{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1513314,"song":"Sutters Mill","artist":"Dan Fogelberg","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11279824-sutters-mill-chords-by-dan-fogelberg/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1513314?type=chord","rating":4.78945,"votes":91,"content":"Dan Fogelberg - Sutter's Mill\r\n \r\n \r\n(## NOTE: ~ = walk down from C to Am ##)\r\n \r\n \r\nCAPO: 3rd Fret\r\n \r\n \r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] ~ [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Dm7[/ch] [ch]G7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n \r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIn the spring of forty-seven[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSo the story it is told[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]    ~ [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOld John Sutter went to the mill site [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Dm7[/ch] [ch]G7[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFound a piece of shining gold[/tab]\r\n \r\n \r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWell, he took it to the city[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhere the word like wildfire spread[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]       ~ [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOld John Sutter soon came to wishing [/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Dm7[/ch] [ch]G7[/ch]             [ch]Am7[/ch]\r\nHe'd left that stone in the river bed[/tab]\r\n \r\n \r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOh, they came like herds of locusts[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nEvery woman, child and man[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]     ~ [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIn their lumbering Conestogas [/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]Dm7[/ch] [ch]G7[/ch]         [ch]Am7[/ch]\r\nThey left their track upon the land[/tab]\r\n \r\n \r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSome would fail and some would prosper[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSome would die and some would kill[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]          ~ [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSome would thank the Lord for their deliverance [/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Dm7[/ch] [ch]G7[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSome would curse John Sutter's Mill[/tab]\r\n \r\n \r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWell, they came from New York City[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd they came from Alabam'[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]     ~ [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWith their dream of finding fortune [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Dm7[/ch] [ch]G7[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIn this wild unsettled land[/tab]\r\n \r\n \r\n[tab]                [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWell, some fell prey to hostile arrows[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAs they tried to cross the land[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]          ~ [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd some were lost in the Rocky Mountains[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Dm7[/ch]  [ch]G7[/ch]            [ch]Am7[/ch]\r\nWith their hands froze to the reins[/tab]\r\n \r\n \r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSome would fail and some would prosper[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSome would die and some would kill[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]          ~ [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSome would beg the Lord for their deliverance [/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Dm7[/ch] [ch]G7[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSome would curse John Sutter's Mill[/tab]\r\n \r\n \r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] ~ [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Dm7[/ch] [ch]G7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n \r\n \r\n[tab]            [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSome pushed on  to California[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOthers stopped to take their rest[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]      ~ [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd by the spring of eighteen-sixty [/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Dm7[/ch] [ch]G7[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey had opened up the west[/tab]\r\n \r\n \r\n[tab]             [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd then the railroad came behind them[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd the land was ploughed and tamed[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]      ~ [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhen old John Sutter went to meet his maker [/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Dm7[/ch] [ch]G7[/ch]       [ch]Am7[/ch]\r\nWith not one penny to his name[/tab]\r\n \r\n \r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSome would fail and some would prosper[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSome would die and some would kill[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]          ~ [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSome would beg the Lord for their deliverance [/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Dm7[/ch] [ch]G7[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSome would curse John Sutter's Mill[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Dm7[/ch] [ch]G7[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]    ~ [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSome would curse John Sutter's Mill[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Dm7[/ch]  [ch]G7[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSome men's thirsts are never filled[/tab]\r\n \r\n \r\nOUTRO: [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] ~ [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Dm7[/ch] [ch]G7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]","plain_text":"Dan Fogelberg - Sutter's Mill\n \n \n(## NOTE: ~ = walk down from C to Am ##)\n \n \nCAPO: 3rd Fret\n \n \n[Intro]\nC Am F C Am F C  Am F C ~ Am Dm7 G7 C\n \n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n \n \n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n \n \n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n \n \n[Instrumental]\nC Am F C Am F C  Am F C ~ Am Dm7 G7 C\n \n \n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n \n \n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \nOUTRO: C Am F C Am F C  Am F C ~ Am Dm7 G7 C","chords":["C","Am","F","Dm7","G7","Am7"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"Am7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,0,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Dm7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,1]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,2,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,1]}}}