Tuning: DADDAD
Capo: 4 (sometimes 5 in live performances)
D: 000000
G: 550000
A: 770000
Bm: 990000
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Chief had been . . .
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Fifteen years or . . .
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He was still marchin
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down that street
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like he was walking to war
They called him the chief cause he was Indian
It was the name they said behind his back
In the summer he'd march without any shoes
Till the soles of his feet turned black
Till the soles of his feet turned black
G D G A
His hands wouldn't work the machinery cause his brain told him what to say
G D G A D
It's a hell of a life, but it's somebody's life, up and down the street all day
Honey, I been put through the paces, running like a dog on a track
The hands keep it going, but as fast as you get there
You don't ever get to go back
I don't really know what I'm doing, just watching myself in some play
And the actress looks like she wants to go home and lie in her bed all day
Yeah, lie in a big bed all day
Her hands won't work the machinery cause her brain tells her what to say
It's a hell of a life, but it's somebody's life, up and down the street all day
Bm A G D
But I wish that you could see me when I'm flying in my dreams
Bm A G
The way I laugh there way up high, the way I look when I fly
D Bm A G D Bm A G
The way I la - a - augh, the way I fly - y - y
Chief got out of the army, Jesus went to live with the poor
I'm still marching up and down that street, I don't know what I'm doing that for
I don't know what I'm doing that for
I don't know what I'm doing that for