I used to play this Peter Rowan song 25 years ago. I watched a television documentary the other evening here in the UK and the Cherokee Trail of Tears was discussed. I found the whole thing quite saddening that people could do this to a nation of other people. I also had not given it much thought in the past but those early settlers were people from my country and Europe so, yes I am guilty in part to this awful event.
Having re acquainted myself with this beautiful song I pulled out my guitar and tried to re play it. When I used to play it with a band years ago we played it in G shapes and the minor chord in the third line of the chorus, from memory, was Em but it just does not sound right somehow and I cannot seem to find tab and chords on the web, maybe someone could assist me- Thank you- Kenneth-UK