Verse 1:
EDE
White man came across the sea
CDGA
He brought us pain and misery
ED
He killed our tribes, he killed our
E
creed
CDGA
He took our game for his own need
EDE
We fought him hard we fought him well
CDGA
Out on the plains we gave him hell
EDE
But many came too much for creed
CDGA
Oh will we ever be set free?
Verse 2:
D (Gallop)
Riding through dust clouds and barren wastes
C (Gallop) C/BC
Galloping hard on the plains
D (Gallop)
Chasing the redskins back to their holes
C (Gallop) C/BC
Fighting them at their own game
AC
Murder for freedom a stab in the back
FD
Women and children and cowards attack
Chorus:
GFCGE
Run to the hills run for your lives
GFCG
Run to the hills run for your lives
Verse 3:
D (Gallop)
Soldier blue on the barren wastes
C (Gallop) C/BC
Hunting and killing their game
D (Gallop)
Raping the women and wasting the men
C (Gallop) C/BC
The only good Indians are tame
AC
Selling them whisky and taking their gold
FD
Enslaving the young and destroying the old
Chorus:
SOLO
A note ascending to B to C then D X4 times
Chorus:
Repeat Chorus x 2
Run to the hills run for your lives
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.