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In the spring of forty- seven
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So the story it is told
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Old John Sutter went to the Mill site
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Found a piece of shinin' gold.
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Well, he took it to the city
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Where the word like wildfire spread
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Old John Sutter soon came to wishin'
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He'd left that stone in the river bed.
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Oh, they came like herds of locusts
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Every wo-man, child and man
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In their lumberin' connes- togas
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They left their track upon the land.
[Refrain]
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Some would fail and some would prosper
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Some would die and some would kill
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Some would beg the Lord for their de-liverance
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Some would curse John Sutter's Mill.
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Well, they came from New York City
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And they came from Ala-bam'
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With their dream of findin' for-tune
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In this wild unsettled land.
[Verse]
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Well, some fell prey to hostile arrows
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As they tried to cross the land
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And some were lost in the Rocky Mountains
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With their hands froze to the reins.
[Refrain] (x2)
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Some would fail and some would prosper
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Some would die and some would kill
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Some would beg the Lord for their de-liverance
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Some would curse John Sutter's Mill.
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Well, they came from New York City
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And they came from Ala-bam'
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With their dream of findin' for-tune
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In this wild unsettled land.
- 1. Chord Gitar Dan Fogelberg - Sutters Mill Kunci Dasar - Chords.id (Nada Dasar G)
- 2. Ganti Chord Gitar Dan Fogelberg - Sutters Mill Kunci Dasar - Chords.id (Nada Dasar G)
- 3. Author Lagu Andra Ramadhan