Indian Wars chords by Bruce Cockburn

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 4th

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: A minorAm

Difficulty: Intermediate

Tuning C majorC A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB e
BdimBdim voicing 2 2 3 0 3 0

riff1:
e|----------------|
BB|----------------|
G+G|-2s4s2--0--0----|
D MajorD|-2s4s2--0--0--0-|
A augmentedA|----------------|
C majorC|----------------|

riff2:
e|-------------------|
BB|-s5s3--1--0--0h1p0-|
G+G|-------------------|
D MajorD|-------------------|
A augmentedA|-------------------|
C majorC|-------------------|

riff3:
e|----------------|---------------|
BB|-s5s3--1--0--1--|---------------|
G+G|-s4s2--0--0--0--|-------------0-|
D MajorD|----------------|---------------|
A augmentedA|----------------|---------------|
C majorC|----------------|-0--0--2--2----|

INTRO:
A minorAm riff1 C majorC
A minorAm riff1 C majorC

VERSE 1:
A minorAm                   C majorC
Out in the desert where the wind never stops
A minorAm                  C majorC
A augmentedA few simple people try to grow a few crops
Fmaj7Fmaj7              C majorC   riff2 Fmaj7Fmaj7
Trying to maintain a life and a home
C majorC            BdimBdim           C majorC   riff3
On land that was theirs before the Romans founded Rome

VERSE 2:
A minorAm                C majorC
A augmentedA few dozen survivors, ragged but proud
A minorAm                    C majorC
With a few woolly sheep, under gathering cloud
Fmaj7Fmaj7               C majorC   riff2  Fmaj7Fmaj7
It's never been easy, or free from strife
C majorC             BdimBdim         C majorC riff3
But the pulse of the land is the pulse of their life

CHORUS:
Fmaj7Fmaj7                    C majorC
You thought it was over but it's just like before
DmDm           BdimBdim       Cadd4  C majorC
Will there never be an end to the Indian wars?

VERSE 3:
     A minorAm                 C majorC
It's not breech-loading rifles and wholesale slaughter
   A minorAm                C majorC
It's kickbacks and thugs and diverted water
Fmaj7Fmaj7                   C majorC   riff2 Fmaj7Fmaj7
Treaties get signed and the papers change hands
     C majorC          BdimBdim        C majorC  riff3
But they might as well draft these agreements in sand

VERSE 4:
A minorAm             C majorC
Noble Savage on the cinema screen
A minorAm                 C majorC
An Indian's good when he cannot be seen
    Fmaj7Fmaj7           C majorC  riff2 Fmaj7Fmaj7
And the so-called white so-called race
C majorC        BdimBdim   C majorC     riff3
Digs for itself a pit of disgrace

CHORUS:
Fmaj7Fmaj7                    C majorC
You thought it was over but it's just like before
DmDm           BdimBdim       Cadd4  C majorC
Will there never be an end to the Indian wars?

Fmaj7Fmaj7                    C majorC
You thought it was over but it's just like before
DmDm           BdimBdim       Cadd4  C majorC
Will there never be an end to the Indian wars?