Peace In The Valley chords by Gillian Welch

Chords with lyrics

• Difficulty: Beginner

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

🎸 Verse 1:
A minorAm                     G+G
Pulling into Douglas on a hot October night
FF
Dawn up above us, and there's a moon on the right
D MajorD
Just off the blacktop, there's a sign along the road
    FF       C majorC        G+G
It's a marker for the place where they got Geronimo


🎸 Pre-Chorus:
FF            D MajorD
For peace in the valley, lay down his shield
  C majorC         G/BG/B    FF
And surrendered to the white man hot on his heels

🎸 Chorus:
FF
Peace in the valley
D MajorD
But oh, Geronimo
A minorAm                FF
You can't raise up your children, watch them grow
    A minorAm         E7E7  A minorAm
Without peace in the valley down below

🎸 Verse 2:
A minorAm              G+G
He was a bonafide Indian chief
FF
East Arizona was his pride and keep
D MajorD
Down through the Pecos, they tried to take him down
    FF       C majorC      G+G
'Til an hour from the border, he stopped and turned around

🎸 Pre-Chorus:
     FF           D MajorD
He cried "Peace in the valley!", lay down his shield
   C majorC         G/BG/B    FF
And surrendered to the white man hot on his heels

🎸 Chorus 2:
FF
Peace in the valley
D MajorD
But oh, Geronimo
A minorAm                 FF
You can't raise up your children, watch them grow
     A minorAm         E7E7  A minorAm
Without peace in the valley down below


FF
Peace in the valley
D MajorD
And oh, Geronimo
A minorAm                FF
You can't raise up your children, watch them grow
    A minorAm         E7E7  A minorAm
Without peace in the valley down below