On Wounded Knee chords by Wrinkle Neck Mules

Chords with lyrics

On Wounded Knee - Wrinkle Neck Mules

Track 3 - Apprentice to Ghosts (2012)
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Standard Tuning; power chords (5ths)

Intro:
E5E5
(distorted guitar noise)


VERSE:
E5E5         G5G5
Back of the napkin scratch out
  D5D5        A5A5
The words that I’ve learned
   E5E5          G5G5
But they don’t come, just cracks and hums
   D5D5        A5A5
Like nothing I’ve ever heard
E5E5         G5G5
No place to stay no fire or rain
  D5D5     A5A5
No number or ratio
  E5E5       G5G5    A5A5
No gauge to give a warning sign
  E5E5       D5D5    A5A5
No gauge to give a warning sign

VERSE:
E5E5       G5G5
I guess we all should have known
     D5D5       A5A5
What the downside might be
   E5E5          G5G5
As we swore and prayed and stood and gazed
    D5D5       A5A5
At some beast we never did see
    E5E5        G5G5
Coming winter’s chill in Charlottesville
    D5D5     A5A5
With no leg to stand on
  E5E5        G5G5    A5A5
That’s about where I draw the line
   E5E5          D5D5    A5A5
Yeah, that’s about where I draw the line


CHORUS:
D5D5         A5A5
Scrape off the time elapse
D5D5     A5A5
Push myself right up to the collapse
     B5B5        D5D5       A5A5
Will you know me when I’m down on wounded knee?
     E5E5        D5D5       A5A5
Will you know me when I’m down on wounded knee?

VERSE:
     E5E5         G5G5
Well the blood ran down and covered up
D5D5         A5A5
Everyone I’ve ever known
   E5E5         G5G5
With mangled hands and best laid plans
  D5D5     A5A5
My my haven’t we grown
E5E5            G5G5
Back to the mirrors where we can’t hear
  D5D5         A5A5
The screams and shouts below
    E5E5         G5G5    A5A5
Well, I tell you boys it’s about time
E5E5       D5D5    A5A5
Yeah boys it’s about that time


CHORUS II:
D5D5         A5A5
Scrape off the time elapse
D5D5      A5A5
Bend and run, under the wires and traps
     B5B5        D5D5       A5A5
Will you know me when I’m down on wounded knee?
     E5E5        D5D5       A5A5
Will you know me when I’m down on wounded knee?


SOLO:
E5E5 G5G5 D5D5 A5A5 x3
E5E5 G5G5 A5A5
E5E5 D5D5 A5A5 E5E5


BRIDGE:
E5E5              D5D5
There are high towers and deep wells
E5E5               G5G5    D5D5
There are strokes and heart attacks and spells
     B5B5        D5D5       A5A5
Will you know me when I’m down on wounded knee?
     E5E5        D5D5       A5A5
Will you know me when I’m down on wounded knee?


CHORUS III:
D5D5         A5A5
Scrape off the time elapse
D5D5           A5A5
Take the good, and the rest we'll sell for scrap
     B5B5        D5D5       A5A5 G5G5 A5A5
Will you know me when I’m down on wounded knee?
     E5E5        D5D5   A5A5 G5G5 A5A5
Will you know me when I’m down
        E5E5 G5G5 E5E5
On wounded knee      x3

     E5E5 G5G5 E5E5 E5E5 G5G5 E5E5 E5E5 G5G5 E5E5
On wounded.......       knee