{"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":66228,"song":"Trail Of Tears","artist":"John Denver","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/66228-trail-of-tears-chords-by-john-denver/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/66228?type=chord","rating":4.4387,"votes":3,"content":"#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE--------------------------------#\r\n#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the#\r\n#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.#\r\n#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------#\r\n\r\nFrom: LTWU46B@prodigy.com (MR KEN L REYNOLDS)\r\nDate: Tue,  7 Apr 1998 16:54:15, -0500\r\nSubject: d/denver_john/trail_of_tears.pro\r\n\r\n\r\nalbum: Dreamland Express\r\nsong: Trail of Tears\r\nwritten by: Randy Handley\r\nperformed by: John Denver\r\ntrasnscribed: Ken Reynolds\r\n\r\nEnjoy my latest contribution to the directory.\r\n\r\nTrail Of Tears\r\nRandy Handley\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nNo more  beautiful moons may we  spend on our lands[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIn the  north the scarlet  councils talks of  war  [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                               [ch]Em[/ch] \r\nAnd the  long knives have massacred the  tribe and burned[/tab]\r\ncorn\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe?re not  welcome in our  homeland any  more[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThere will be a  trail  of  tears[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]Em/G[/ch]\r\nThere will be a  trail  of  pain  [/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd  Jackson will  have the Missisis  ippi and the  twenty[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\ndollar  bill[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut for  us the trail is  all that will re  main[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nNo more  songs of the hunters on the  buffalo plain[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNo more  smoke from sacred  fires touch these  hills  [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                                [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd the  numbers of the people will grow  fewer every mile[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd our  children will not  learn the Great Spirits  way[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]                [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThere will be a  trail  of  tears[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]Em/G[/ch]\r\nThere will be a  trail  of  pain  [/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd  Jackson will  have the Missisis  ippi and the  twenty[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\ndollar  bill[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut for  us the trail is  all that will re  main[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nOn the  streets of Rapid City on the  road to Wounded Knee[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThere is  whiskey for for  getting every  thing  [/tab]\r\n\r\nBut the  old ones say there may be time from  learning from\r\neach other\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe  way that it had  once been meant to  be[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThere will be a  trail  of  tears[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]Em/G[/ch]\r\nThere will be a  trail  of  pain [/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd  Jackson will  have the Missisis  ippi and the  twenty[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\ndollar  bill[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut for  us the trail is  all that will re  main[/tab]\r\n\r\nI have a wide variety of popular artist and\r\nvenues for audio tape trading.  Contact me at\r\n< ltwu46B@prodigy.com > and I will e-mail\r\nmy list to you.\r\n\r\nKen Reynolds","plain_text":"#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE--------------------------------#\n#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the#\n#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.#\n#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------#\n\nFrom: LTWU46B@prodigy.com (MR KEN L REYNOLDS)\nDate: Tue,  7 Apr 1998 16:54:15, -0500\nSubject: d/denver_john/trail_of_tears.pro\n\n\nalbum: Dreamland Express\nsong: Trail of Tears\nwritten by: Randy Handley\nperformed by: John Denver\ntrasnscribed: Ken Reynolds\n\nEnjoy my latest contribution to the directory.\n\nTrail Of Tears\nRandy Handley\n\n\n\n\ncorn\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBut the  old ones say there may be time from  learning from\neach other\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI have a wide variety of popular artist and\nvenues for audio tape trading.  Contact me at\n and I will e-mail\nmy list to you.\n\nKen Reynolds","chords":["G","Em","C","D","Em/G"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}