The Last Battle chords by Gordon Bok

Intro:
G7 C G7  C  G

Verse:
             C     F     G7        C     F
An east wing blew in the storms of time
                Em   Dm              G7
Where the Metis lived by the winding river
          Em   Dm        G7       Em    Am
When on a steel rail the settlers came
                Dm       F                  G7
To the South Saskatchewan and the land they claimed

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Then three Metis and Gabrial
              Em  Dm          G7
Rode like the wind to wild Montana
             Em        Dm     G7        Em     Am
There on the Sweetgrass, in a church of stone
                 Dm     F                      G7
They found their saviour, and they brought him home

Chorus:
                C  F      G7     C      F
Saying, "Come Riel, we'll make a stand
          Em   Dm           G7
Here at Botoche, beside the river
          Em  Dm     G7      Em    Am
Ah, never mind their Gatling guns
                Dm   F      G7      C      F  G7  C  G7
If we lose this time, we've lost forever!"

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                  C   F        G7      C       F
Well, the bullets flew and the cannons roared
               Em   Dm             G7
And the Metis' blood flowed like a river
         Em     Dm          G7     Em    Am
Into the coulees where they ran to hide
                Dm         F                  G7
It washed their dreams away, and their spirit died

Chorus:
            C  F      G7     C      F
"Oh, come Riel, we'll make a stand
          Em   Dm           G7
Here at Botoche, beside the river
          Em  Dm     G7      Em    Am
Ah, never mind their Gatling guns
                Dm   F      G7      C      F  G7  C  G7
If we lose this time, we've lost forever!"

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              C    F G7        C     F
Oh, a silence stole across the land
             Em Dm              G7
The drums of war were hushed forever
           Em       Dm      G7     Em      Am
But in the starlight on the barren plains
           Dm     F             G7
The cry of Gabrial flies on the wind

Chorus:
            C  F      G7     C      F
"Oh, come Riel, we'll make a stand
          Em   Dm           G7
Here at Botoche, beside the river
          Em  Dm     G7      Em    Am
Ah, never mind their Gatling guns
                Dm   F      G7      C
If we lose this time, we've lost forever!
                Dm   F      G7      C
If we lose this time, we've lost forever!"