Pocahontas chords by Johnny Cash

Chords with lyrics

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

Intro:
| C majorC | % |

Verse 1:
C majorC
Aurora Borealis,
C majorC
The icy sky at night.
DmDm
Paddles cut the water,
   C majorC
in a long and hurried flight.
     G+G
From the white man,
Bb majorBb   FF     C majorC
to the fields of green.
    G+G
In the homeland,
Bb majorBb  FF   C majorC
we've never seen.

Verse 2:
C majorC
They killed us in our tepee,
C majorC
they cut our women down.
   DmDm
They might have left some babies,
C majorC
crying on the ground.
    G+G
But the firesticks,
Bb majorBb   FF   C majorC
and the wagons come.
    G+G
And the night falls,
Bb majorBb   FF    C majorC
on the setting sun.

Verse 3:
C majorC
They massacred the buffalo,
C majorC
kitty corner from the bank.
DmDm
Taxis run across my feet,
    C majorC
and my eyes have turned to blanks.
    G+G
And my little box,
Bb majorBb   FF     C majorC
at the top of the stairs.
    G+G
With my Indian rug,
Bb majorBb  FF    C majorC
and a pipe to share.

Instrumental:
| C majorC | % | DmDm | C majorC |
| G+G Bb majorBb | C majorC | G+G FF | C majorC |

Verse 4:
C majorC
I wish I was a trapper,
C majorC            Cmaj7Cmaj7
I would give a thousand pelts.
  DmDm
To sleep with Pocahontas,
  C majorC
and find out how she felt.
    G+G
In the morning,
Bb majorBb   FF     C majorC
on the fields of green.
    G+G
In the homeland,
Bb majorBb  FF   C majorC
we've never seen.

Outro:
C majorC
And maybe Marlon Brando,
C majorC
will be there by the fire.
   DmDm
We'll sit and talk about Hollywood,
    C majorC
and the good things there for hire.
     G+G
Like the Astrodome,
Bb majorBb   FF    C majorC
and the first tepee.
C majorC   G+G    Bb majorBb FF     C majorC
Marlon Brando, Pocahontas and me.
C majorC   G+G    Bb majorBb FF     C majorC
Marlon Brando, Pocahontas and me.
C majorC  G+G   FF C majorC
Pocahontas..