Now that the buffalo`s gone

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1. Can you remember the times,

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that you`ve held your head high?

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and told all your friends of your Indian claim,

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proud good lady and proud good man?

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Your great-great-grandfather from Indian blood sprang,

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and you feel in your heart for these ones.

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2. Oh, it`s written in books and in songs,

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that we`ve been mistreated and wronged.

C G

Well, over and over I hear the same words,

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from you, good lady, and you, good man.

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Well, listen to me if you care where we stand,

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and feel you`re a part of these ones.

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3. When a war between nations is lost,

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the loser, we know, pays the cost.

C G

But even when Germany fell to your hands,

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consider, dear Lady, consider, dear man,

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you left them their pride and you left them their land,

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and what have you done to these ones?

G D

4. Has a change come about Uncle Sam,

C Em

or are you still taking our lands?

C G

A treaty forever George Washington signed,

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he did, dear Lady, he did, dear man.

C G

And the treaty`s being broken by Kinzua Dam,

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and what will you do for these ones?

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5. Oh, it`s all in the past, you can say,

C Em

but it`s still going on here today.

C G

The government now wants the Iroquois land,

D G

that of the Seneca and the Cheyenne.

C G

It`s here and it`s now you must help us, dear man,

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now that the buffalo`s gone.

(Buffy Sainte-Marie)