Dan Fogelberg - Sutters mill

^CIn the ^Amspring^F of forty-^Cseven So the ^Amsto^Fry it is ^Ctold Am F C ~ Am Old John Sutter went to the mill site Found a ^Dm7piec^G7e of shining ^Cgold

Well, he ^Amtook it^F to the ^Ccity Where the ^Amwor^Fd like wildfire ^Cspread Am F C ~ Am Old John Sutter soon came to wishing He'd left that ^Dm7ston^G7e in the river ^Am7bed

Oh, they ^Fcame like herds of ^Clocusts Every ^Fwo^Cman, child and ^Amman F C ~ Am In their lumbering Conestogas They left their ^Dm7trac^G7k upon the ^Am7land

Some would ^Ffail and some would ^Cprosper Some would ^Fdi^Ce and some would ^Amkill F C ~ Am Some would beg the Lord for their deliverance Some would ^Dm7curs^G7e John Sutter's ^CMill

Well, they ^Amcame^F from New York ^CCity And they ^Amcame^F from Ala^Cbam' Am F C ~ Am With their dream of finding fortune In this ^Dm7wild^G7 unsettled ^Cland

Well, some fell ^Amprey^F to hostile ^Carrows As they ^Amtrie^Fd to cross the ^Cland Am F C ~ Am And some were lost in the Rocky Mountains With their ^Dm7hands^G7 froze to the ^Am7reins

Some would ^Ffail and some would ^Cprosper Some would ^Fdie^C and some would ^Amkill F C ~ Am Some would beg the Lord for their deliverance Some would ^Dm7curs^G7e John Sutter's ^CMill

Some pushed ^Amon ^F to Cali^Cfornia Others ^Amstopp^Fed to take their ^Crest Am F C ~ Am And by the spring of eighteen-sixty They had ^Dm7open^G7ed up the ^Cwest

And then the ^Amrailro^Fad came be^Chind them And the ^Amlan^Fd was ploughed and ^Ctamed Am F C ~ Am When old John Sutter went to meet his maker With not one ^Dm7penn^G7y to his ^Am7name

Some would ^Ffail and some would ^Cprosper Some would ^Fdie^C and some would ^Amkill F C ~ Am Some would beg the Lord for their deliverance Some would ^Dm7curs^G7e John Sutter's ^CMill Dm7 G7 C ~ Am Some would curse John Sutter's Mill Some men's ^Dm7thirs^G7ts are never ^Cfilled