Trail Of Tears chords by Little Stiff

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Intermediate

intro with lead:
Am   C   Em   G
Em   D   G    Am
Am   C   Em   G
Em   D   G    Am

all in:
A    C    Em    G  A  x2

A           C              Em                      G     A
In a land without any pity  And a sun scorching from the sky
A              C                  Em                      G     A
In the desert, they built a city Sharp as flint that could make you cry
A             C              Em                      G     A
Hold on to it  Hold on to it  It’s a dream that will never die
A                 C                Em                      G     A
Come there with me Come there with me It’s the home of my own mind’s eye

A           C              Em                      G     A

A                 C              Em                      G     A
But the dreamer was never welcome Other lands have their own demands
A              C                   Em                      G     A
Get away boy, you don’t belong here That’s our law and it always stands
A             C              Em                      G     A
Hold on to it Hold on to it It’s a dream that will make you cry
A                  C                 Em                      G     A
Come there with me Come there with me And they’ll let us in by and by

Em     Em

Chorus::
C                     F         G
I will meet you when things are better
C                 F     G
In a world without any fear
F                     F      G
We’ll be facing our bright tomorrow
F                    F      G
At the end of this trail of tears

A      A

A      C     Em     G  A  x2

A                     C                   Em                      G     A
They asked our dreamer for reams of paper These were the keys that he didn’t own
A                C                    Em                                    G     A
They pointed back to the land he came from Said: “Go back there, son ‘cos that’s your home”
A             C              Em                G     A
Go back to it Go back to it No future, no life, no hope
A                  C                  Em                      G     A
Come there with me Come there with me And you’ll see why I can’t go home

Em      Em

Chorus:
C                     F         G
I will meet you when things are better
C                 F     G
In a world without any fear
F                     F      G
We’ll be facing our bright tomorrow
F                    F      G
At the end of this trail of tears

A       A

D       A       G      A

       D          A        G        A
And the trail goes on On and on For years and years
       D          A         G       A          B           B
The trail drags on  Never ending  Trail of tears

A      C     Em     G  A  x2

A                     C              Em                      G     A
So, the dreamer turns from the city But he asks them before he leaves:
A                        C                      Em                         G     A
“Who checked your papers to build this country? Who gave permission for you and not me?”
A                 C                   Em                      G     A
Think back on it Think back on it Land is the land and it was always free
A           C              Em                      G     A
Before you Before you No one had papers, they would simply “be”

Chorus:
C                     F         G
I will meet you when things are better
C                 F     G
In a world without any fear
F                     F      G
We’ll be facing our bright tomorrow
F                    F      G
At the end of this trail of tears
C                     F         G
I will meet you when things are better
C                 F     G
In a world without any fear
F                     F      G
We’ll be facing our bright tomorrow
F                    F      G
At the end of this trail of tears

A       A

A      C     Em     G  A  x4