Capo: 4 Tuning: E A D G B E

Tuning C A D G B e Bdim voicing 2 2 3 0 3 0 [riff1] e|----------------| B|----------------| G|-2s4s2--0--0----| D|-2s4s2--0--0--0-| A|----------------| C|----------------| [riff2] e|-------------------| B|-s5s3--1--0--0h1p0-| G|-------------------| D|-------------------| A|-------------------| C|-------------------| [riff3] e|----------------|---------------| B|-s5s3--1--0--1--|---------------| G|-s4s2--0--0--0--|-------------0-| D|----------------|---------------| A|----------------|---------------| C|----------------|-0--0--2--2----| [INTRO] Am riff1 C Am riff1 C [VERSE 1]

^AmOut in the desert where the wind never ^Cstops ^AmA few simple people try to grow a few ^Ccrops Fmaj7 C riff2 Fmaj7 Trying to maintain a life and a home C Bdim C riff3 On land that was theirs before the Romans founded Rome

[VERSE 2]

^AmA few dozen survivors, ragged but ^Cproud ^AmWith a few woolly sheep, under gathering ^Ccloud Fmaj7 C riff2 Fmaj7 It's never been easy, or free from strife C Bdim C riff3 But the pulse of the land is the pulse of their life

[CHORUS]

^Fmaj7You thought it was over but it's just like be^Cfore ^DmWill there never be an ^Bdimend to the Indian ^Cadd4wars? ^C

[VERSE 3]

It's not ^Ambreech-loading rifles and wholesale ^Cslaughter It's ^Amkickbacks and thugs and diverted ^Cwater Fmaj7 C riff2 Fmaj7 Treaties get signed and the papers change hands C Bdim C riff3 But they might as well draft these agreements in sand

[VERSE 4]

^AmNoble Savage on the cinema ^Cscreen ^AmAn Indian's good when he cannot be ^Cseen Fmaj7 C riff2 Fmaj7 And the so-called white so-called race C Bdim C riff3 Digs for itself a pit of disgrace

[CHORUS]

^Fmaj7You thought it was over but it's just like be^Cfore ^DmWill there never be an ^Bdimend to the Indian ^Cadd4wars? ^C

Bruce Cockburn - Indian wars