» Rattlesnakes and Flint

RATTLESNAKES AND FLINT Lyrics and Music by David Dean White Copyright 2003 All Rights Reserved Key G G F Indian signs on the rock C G Colored Blue and Red G F In a crevice rattlesnakes crawl C G Now were filled with dread G F With the flint they make their tools C G And tip their arrows too G F The Missouri roam the land C G Family to the Sioux Chorus: F C The land is the dust and blood G Of all we are F C Weve been here at the dawn of G D The very first hour G F C G Buffalo hunters fishermen still they farm the land G F C G Travel across the Prairie of Arrows to their ancient homeland G F C G Now children of the Great New Father Thomas Jefferson G F C G Their future soon filled with sorrows blood spilled on the sand Instrumental Break G F C G A medal of Peace was given to seal the friendship pact G F C G At Council Bluffs the Corps parades to the sound of the Band G F C G Commerce and trade the hoped result with the Indians G F C G Between Hell and Heaven the American promised land Chorus X2 (Fade)