Chords for Rainbow Quest: Buffy Sainte-Marie - My Country Tis of Thy People You're Dying (Poor quality)

_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [B] _ [Db] Now [Dm] that your big [Ab] eyes have finally [Db] opened
_ [B] Now that you're wondering how must they feel
[Ab] [Db] Meaning [Bb] them that you've [Ab] chased across [Db] America's movie screens
[B] Now that you're wondering how can it be real
[Db] That the ones you've [Dm] called [Ab] colorful know
And [Db] proud in [Ebm] your school [B] propaganda
They [Ebm]
[B] starve in their splendor
_ [Db] You've asked for [Bb] my comment, [Ab] I simply [Db] will render
_ [Ab] My country, it [Db] is of thy [Ab] people you're [Db] dying
_ _ _ Now [Fm] that the lob houses [Ab] breed [Db] superstition
[Ebm] You force [B] us to send [Ebm] our [B] toddlers [Ab] away
To [Db] your schools [Bb] where they're taught to [Ab] despise [Db] their traditions
[Eb] Forbid them [B] their languages
Then further [Ab] say that [Db] American [Bb] history [Ab] really [Db] began
When [Ebm] Columbus [B] set sail out of [Ebm] Europe [B] and [Abm] stress
That [Db] the nation [Bb] of [Ab] wheaters that conquered this [Db] land
[Ebm] Are the biggest and [B] bravest [Ebm] and boldest and [Abm] best
[Db] And yet where in your [D] history [Ab] books is the [Db] tale
[Ebm] Of the genocide [B] basic [Ebm] to this [Abm] country's birth
[Db] Of the preachers [Bb] who lied, [Ab] how the Bill of Rights [Ebm] failed
How a nation [B] of [Ebm] patriots returned [B] to their [Ab] earth
And [Db] well [Bb] it tell [Ab] of Liberty [Db] Bell
[Ebm] As it rang with [B] a thud [Eb] over Kinzler [B] mud
[Db] And the brave Uncle [Bb] Sam [Ab] in a lack [Db] of this year
[Ab] My [Db] country, it is of thy [B] people [Db] you're dying
_ _ Hear how [Bb] the bargain [Ebm] was made for [Db] the West
With [Ebm] her shivering [B] [Ebm] children in zero [B] [Ab] degrees
[Db] [Bb] Blankets for your land, [Ab] so the treaties [Db] attest
[Ebm] Ah well, blankets [B] for [Ebm] land is a [B] bargain indeed
[Db] And the blankets [Bb] were [Ab] those Uncle Sam had [Db] collected
[Ebm] From smallpox [B] disease dying [Ebm]
[B] soldiers that [Ab] day
And [Db] the tribes [Bb] were wiped out [Ab] and the [Db] history books censored
[Ebm] A hundred years of [B] your statesmen [Ebm] have felt it better [B] this [Db] way
Yet a few [D] of the conquered [Ab] have somehow [Db] survived
[Ebm] Their blood [B] runs the red [Ebm] though genes have [Abm] been paled
From the [Db] Grand [D] Canyon's caverns [Ab] to craven sad [Db] hills
[Eb] The wounded, [B] the losers, [Ebm] the robbed [B] sing their [Db] tale
From Los [Bb] Angeles county [Ab] to upstate [Db] New York
The [B] white nation fattens while others grow lean
[Db] Ah the tricked [Bb] and evicted, [Ab] they know what [Db] I mean
[Ab] My country, it [Db] is of thy people [B] you're [Db] dying
_ _ The past, it [Bb] just crumbled, [Ab] the future just [Db] threatens
[Eb] Our lifeblood [B] is shot up in [Ebm] your chemical [B] tanks
[Db] And now [Bb] here you come, bill [Ab] of sale [Db] in your hand
And [Ebm] surprise in [B] your eyes [Ebm] that we're lacking [B] in thanks
[Db] For the blessings [Bb] of [Ab] civilization [Db] you've brought us
[Ebm] The lessons [B] you've taught us, [Ebm] the ruin you've wrought us
[Db] Oh see what our [Bb] trusted [Ab] America's [Db] bought us
[Ab] My [Db] country, it is of thy [B] people [Db] you're dying _ _
Now that [Bb] the pride of [Ab] the sires received [Db] charity
[Eb] Now [B] that we're harmless [Ebm] and safe [Bm] behind [Ab] laws
[Db] Now [Bb] that my life's to [Abm] be known as [Db] your heritage
[Ebm] Now [B] that even [Ebm] the [B] graves have been robbed
[Ab] [Db] Now [Bb] that our old [Ab] chosen way is [Db] of novelty
[Ebm] Hands [B] on our hearts, [Eb] we salute you [B] young
[Db] Rechoke on [Bb] your blue, [Ab] white and scarlet [Db] hypocrisy
[Ebm] [B] Pitying the blindness [Ebm] for you've [B] never [Db] seen
The evils of [Bb] war [Ab] whose wings [Db] lent you glory
[Eb] They will never [B] know more
[Ebm] _
Aryan [Abm] crows push [Db] the realms from their
[Bb] [Ab] Stole their eggs, changed [Db] their story
[Ebm] The [B] mockingbird sings, [Ebm] it's [B] all that she [Abm] knows
[Db] _ _ [Bb] [Ab] Say a [Db] powerless few [Ebm] with a lump in [B] your throat
And a tear in your eye
[Db] Can't you see that their [Bb] poverty's [Ab] [Db] profiting you
[Ab] My country, it [Db] is of thy [B] people [Ab] you're [Db] dying _ _ _