Sutter’s Mill

Instruments
  Gm   D#   A#   A#  [x2]
  Gm   D#   A# F/A   Gm
  Cm   F   A#   A#

Verse
In The SpriGmng       OD#f Forty-Seven, A#So The Story, It Is GmTolD#d,       A#​
Old John Sutter GmWent To D#The Mill Site   A#    FoundGm A Piece       Of SCmhining GFold.              A#​
Well, He Took IGmt       ToD# The City A#Where The Word,       GmLike WildD#fire, Spread.        A#​
And Old John Sutter   Gm    Soon D#Came To Wish He'd       LA#eft ThatGm Stone       In The RivCmer Bed.   F                  Gm​

Pre-Hook
For They Came LD#ike Herds Of Locusts Every A#Woman, Child And ManD#      A#                   Gm​
In Their LumbeD#ring Conestogas       ThA#ey Left GmTheir Tracks       Upon TCmhe Land.  F               Gm​

Hook
Some Would Fail And SD#ome Would Prosper  Some Would DA#ie     And Some Would Kill      D#   A#                             Gm​
Some Would Thank The LD#ord For Their Deliverance              A#            Gm​
And Some Would Curse       JCmohn SutterF's Mill.              A#​

Verse
Well, They Came  Gm     From D#New York City, And They A#Came       From AlabaGmm'        D#             A#​
With Their DreamsGm       Of FD#inding Fortunes InA# This WilGmd UnsettledCm Land.F           A#​
Well, Some Fell Prey     Gm  To HostD#ile Arrows As TA#hey Tried       To CroGmss D#The Plains.               A#​
And Some Were Lost       InGm ThD#e Rocky Mountains       A#With Their HandGms       Froze To ThCme Reins.  F                    Gm​

Instruments
  Gm   D#   A#   A# F/A  [x2]
  Gm   D#   A# F/A   Gm
  Cm   F   A#   A#

Verse
Well, Some Pushed On       To CGmalifD#ornia And OtA#hers Stopped       To TakeGm Their RestD#.                       A#​
And By The Spring  Gm     Of ED#ighteen-Sixty       TA#hey Had OpGmened Up The WestCm.  F               A#​
And Then The Railroad GmCamD#e Behind Them And A#The Land       Was Plowed And GmTamD#ed,                           A#​
When Old John Sutter Went GmTo D#Meet His Maker,       He'd NotA# One PenGmny To His Name.          Cm   F           Gm​

Tag
And Some Would Curse       JCmohn SutterF's Mill.              A#    Gm​
Some Men's Thirsts    Cm   Are NeFver Filled.        A#     A#​

Instruments
  Gm   D#   A#   A#  [x2]
  Gm   D#   A#   Gm
  Cm   F   Gm