Key: D
Introduction: D
G
His mama was a Cherokee princess, or so it was said
A D
And his daddy was a Seminole rebel with a price on his head
G
And the other kids teased him, but I never did see him to cry
A D G D
Man, there was some kind of righteous in the steel of his gun-metal eyes
G A
Run with the wolf, fly like the dove
D G
Mother below, Father above
Em A
Weep with the earth, sing to the sky
C G D
In the steel of your gun-metal eyes
G
Well, he grew up in the washes and the rushes and the rain and the wind
A D
And the creatures of the forest and fields were his only real friends
G
And the lily of the valley and the nettle of the plains taught him well
A D G D
And the new moon shone on him as he wandered through the gully and the dell
G A
Run with the wolf, fly like the dove
D G
Mother below, Father above
Em A
Weep with the earth, sing to the sky
C G D
In the steel of your gun-metal eyes
D G A D G D
G
It was one misty morning when he heard the big bulldozers groan
A D
And the chainsaws and the felling of trees and the breaking of stone
G
And the boss-man knew better, but he had an empire to raise
A D G D
And one lone man before him with a rifle and doom on his face
G A
Run with the wolf, fly like the dove
D G
Mother below, Father above
Em A
Weep with the earth, sing to the sky
C G D
In the steel of your gun-metal eyes
G
"Get on home," cried the owner, "Cause I hold the deed to this land
A D
And I ain't got no time to be fooling with no wild Injun man."
G
And he gathered his strong boys around him and he called his police
A D G D
But there was no looking back for the son of a Seminole chief
G A
Run with the wolf, fly like the dove
D G
Mother below, Father above
Em A
Weep with the earth, sing to the sky
C G D
In the steel of your gun-metal eyes
D G A D G A D G D
G
Now some say he died in the fighting and was buried that day
A D
And some say he raged like an angel and he chased them away
G
But the green hills stand silent, and nobody goes there no more
A D G D
Just the ghosts and the memories and the shadows of the dark forest floor
G A
Run with the wolf, fly like the dove
D G
Mother below, Father above
Em A
Weep with the earth, sing to the sky
C G D
In the steel of your gun-metal eyes
C G D D2 D
In the steel of your gun-metal eyes