[Intro]
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A G D
[Verse 1]
E
Water was the sacred power
B
That defined the plains
G
And with the sun promised the earth
G D
To activate the grains
A
So the bison collected to graze with
G D
Greasy was the grass grown by the rains
[Verse 2]
E
"He who steals the fat comes soon"
B
Sitting Bull explained
G
He spoke that land was not for men
G D
To loan or exchange
A
After gold was bellowed from the bluffs that
G D
Settlers came to occupy the range
[Verse 3]
E
Money was the white man's god
B
Honor was his face
G
And in his eyes reminders of
G D
A way of life erased
A
So the spirits are left with the bison, watch them
G D
Living all their lives on day's gaze
G D
Made to worship Bibles in the place
A
Of the hunt
[Solo]
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A G D
[Verse 4]
E
So said Custer to his men
B
Surveying the hills
G
"They'll vacate to their agencies
G D
The ones that don't we kill"
A
And what guns and forced relocation can't do
G D
Alcohol and isolation will
[Verse 5]
E
After all the gold was gone
B
Oil came in its wake
G
Paleface drained it out and found
G D
A new promise to break
A
Once their land and lore had been stolen there was
G D
Nothing but their water left to take
G D A
Nothing but their spirits left to break
CHORUS
G
Buffalo Calf Road Woman
G
Watched the shadows dancing into the infinite
D
Custer's horse became increasingly fast and then
A
She fired the shot to have his body removed from it
G D
Greasy was the grass grown by the rains
G D
Greasy was the grass grown by the rains
G D
Greasy was the grass grown by the rains
A
As they fell
A Em
Onto the freezing brave