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Eliza Gilkyson - Ballad Of Yvonne Johnson CAPO: 2nd Fret INTRO: F C F C My name is Yvonne Johnson
My Fnative blood is CCree I'm Ghere to tell the Cstory Of the Flife stolen from Cme F C F C
My grandfather's grandfather was
The Fgreat war chief Big CBear And GFlora my grandCmother worked With Fmedicine and Cprayer
My mother is Saskatchewan
My Fdaddy ex-MaCrine And GI was just a Chalf-breed Falling Fsomewhere in beCtween FSomewhere in beCtween
GRaised up in a Creckless world Of Gdrugs and alcoChol The Gpolice killed my Cbrother, Earl The Fonly one who Gcared at all
Cleft Cpalate split my face in two No Fsurgery can reCpair I Glived in shame and Cridicule FounFdations of desCpair FounFdations of desCpair F C F C
First memory of my brother, Leon
FI was only Cthree He Gthrew me on the Ctable Forced himFself inside of Cme
All the kids stood 'round
As I deFscended into Chell When I Gtold my daddy 'Cbout it Well, he Fhad his way as Cwell, boys F He took me down as Cwell
I Gdidn't have a Clanguage For the Gpain I suffered Cthrough EsGcaping into Cmarriage But your Fpast just catches Gup with you
UnCtil I had three children And a Fragged famiCly A Gdesperate urge to Ckeep them From the Fwolves that got to Cme, boys F Wolves that got to Cme
INSTRUMENTAL: C F C G C F C F C G C G C G C F C F C F C I wish I could forget that night
The Fway the cards all Cfell The Gdeck was stacked aCgainst me And I Fplayed my part so Cwell
Three days on the party
In a Fdrunken revelCry GShirley Ann said CChuck had plans To Flure my kids from Cme FLure my kids from Cme
We Gstuck him with a Cdagger And we Gbeat him 'round the Chead I Gunleashed all my Canger And I Fdidn't stop when Ghe was dead
They Cset me up to take the fall I Fwent down willingCly Now I'm Gdoing life in Cprison While the Frest of them run Cfree, boys F They're all running Cfree
INSTRUMENTAL: C F C F C F G C Grandmother, grandmother
FSend your prayers to Cme ProGtect me and my Cchildren For I Flove them endlessCly
Creator, creator
FI have come aClive GMedicine Bear CWoman Doing Flife at thirty-Cfive, boys F Life at thirty-Cfive
I pray, Fhelp me to make my amends To Cthose that I have harmed FGrant them love and peace so they may CUnderstand I'm sorry
FHelp me share my shame and pain So Cothers they might do the same And Fso awaken to themselves And Cto all peoples of this world
OUTRO:
Oh, FHai hai, hai hai CHo ho, ho ho FOhh ooh COhh ooh FOhh ooh C F C F C F C F C F C F C F C