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Version 1 Version 2Key: originally E, here C (capo 4th fret) [Verse] C Am F C In the spring of forty- seven Am F C So the story it is told Am F C C Am Old John Sutter went to the Mill site Dm7 G7 C Found a piece of shinin' gold. Am F C Well, he took it to the city Am F C Where the word like wildfire spread Am F C Am Old John Sutter soon came to wishin' Dm7 G7 Am7 He'd left that stone in the river bed. F C Oh, they came like herds of locusts F C Am Every wo-man, child and man F C Am In their lumberin' connes- togas Dm7 G7 Am They left their track upon the land. [Refrain] F C Some would fail and some would prosper F C Am Some would die and some would kill F C Am Some would beg the Lord for their de-liverance Dm7 G7 C Some would curse John Sutter's Mill. Am F C Well, they came from New York City Am F C And they came from Ala-bam' Am F C Am With their dream of findin' for-tune Dm7 G7 C In this wild unsettled land. [Verse] Am F C Well, some fell prey to hostile arrows Am F C As they tried to cross the land Am F C Am And some were lost in the Rocky Mountains Dm7 G7 Am With their hands froze to the reins. [Refrain] (x2) F C Some would fail and some would prosper F C Am Some would die and some would kill F C Am Some would beg the Lord for their de-liverance Dm7 G7 C Some would curse John Sutter's Mill. Am F C Well, they came from New York City Am F C And they came from Ala-bam' Am F C Am With their dream of findin' for-tune Dm7 G7 C In this wild unsettled land.