Sutter’s Mill

Instruments
  Cm   Ab   Eb   Eb  [x2]
  Cm   Ab   Eb Bb/D   Cm
  Fm   Bb   Eb   Eb

Verse
In The SpriCmng       OAbf Forty-Seven, EbSo The Story, It Is CmTolAbd,       Eb​
Old John Sutter CmWent To AbThe Mill Site   Eb    FoundCm A Piece       Of SFmhining GBbold.               Eb​
Well, He Took ICmt       ToAb The City EbWhere The Word,       CmLike WildAbfire, Spread.        Eb​
And Old John Sutter   Cm    Soon AbCame To Wish He'd       LEbeft ThatCm Stone       In The RivFmer Bed.   Bb                   Cm​

Pre-Hook
For They Came LAbike Herds Of Locusts Every EbWoman, Child And ManAb      Eb                   Cm​
In Their LumbeAbring Conestogas       ThEbey Left CmTheir Tracks       Upon TFmhe Land.  Bb                Cm​

Hook
Some Would Fail And SAbome Would Prosper  Some Would DEbie     And Some Would Kill      Ab   Eb                             Cm​
Some Would Thank The LAbord For Their Deliverance              Eb            Cm​
And Some Would Curse       JFmohn SutterBb's Mill.               Eb​

Verse
Well, They Came  Cm     From AbNew York City, And They EbCame       From AlabaCmm'        Ab             Eb​
With Their DreamsCm       Of FAbinding Fortunes InEb This WilCmd UnsettledFm Land.Bb            Eb​
Well, Some Fell Prey     Cm  To HostAbile Arrows As TEbhey Tried       To CroCmss AbThe Plains.               Eb​
And Some Were Lost       InCm ThAbe Rocky Mountains       EbWith Their HandCms       Froze To ThFme Reins.  Bb                     Cm​

Instruments
  Cm   Ab   Eb   Eb Bb/D  [x2]
  Cm   Ab   Eb Bb/D   Cm
  Fm   Bb   Eb   Eb

Verse
Well, Some Pushed On       To CCmalifAbornia And OtEbhers Stopped       To TakeCm Their RestAb.                       Eb​
And By The Spring  Cm     Of EAbighteen-Sixty       TEbhey Had OpCmened Up The WestFm.  Bb                Eb​
And Then The Railroad CmCamAbe Behind Them And EbThe Land       Was Plowed And CmTamAbed,                           Eb​
When Old John Sutter Went CmTo AbMeet His Maker,       He'd NotEb One PenCmny To His Name.          Fm   Bb            Cm​

Tag
And Some Would Curse       JFmohn SutterBb's Mill.               Eb    Cm​
Some Men's Thirsts    Fm   Are NeBbver Filled.         Eb     Eb​

Instruments
  Cm   Ab   Eb   Eb  [x2]
  Cm   Ab   Eb   Cm
  Fm   Bb   Cm