Key: Em
🤘 Intro:
N.C.
The trail of tears began for the Cherokee
N.C.
The white man came to trade and borrow
N.C.
But then, they would not leave
N.C.
Some of us were taken by boat and died at sea
N.C.
Those of us who lived were sold to slavery
Em
🤘 Verse :
Em
We welcomed them as brothers knowing nothing of their greed
Em
Born hunters, not the hunted as the white man hunts for me
Em
We are descendants of the animals we live among them free
Em
Our trail of tears would end one day at Wounded Knee
🤘 Chorus:
Em G D
Great Spirit thunder birds fly
Em
We are wild and free
Em G
To fight and die by the open sky
D Em
Spirit Horse, ride for me
🤘 Interlude:
B B C A B
Em
🤘 Verse 2:
Em
When we do the ghost dance the buffalo will return
Em
Paint ourselves for war now blood and fire burn
Em
Great Spirit make us strong take us to the sky
Em
The Cherokee are brave we are not afraid to die
🤘 Chorus 2:
Em G D
Great Spirit thunder birds fly
Em
We are wild and free
Em G
To fight and die by the open sky
D Em
Spirit Horse, ride for me
🤘 Interlude:
B B C A B
Em
🤘 Bridge:
Em A
Red Cloud, Black Hawk, Sitting Bull
Em A
Crazy Horse, Geronimo
Em B A D Em
Strong and brave, warriors to the grave
Em G
There has been much killing
Am D
There will be much more
Em G
The medicine man is dancing
Am D
He's calling us to war
Em G
Hatches sing with pride
Am D Em
Let the white man die
🤘 Chorus 3:
Em G D
Great Spirit thunder birds fly
Em
We are wild and free
Em G
To fight and die by the open sky
D Em
Spirit Horse, ride for me
Em G D
Great Spirit thunder birds fly
Em
We are wild and free
Em G
To fight and die by the open sky
D Em
Spirit Horse, ride for me
Em G D
Great Spirit thunder birds fly
Em
We are wild and free
Em G
To fight and die by the open sky
D Em
Spirit Horse, ride for me
Em D Em B A B
Em D Em B A B Em
