Whalebones And Crosses chords by John Denver

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro: Em

   Em                                              B7sus2
 Whalebones and crosses stand against the Arctic sky
      Em                                         B7sus2
 The wind blows through the graveyard where our fallen fathers lie
Em                  C                 G             A
 Eternal snow that covers them, the shadows of the sun
      D        A     Bm      F#m     F#7sus4 F#7     Bm    Em
 The mighty struggle on the seas, A way of  life is run


       Em                                             B7sus2
 I'll sing for you my father, for the ancient sacred ways
          Em                               B7sus2
 How the hunter loved the hunted, how the night becomes the day
      Em            C             G               A
 The circle of the mighty spirit keeps us in its fold
      D        A      Bm    F#m       F#7sus4 F#7             Bm
 The warmth of understanding, like a light  shot through the cold

        G             A                  Bm               C#7sus4 C#7
 Then bring to me my people, touch them with your loving hands
  F#                E                 Eb            Bb
 Lead them from confusion, lead them back unto the land
        C#sus4   C#sus2    C#sus4/G#  C#sus2/G# Bbsus4   Bbm     F7
 For a sickness seems to block their path, it clouds my peoples' eyes
       Bbm  Fm       F#               F7sus4 F7     Bbm    Bm Em
 The promise that an idle truth will reap a golden lie

   Em                                              B7sus2
 Whalebones and crosses stand against the Arctic sky
      Em                                         B7sus2
 The wind blows through the graveyard where our fallen fathers lie
Em                    C                G                 A
 The timeless hunt a journey back to what we once came from
     D      A      Bm   F#m F#7sus4   F#7      Bm
 Compassion and nobility beneath the midnight sun
      D        A     Bm      F#m     F#7sus4 F#7     Bm    Bsus2
 The mighty struggle of the seas, A way of  life is run