Key: E
Introduction:
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Come gather round me people, there?s a story I would tell
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about a brave young Indian that you should remember well
E A
From the land of the Pima Indian, a proud and noble band
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Who farmed the Phoenix valley in Arizona land
Down the ditches for ten thousand years the sparkling waters rushed
E
Call him drunken Ira Hayes
A
He won?t answer anymore
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Not the whiskey drinkin Indian
A E
Nor the Marine that went to war
They battled up Iwo Jima?s hill, two hundred and fifty men