Sacrifice Chords by Robbie Robertson

[Bb] [Gb] That was the whole thing that Leonard Peltier went down for.
It's [Ab] just a classic case of injustice, and we all know that _ in [Eb] Indian country this is [Gm] a strong _ possibility.
_ And _ Leonard, unfortunately, has [G] been a scapegoat in _ the whole Wounded Knee situation. _ _ _
Sacrifice your [C] freedom, [Gm] _ _ sacrifice your prayer.
_ _ Take away your [C] language, _ [Gm] _ cut off all [C] your hair.
_ Hi, Leonard.
I was [Eb] in the middle of making this record, and one day he called me on the phone and he was talking to me,
and I thought, everybody else [F] has described Leonard Peltier's situation,
but nobody's [Gm] ever heard him speak on his own behalf to tell the story himself.
My name is Leonard Peltier, _ _
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_ [Am] _ _ [Gm] and I'm living in the United States Penitentiary,
which is the swiftest growing Indian [Am] reservation in the [Gm] country. _ _
I've been in prison since _ _ 1976 _ for an [C] incident [E] that took place on the [Bb] Oglala Lakota Nation.
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_ There was a shootout between members of the American Indian Movement and the FBI,
and the local sheriffs, state troopers. _ _
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_ _ _ _ Two agents were killed and _ one Indian was murdered.
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_ [C] Three _ _ _ _ _ [A] of us were charged with the deaths [Gm] of the FBI agents.
The co [F]-defendants were found not [Gm] guilty by reason of self-defense.
My case was separated.
I was found guilty before a jury of non-Indian people.
The prosecutor stated that they did not know [G] who killed their [Gm] agents,
nor did he know what participation Leonard Peltier may have played in it.
But someone has to [G] pay for the crime.
When we did that, we put the voice with this music _ and everything.
It was just like, oh my God, this is something that, to feel [Gm] Leonard Peltier's situation,
not the information, but to feel it, _ I _ can't think of a stronger way to do it. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ You _ _
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_ [Bb] _ _ _ can't understand why this _ hell _ and this terror that I've been going through for 21 _
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[Bb] _ _ _ [Gm] years, _ _
Sacrifice your freedom, _ _ _ sacrifice [Bb] your [Gm] prayer,
_ _ Take away [F] your _ [Gm] language, and all [Bb] your hair,
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Sacrifice the loved ones, _ war was the spark,
_ _ _ _ Stranded in the [A] wayside, [Gm] _ set my [F] spirit [Gm] free. _ _ _ _
This _ _ _ _ [G] _ was almost some kind of an [A] ancient rite [G] of some sort.
_ [Dm] _ [G] The sacrifice that you make, and he survives by getting good out of the sacrifice.
I mean, how else can he survive?
_ _ _ I'm guilty of standing up for my people's rights.
[A] _ [G] I'm guilty [Gm] of _ trying to stop the oppression [G] that I've experienced,
that I've seen my [Em] people [Bb] experience.
_ _ _ I've gone too [Gm] far now to start backing down.
_ _ _ I don't give up.
Not until my people are free will I give up.
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_ If I have to sacrifice a barn, then I [E]