You Got To Run Spirit Of The Wind chords by Buffy Sainte-Marie

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: E MajorE

Difficulty: Intermediate

Inuit throat singing intro:
Baaaa heh ha ha
Baaaa heh ha ha
E MajorE
Ooo yaa yeh ha ha yaaa haaa
yaa yeh ha ha
yaa yeh ha ha
Ooo yaa yeh ha ha yaaa haaa
yaa yeh ha ha
yaa yeh ha ha

E MajorE
Whether you're woman or whether you're man
              D MajorD
Sometimes you got to take a stand
E MajorE
Just because you think you can
You got to run, you got to run
E MajorE
Whether you're woman or whether you're man
              D MajorD
Sometimes you got to take a stand
E MajorE
Just because you think you can
You got to run, you got to run

Verse:
E MajorE
Trying against the odds, you're in a trance
   A augmentedA                  E MajorE
Say, who did you think you are to have a chance?
     A augmentedA      G+G        D MajorD
You're a no one from a place where everyone
      G+G                    A augmentedA
Knows your face, the come and go, way they know the sun
                     E MajorE
So you better hang on and hey, you better run
          C majorC        D MajorD     A augmentedA
'Cause here's your chance and your race has begun

Throat singing:

Verse 2:
E MajorE
Down in a hole
   A augmentedA                  E MajorE
You feel like two different people in your soul
      A augmentedA        G+G        D MajorD
Feel like a loser until you see that as you bend
               A augmentedA
You learn to be your own best friend
                E MajorE
And you learn how and you learn when
     C majorC        D MajorD     A augmentedA
To take a chance on the spirit of the wind

Throat singing:

Chorus:
E MajorE      E minorEm E MajorE
He-ya he-ya ya he-ya yo
He-ya ya ya-ah ya eh eh oh
D MajorD
Hey ha ha hey ya way ya ha ha ha
C majorC   D MajorD   A augmentedA
He-ya he-ya ya ya ya ya yaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrooooooowww

Interlude:
E MajorE
Whether you're woman or whether you're man
              D MajorD
Sometimes you got to take a stand
E MajorE
Just because you think you can
You got to run, you got to run

Verse 3:
E MajorE
Babe, ain't we been down
      A augmentedA                   E MajorE
We been so broke and we been so low I kissed the ground
      A augmentedA                D MajorD
But you can see yourself a winner beyond the money and the greed
                  A augmentedA
Beyond the pride is a pure untested need
                    E MajorE  E minorEm
To be a champion is more than luck and speed
   C majorC     D MajorD              A augmentedA
It's power and freedom in the spirit of the wind

Chorus:
E MajorE      E minorEm E MajorE
He-ya he-ya ya he-ya yo
He-ya ya ya-ah ya eh eh oh
D MajorD
Hey ha ha hey ya way ya ha ha ha
C majorC   D MajorD   A augmentedA
He-ya he-ya ya ya ya ya yaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrooooooowww

Inuit throat singing bridge:
E MajorE
Ooo yaa haaa haaa ummm beehhh haaaa
E MajorE
Ooo yaa haaa haaa ummm beehhh haaaa
E MajorE
Ooo yaa haaa haaa ummm beehhh haaaa
E MajorE
Ooo yaa haaa haaa ummm beehhh haaaa

Interlude:
E MajorE
Whether you're woman or whether you're man
              D MajorD
Sometimes you got to take a stand
E MajorE
Just because you think you can
              A minorAm
You got to run, you got to run

Outro:
A augmentedA     A minorAm A augmentedA
He-ya he-ya ya he-ya yo
A augmentedA
He-ya ya ya-ah ya eh eh oh
G+G
Hey ha ha hey ya way ya ha ha ha (Standing Rock!)
C majorC   D MajorD   A augmentedA
He-ya he-ya ya ya ya ya yaaaaaaaaaaaa
Buhh buuh buh hummmmmmm Buhh haa haaa hummmmmm