Intro/Verses (For the Chorus us a standard open G chord)
GCD
e|------0-0-0-------0-0-0----0-----2--2---0-----2--2-------------------------|
B|-0-0--1-1-1--0-0--1-1-1----1--0--3--3---1--0--3--3-------------------------|
G|-0-0--0-0-0--0-0--0-0-0----0--0--2--2---0--0--2--2-------------------------|
D|-0-0--2-2-2--0-0--2-2-2----2--0--0--0---2--0--0--0-------------------------|
A|------x-x-x-------x-x-x----x-----0--0---x-----0--0-------------------------|
E|------x-x-x-------x-x-x----x-----x--x---x-----x--x-------------------------|
Accordion
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--0--1--3--3--1------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------2---------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
CGDCGDG
Drivin' down a dry summer's day, old route 66 and I was just a kid
CGDG
Met a pretty little Indian girl along the way
CGD
Got her into my car and tried to give her a kiss
CGDG
'I'll give you beads and wampum'
CGDG
'Whatever it takes, girl to make you trade'
CDCD
She jumped into the back seat and she kinda flipped her lid
CD
She said, 'You're trying to get somethin' for nothing
CGD
Like the pilgrims in the olden days.'
CGDG
We rode for a while, till the sun went away
CGDG
I realized it was a sort of an honor being around this girl
CGD
I felt embarrassed of what I tried to do earlier that day
CGD
She was the saddest girl I ever knew
CDG
She told me stories about the Indian nations
CGD
And how the white man stole their lives away
CGD
And although she kinda liked me, she could never trust me
CGD
And when the sun comes up, we go our different ways
GD
Now everybody has got the choice
CD
Between hotdogs and hamburgers
GD
Every one of us has got to choose
Em
Between right and wrong
CD
And givin' up or holdin' on
CGDG
So I dropped her off at some railroad crossing in Texas
CGDG
An old Indian man was waiting there
CGDG
He smiled and thanked me but he saw right through me
CGDG
I could tell he didn't like me, for my kind, he did not care
CGD
Because to him, I was the white man
CGD
The one who sold him something that he already owned
CGD
And it was like he'd been ridin' in the car right there with us
CGD
And I felt ashamed of my actions and the way the west was really won
GC
So I drove down the highway, till I came to Los Angeles
GD
To the town of the angels, the best this country can do
GC
I got down on my knees and I ask for forgiveness
D
I said, 'lord, forgive us, for we know not what we do.'
GD
Now everybody has got the choice
CD
Between hotdogs and hamburgers
GD
Every one of us has got to choose
Em
Between right and wrong
CD
And givin' up or holdin' on