the C7governmental Gschool

Well they're C7going to Geducate me to the D7white men's Golden Rule

And I'm Glearning very quickly for I've C7learned to be Gashamed

And I C7come when they call GBilly though I've D7got an Indian Gname

Chorus

And there are Gdrums beyond the mountain Indian C7drums that you can't Ghear

There are C7drums beyond the Gmountain and they're D7getting mighty Gnear

Verse

And when Gthey think that they'd changed me cut my C7hair to meet their Gneeds

Will they C7think I'm white or GIndian quarter D7blood or just half breed

Let me Gtell you Mr teacher when you C7say you'll make me Gright

In five C7hundred years of Gfighting not one D7Indian turned Gwhite

Chorus

And there are Gdrums beyond the mountain Indian C7drums that you can't Ghear

There are C7drums beyond the Gmountain and they're D7getting mighty Gnear

Verse

Well you Gthought that I knew nothing when you C7brought me here to Gschool

Just C7another empty GIndian just D7America's first fool

But now I Gcan tell you stories that are C7burnt and dried and Gold

But in the C7shadow of their Gtelling walks the D7thunder proud and Gbold

Chorus

And there are Gdrums beyond the mountain Indian C7drums that you can't Ghear

There are C7drums beyond the Gmountain and they're D7getting mighty Gnear

Verse

Long GPine and Sequoia Handsome C7Lake and Sitting GBull

There's C7Magnus GColorado with his D7sleeves so red and full

GCrazy Horse the legend those who C7bit off Custer's Gsoul

They are C7dead yet they are Gliving with the D7great GGeronimo

Chorus

And there are Gdrums beyond the mountain Indian C7drums that you can't Ghear

There are C7drums beyond the Gmountain and they're D7getting mighty Gnear

Verse

Well you may Gteach me this land's history but we C7taught it to you Gfirst

We broke your C7hearts and bent your Gjourneys: broken D7treaties left us cursed

Even Gnow you have to cheat us even C7though you this us Gtame

In our C7losing we found Gproudness in your D7winning you found Gshame

Chorus

And there are Gdrums beyond the mountain Indian C7drums that you can't Ghear

There are C7drums beyond the Gmountain and they're D7getting mighty Gnear

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