Peace In The Valley chords by Gillian Welch

• Difficulty: Beginner

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

🎸 Verse 1:
Am                     G
Pulling into Douglas on a hot October night
F
Dawn up above us, and there's a moon on the right
D
Just off the blacktop, there's a sign along the road
    F       C        G
It's a marker for the place where they got Geronimo



🎸 Pre-Chorus:
F            D
For peace in the valley, lay down his shield
  C         G/B    F
And surrendered to the white man hot on his heels

🎸 Chorus:
F
Peace in the valley
D
But oh, Geronimo
Am                F
You can't raise up your children, watch them grow
    Am         E7  Am
Without peace in the valley down below

🎸 Verse 2:
Am              G
He was a bonafide Indian chief
F
East Arizona was his pride and keep
D
Down through the Pecos, they tried to take him down
    F       C      G
'Til an hour from the border, he stopped and turned around

🎸 Pre-Chorus:
     F           D
He cried "Peace in the valley!", lay down his shield
   C         G/B    F
And surrendered to the white man hot on his heels

🎸 Chorus 2:
F
Peace in the valley
D
But oh, Geronimo
Am                 F
You can't raise up your children, watch them grow
     Am         E7  Am
Without peace in the valley down below


F
Peace in the valley
D
And oh, Geronimo
Am                F
You can't raise up your children, watch them grow
    Am         E7  Am
Without peace in the valley down below