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capo 3 — sounds 3 semitones higherIntro
C Am F C Am F C Am F C ~ Am Dm7 G7 C
In the spring of forty-seven
So the story it is told
Am F C ~ Am
Old John Sutter went to the mill site
Found a piece of shining gold
Well, he took it to the city
Where the word like wildfire spread
Am F C ~ Am
Old John Sutter soon came to wishing
He'd left that stone in the river bed
Oh, they came like herds of locusts
Every woman, child and man
F C ~ Am
In their lumbering Conestogas
They left their track upon the land
Chorus
Some would fail and some would prosper
Some would die and some would kill
F C ~ Am
Some would thank the Lord for their deliverance
Some would curse John Sutter's Mill
Well, they came from New York City
And they came from Alabam'
Am F C ~ Am
With their dream of finding fortune
In this wild unsettled land
Well, some fell prey to hostile arrows
As they tried to cross the land
Am F C ~ Am
And some were lost in the Rocky Mountains
With their hands froze to the reins
Chorus
Some would fail and some would prosper
Some would die and some would kill
F C ~ Am
Some would beg the Lord for their deliverance
Some would curse John Sutter's Mill
Instrumental
C Am F C Am F C Am F C ~ Am Dm7 G7 C
Some pushed on to California
Others stopped to take their rest
Am F C ~ Am
And by the spring of eighteen-sixty
They had opened up the west
And then the railroad came behind them
And the land was ploughed and tamed
Am F C ~ Am
When old John Sutter went to meet his maker
With not one penny to his name
Chorus
Some would fail and some would prosper
Some would die and some would kill
F C ~ Am
Some would beg the Lord for their deliverance
Some would curse John Sutter's Mill
Dm7 G7 C ~ Am
Some would curse John Sutter's Mill
Some men's thirsts are never filled
OUTRO: C Am F C Am F C Am F C ~ Am Dm7 G7 C
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