Chords with lyrics
Key: BbmBbm
Intro:
| A minorAm | A minorAm | A minorAm | A minorAm |
Verse 1:
A minorAm Fmaj7Fmaj7
The thunder of the hooves of Indian ponies
A minorAm Fmaj7Fmaj7
Wild with running, beautiful as light
A minorAm Fmaj7Fmaj7
Flash into my dreams along the prairie
G+G E minor 7Em7 Dm7Dm7
The hero Sioux, the spirits of the night
A minorAm Fmaj7Fmaj7
With buffalo who used to roam the mountains
A minorAm Fmaj7Fmaj7
Through the canyons, through the wind-blown grass
C majorC Fmaj7Fmaj7
Hooves that beat past swiftly running rivers
G+G E minor 7Em7 Dm7Dm7
And sounds of centuries like breaking glass
Verse 2:
A minorAm Fmaj7Fmaj7
Shot from trains and shot from painted horses
A minorAm Fmaj7Fmaj7
Shot down running in their murdered fear
A minorAm Fmaj7Fmaj7
Gone before the quarter of the century
G+G E minor 7Em7 Dm7Dm7
Leaving nothing but the sound of tears
A minorAm Fmaj7Fmaj7
Starving in their trails of blood and sorrow
A minorAm Fmaj7Fmaj7
Ancient creatures innocent of crime
C majorC Fmaj7Fmaj7
Manifest in destiny they flounder
G+G E minor 7Em7 Dm7Dm7 Fmaj7Fmaj7 G+G
Like the wandering footsteps of the blind
Chorus:
C majorC Fmaj7Fmaj7
Sundown
A minorAm Fmaj7Fmaj7
Sunrise
C majorC Fmaj7Fmaj7
Sundown
A minorAm Fmaj7Fmaj7
Sunrise
Verse 3:
A minorAm Fmaj7Fmaj7
All the sainted tribes and missionaries
A minorAm Fmaj7Fmaj7
All the wagon trains of yearning hearts
A minorAm Fmaj7Fmaj7
Testify to madness and to bloodshed
G+G E minor 7Em7 Dm7Dm7
Among the buffalo as time departs
A minorAm Fmaj7Fmaj7
Alas for murdering the dreams of warriors
A minorAm Fmaj7Fmaj7
Women, children sleep in innocence
C majorC Fmaj7Fmaj7
Fires raged across the burning deserts
G+G E minor 7Em7 Dm7Dm7 Fmaj7Fmaj7 G+G
Let the tears of history commence
Chorus:
C majorC Fmaj7Fmaj7
Sundown
A minorAm Fmaj7Fmaj7
Sunrise
C majorC Fmaj7Fmaj7
Sundown
A minorAm Fmaj7Fmaj7
Sunrise
Verse 4:
A minorAm Fmaj7Fmaj7
May the pioneers plant in their gardens
A minorAm Fmaj7Fmaj7
Among the bones of dreamers by the creek
A minorAm Fmaj7Fmaj7
Where they somehow found the peace of silence
G+G E minor 7Em7 Dm7Dm7
With no maddening secrets they could keep
A minorAm Fmaj7Fmaj7
The thunder of the hooves of Indian ponies
A minorAm Fmaj7Fmaj7
Wild with running, beautiful as light
C majorC Fmaj7Fmaj7
Flash into my dreams along the prairie
G+G E minor 7Em7 Dm7Dm7
The hero Sioux
Comanches of the night
G+G E minor 7Em7 Dm7Dm7
Arapahoe, the Nez Perce of the night
G+G E minor 7Em7 Dm7Dm7 E minor 7Em7 Fmaj7Fmaj7 G+G
The Cherokee, spirits of the night
Chorus:
C majorC Fmaj7Fmaj7
Sundown
A minorAm Fmaj7Fmaj7
Sunrise
C majorC Fmaj7Fmaj7
Sundown
A minorAm Fmaj7Fmaj7
Sunrise
Outro:
| A minorAm | A minorAm | A minorAm | A minorAm | A minorAm |