Kansas – Cheyenne Anthem (Guitar)

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Transcribed by Cory ([email protected]). August 2011
|  C     G/B      | Am    Em  | Dm          F           | C       |
|--15-17-------12-|-----------|-------------------12-13-|-15--20--|
|--------15-------|-13-15 ----|----------12-13-15-------|---------|
|-----------------|-------12--|----12-14----------------|---------|
|-----------------|-----------|-15----------------------|---------|
|-----------------|-----------|-------------------------|---------|
|-----------------|-----------|-------------------------|---------|

C        G/B              Em
From the mountains to the sun

C        G/B       Em
Life has only just begun

G           Bm 
We wed this land and pledged

    D                  Esus
Our souls to meet it's end

C        G/B       Em
Life has only just begun

C       G/B             Em
Here my people roam the earth

C       G/B           Em
In the kingdom of our birth

G         Bm              D                Esus         
Where the dust of all our horses hides the sun

C       G/B          Em            D sus4 sus2 D
We are mighty on the earth, on the earth

Dm
You have come to move me

Bb                      Em 
Take me from my ancient home

                   Bm
Land of my fathers I can't leave you now

C
We will share it with you

D      Bm                    C
No man owns this earth we're on
Em Gm
Dm
Now the wheels are rolling

Bb                        Em
Hear the howling winds of war

                   Bm
It's my destiny to fight and die

C              
But is there no solution

D      Bm            C                 Em
Can we find no other way, Lord, let me stay

          D       Dsus2
Under the endless sky

        D     Dsus2
And the earth below

F#7        Bm      F#m
Here I was born to live

           Dm    Am     Bb   C
And I will never go, oh no 

       Dm        C
But we cannot endure

         Dm            G
Like the earth and the mountains

        Dm          C
Life is not ours to keep

      Dm         G
For a new sun is rising
Gm | C | Gm | C | Gm | C | Em | A |
Em  |  A  |  Em  |  A7 | Dm  
into long instrumental section

C          G/B              Em
Soon these days shall pass away

C       G/B             Em
For our freedom we must pay

G        D                                 Esus
All our words and deeds are carried on the wind

C      G/B               Em               Bb
In the ground our bodies lay, here we'll stay
Outro: (hopefully this makes sense, 3 bars 4/4, 2 bars 3/4 and another 4/4 bar, then repeat. ending on Bb at the last repeat. The slash chords are just following the bass line) 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 Bb Bb/A Gm Gm/Bb | Eb Eb/Bb Dm | Cm Eb /Bb Db | Fm | Bb Fm | Gb Ab | Bb Bb/A Gm Gm/Bb | Eb Eb/Bb Dm | Cm Eb /Bb Db | Fm | Bb Fm | Gb Ab | Bb Bb/A Gm Gm/Bb | Eb Eb/Bb Dm |
Cm              Eb  /Bb Db    |                 Fm |
                                Ohhhhhhhohhhhhhhahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh  
Bb Fm | Gb Ab | Bb