Johnny Cash – Drums (Guitar)
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[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
G C7 G From the Indian reservation to the governmental school C7 G D7 Well they're going to educate me to the white men's Golden Rule G C7 G And I'm learning very quickly for I've learned to be ashamed C7 G D7 G And I come when they call Billy though I've got an Indian name
[Chorus]
G C7 G And there are drums beyond the mountain, Indian drums that you can't hear C7 G D7 G There are drums beyond the mountain and they're getting mighty near
[Verse 2]
G C7 G And when they think that they'd changed me cut my hair to meet their needs C7 G D7 Will they think I'm white or Indian quarter blood or just half breed G C7 G Let me tell you Mr teacher when you say you'll make me right C7 G D7 G In five hundred years of fighting, not one Indian turned white
[Chorus]
G C7 G And there are drums beyond the mountain, Indian drums that you can't hear C7 G D7 G There are drums beyond the mountain and they're getting mighty near
[Verse 3]
G C7 G Well you thought that I knew nothing when you brought me here to school C7 G D7 Just another empty Indian just America's first fool G C7 G But now I can tell you stories that are burnt and dried and old C7 G D7 G But in the shadow of their telling walks the thunder proud and bold
[Chorus]
G C7 G And there are drums beyond the mountain, Indian drums that you can't hear C7 G D7 G There are drums beyond the mountain and they're getting mighty near
[Verse 4]
G C7 G Long Pine and Sequoia, Handsome Lake and Sitting Bull C7 G D7 There's Magnus Colorado with his sleeves so red and full G C7 G Crazy Horse the legend those who bit off Custer's soul C7 G D7 G They are dead yet they are living with the great Geronimo
[Chorus]
G C7 G And there are drums beyond the mountain, Indian drums that you can't hear C7 G D7 G There are drums beyond the mountain and they're getting mighty near
[Verse 5]
G C7 G Well you may teach me this land's history but we taught it to you first C7 G D7 We broke your hearts and bent your journeys: broken treaties left us cursed G C7 G Even now you have to cheat us, even though you this us tame C7 G D7 G In our losing we found proudness, in your winning you found shame
[Chorus]
G C7 G And there are drums beyond the mountain, Indian drums that you can't hear C7 G D7 G There are drums beyond the mountain and they're getting mighty near