Johnny Cash - Big Foot: Guitar Chords
Learn to play "Big Foot" on your guitar with our chord guide. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.
For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.
But the land was already claimed by a people When the cowboy came and when the soldiers came The story of the American Indian is in a lot of ways A story of tragedy, like that day at Wounded Knee, South Dakota A# Big Foot was an Indian chief D# Of the Minneconjou band F A band of Minneconjou Sioux D# A# From South Dakota land A# Big Foot said to Custer D# "Stay away from Crazy Horse" F But Custer crossed into Sioux land D# A# And he never came back across A# Then Big Foot led his people D# To a place called Wounded Knee F And they found themselves surrounded D# A# By the 7th Cavalry Chorus: D# A# Big chief Big Foot F A# Rise up from your bed D# A# Minneconjou babies cry F A# For their mothers lying dead Big Foot was down with a fever When he reached Wounded Knee And his people all were prisoners Of the 7th Cavalry Two hundred women and children And another hundred men Raised up a white flag of peace But peace did not begin An accidental gunshot And Big Foot was first to die And over the noise of the rifles You could hear the babies cry Chorus: Big chief Big Foot It's good that you can't see Revenge is being wrought By Custer's 7th Cavalry Then smoke hung over the canyon On that cold December day All was death and dying Around where Big Foot lay Farther on up the canyon Some had tried to run and hide But death showed no favourites Women, men, and children died One side called it a massacre The other a victory But the white flag is still waving Today at Wounded Knee Chorus: Big chief Big Foot Your Minneconjou band Is more than remembered here In South Dakota land You can simplify chords by removing barre | TransposeReset Font SizeReset Guitar Chord DiagramsA  Am  A#  D#  F  Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably. |
If you are also interested in learning how to play "Big Foot" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Big Foot" by Johnny Cash.