Key: B
Introduction:
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This I can't believe I said, I can't believe our warlord's dead
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Oh he would not leave the chosen ones to the buzzards and the soldiers guns
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Oh great father of the Iroquois ever since I was young
Abm Ebm9
I've read the writing of the smoke and breast fed on the sound of drums
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I've learned to hurl the tomahawk and ride a painted pony wild
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To run the gauntlet of the Sioux, to make a chieftain's daughter mine
Ebm
And now you ask that I should watch
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The red man's race be slowly crushed
Ebm Abm
What kind of words are these to hear
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From Yellow Dog whom white man fears
G Bm/F# Em G/D C Am/D Em D
I take only what is mine Lord, my pony, my squaw, and my child
G Bm/F#Em G/D C Am/D Em D
I can't stay to see you die along with my tribe's pride
Am7 D G C/G
I go to search for the yellow moon and the fathers of our sons
Em7 Am7 G Am G
Where the red sun sinks in the hills of gold and the healing waters run
G Bm/F# Em G/D C Am/D Em D
Trampling down the prairie rose leaving hoof tracks in the sand
G Bm/F# Em G/D C Am/D Em D
Those who wish to follow me I welcome with my hands
Am7 D G C/G
I heard from passing renegades Geronimo was dead
Em7 Am7 G4 Am7 Bm7 Em
He'd been laying down his weapons when they filled him full of
Em G/D C G/B
Now there seems no reason why I should carry on
Am7 G/B C D
In this land that once was my land I can't find a home
Em G/D C G/B
It's lonely and it's quiet and the horse soldiers are coming
Am G/B C D
And I think it's time I strung my bow and ceased my senseless running
Em G/D C G/B
For soon I'll find the yellow moon along with my loved ones
Am G/B C D
Where the buffalos graze in clover fields without the sound of guns
Em G/D C G/B
And the red sun sinks at last into the hills of gold
Em7/D D
*The first verse is sung accapella until chords are shown.
* *The orchestra plays here. The sheet music has cut their parts out of the score.
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RH: db eb gb ab bb db eb eb eb db db db db eb
Eb
RH: db eb gb db eb bb db ab bb gb db eb gb db eb eb
Eb Db Ab
* * *Improv single not elaboration into next verse.
* * * *Descending fourths on these intervals. See the recording for more info.