🎸 Chord Kansas - Cheyenne Anthem

kansas – cheyenne anthem from leftoverture
transcribed by cory ( coryp23@gmail . com ) . august 2011

| C G/B | Am Em | Dm F | C |
| – – 15 – 17 – – – – – – – 12 – | – – – – – – – – – – – | – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 12 – 13 – | – 15 – – 20 – – |
| – – – – – – – – 15 – – – – – – – | – 13 – 15 – – – – | – – – – – – – – – – 12 – 13 – 15 – – – – – – – | – – – – – – – – – |
| – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – | – – – – – – – 12 – – | – – – – 12 – 14 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – | – – – – – – – – – |
| – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – | – – – – – – – – – – – | – 15 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – | – – – – – – – – – |
| – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – | – – – – – – – – – – – | – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – | – – – – – – – – – |
| – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – | – – – – – – – – – – – | – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – | – – – – – – – – – |

C G/B Am
from the mountains to the sun
C G/B Am
life has only just begun
G Bm
we wed this land and pledged
D Esus
our souls to meet it’s end

C G/B Am
life has only just begun
C G/B Am
here my people roam the earth
C G/B Am
in the kingdom of our birth
G Bm D Esus
where the dust of all our horses hides the sun
C G/B Am D sus4 sus2 D
we are mighty on the earth , on the earth

Dm
you have come to move me
A# Em
take me from my ancient home
Bm
land of my fathers i can’t leave you now
C
we will share it with you
D Bm C
no man owns this earth we’re on

Em Gm

Dm
now the wheels are rolling
A# Em
hear the howling winds of war
Bm
it’s my destiny to fight and die
C
but is there no solution
D Bm C Em
can we find no other way , lord , let me stay

D Dsus2
under the endless sky
D Dsus2
and the earth below
F#7 Bm F#m
here i was born to live
Dm Am A# C
and i will never go , oh no

Dm C
but we cannot endure
Dm G
like the earth and the mountains
Dm C
life is not ours to keep
Dm G
for a new sun is rising

Gm | C | Gm | C |
Gm | C | Em | A |
Em | A | Em | A7 | Dm
into long instrumental section

C G/B Am
soon these days shall pass away
C G/B Am
for our freedom we must pay

G D Esus
all our words and deeds are carried on the wind
C G/B Am A#
in the ground our bodies lay , here we’ll stay

outro :
( hopefully this makes sense , 3 bars 4/4 , 2 bars 3/4 and another
4/4 bar , then repeat . ending on A# at the last repeat . the slash
chords are just following the bass line )

1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
A# A#/A Gm Gm/A# | D# D#/A# Dm |
Cm D# /A# C# | Fm |
A# Fm | F# G# |

A# A#/A Gm Gm/A# | D# D#/A# Dm |
Cm D# /A# C# | Fm |
A# Fm | F# G# |

A# A#/A Gm Gm/A# | D# D#/A# Dm |
Cm D# /A# C# | Fm |
ohhhhhhhohhhhhhhahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
A# Fm | F# G# | A#