Chaska

Gm
In the back of the heart of blue 
earth county
Eb               Bb
Many, many years ago
F
I stood in the cold next to my 
mother
    Eb           Gm
And 38 men blindfold
Gm                             
As the natives took their place, 
          Eb          Bb
singing their death song
F
The prison Chaplain called their 
names
    Eb                        Gm
But he got one of their names wrong


[Chorus]
     Eb
E|----| I've been 

     Bb
Fi----ighting
                          F
With this notion that the world does
           Gm
A good man well
             Eb
I see it all around me
           Bb
A man does hateful things
                     F
And he still walking around, you see
                     Gm
While the good one's gone


[Verse 2]
     Gm
Some say that there was no mistake
              Eb                   
Some say they wanted that man to be
 Bb
 hung
F
For falling in love with a white 
woman
    Eb                    Gm
And caring for her infant son
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Gm
When he was first captured, she 
cried;
 Eb                        Bb
"Don't take him, you don't know!"
F
If not for him, my bones will be 
bleach'en on the prairie
   Eb                    Bb
My children, with little crow


[Chorus]
     Eb
E|----| I've been 

     Bb
Fi----ighting
                          F
With this notion that the world does
           Gm
A good man well
             Eb
I see it all around me
           Bb
A man does hateful things
                     F
And he still walking around, you see
                     Gm
While the good one's gone



[Verse 3]
Gm
As the moment came and the ropes all
 placed
        Eb                     Bb
And the drums they quieted the crowd
    F
The men wailed and danced on a trap 
door gallows
    Eb                           
And yelled each other's names so 
Gm
loud
    Gm
And when they heard their name they 
yelled;
 Eb            Bb
"I'm here, I'm here!"
         F
And they yelled out their fellow 
men's name
                   Gm
For the heavens to hear


[Bridge]

        Eb              Bb
And the clergyman spoke on
        Eb              Bb    Gm
About Christ and how he di---ied
        F
And the axe was lifted hi---igh

[Instrumental]

Gm Eb Bb
F Eb Gm

2x


[Chorus]
     Eb
E|----| I've been 

     Bb
Fi----ighting
                          F
With this notion that the world does
           Gm
A good man well
             Eb
I see it all around me
           Bb
A man does hateful things
                     F
And he still walking around, you see
                     Gm
While the good one's gone