Capo #3
INTRO | Am F | C | Am F | C |
INTRO | Am F | C Am | Dm G | C |
In the
Am
spring
F
of forty-
C
seven
So the
Am
story
F
it is
C
told
Old John
Am
Sutter
F
went to the Mill
C
site
Am
Found a
Dm
piece
G
of shinin’
C
gold.
Well, he
Am
took
it
F
to the
C
city
Where the
Am
word
F
like wildfire
C
spread
Old John
Am
Sutter
F
soon came to
C
wishin’
Am
He’d left that
Dm
stone
G
in the river
Am
bed.
Oh, they
F
came like herds of
C
locusts
Every
F
wo-
C
man, child and
Am
man
In their
F
lumberin’ connes-
C
togas
Am
They left their
Dm
track
G
upon the
Am
land.
Some would
F
fail and some would
C
prosper
Some would
F
die
C
and some would
Am
killed
Some would
F
beg the Lord for their de-
C
liverance
Am
Some would
Dm
curse
G
John Sutter’s
C
Mill.
Well, they
Am
came
F
from New York
C
City
And they
Am
came
F
from
Ala-
C
bam’
With their
Am
dream
F
of findin’ for-
C
tune
Am
In this
Dm
wild
G
unsettled
C
land.
Well, some fell
Am
prey
F
to hostile
C
arrows
As they
Am
tried
F
to cross the
C
land
And some were
Am
lost
F
in the Rocky
C
Mountains
Am
With their
Dm
hands
G
froze to the
Am
reins.
Some would
F
fail and some would
C
prosper
Some would
F
die
C
and some would
Am
killed
Some would
F
beg the Lord for their de-
C
liverance
Am
Some would
Dm
curse
G
John Sutter’s
C
Mill.
INSTRU | Am F | C | Am F | C |
INSTRU | Am F | C Am | Dm G | C |
Some pushed
Am
on
F
to
Cali-
C
fornia
Others
Am
stopped
F
to take their
C
rest
And by the
Am
spring
F
of
eighteen-
C
sixty
Am
They had
Dm
opened
G
up the
C
west.
And then the
Am
railroad
F
came
be-
C
hind
them
And the
Am
land
F
was plowed and
C
tame
When old John
Am
Sutter
F
went to meet his
C
Maker
Am
With not one
Dm
penny
G
to his
Am
name.
Some would
F
fail and some would
C
prosper
Some would
F
die
C
and some would
Am
kill
Some would
F
beg the Lord for their de-
C
liverance
Am
Some would
Dm
curse
G
John Sutter’s
C
Mill.
Some would
Dm
curse
G
John Sutter’s
C
Mill
Am
Some men’s
Dm
thirsts
G
are never
C
filled.
OUTRO | Am F | C | Am F | C |
OUTRO | Am F | C Am | Dm G | Am G Am |