American Indian
      (written by Mike Bryant / Thomas Long)  
(key of D/E)

[Intro]
[strummed acoustic guitar, clean electric guitar lead fills, steady drum beat]

[Verse 1]
[baritone male vocals]
Oh this song's about the Indian
The true natives of this land
They roamed this land on horseback
Before the first print made by man
When the white men came the buffalo
Were killed for sport and hides
And the tribes were left to starve
To take back their land they tried

[Chorus]
[piano enters, fuller band arrangement]
Oh the Indian wars are history
Tell how they fought and died
The promises that were made to them
Were just another set of lies
The Apache, Sioux, and Cheyenne
Though outnumbered still fought on
The long knives killed the buffalo
And drove the Indians from their homes
They did them wrong

[Instrumental Break]
[twangy electric guitar solo, acoustic guitar rhythm, piano accents]

[Verse 2]
The battles down through history
That the storybooks display
They vary in the telling
Depending what the author says
But one thing's clear and this is sad
That there was land enough for all
Greed and hatred are the devil's tools
That causes man to fall

[Chorus]
Oh the Indian wars are history
Tell how they fought and died
The promises that were made to them
Were just another set of lies
The Apache, Sioux, and Cheyenne
Though outnumbered still fought on
The long knives killed the buffalo
And drove the Indians from their homes

[Outro]
[acoustic guitar strumming, electric guitar melodic outro]
Oh the Indian wars are history
Tell how they fought and died
The promises that were made to them
Were just another set of lies
The Apache, Sioux, and Cheyenne
Though outnumbered still fought on
The long knives killed the buffalo
And drove the Indians from their homes
They did them wrong
[final acoustic guitar chord]