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Key: Em
Intro:
Em D Cmaj7 D Em D Cmaj7
D Em
Verse 1:
D Cmaj7 D Em
"Back Elk is sick and may be dying,"
D Cmaj7 D
Said the old man to his wife
Em D Cmaj7 D
"Even now the Holy Man is singing
Em
Mat Wakan-Tanka spare his life."
Verse 2:
D Cmaj7 D
Black Elk was trance-like in a death sleep
Em D Cmaj7 D
He was dreaming of two men with flaming spears
Em D Cmaj7
Who took him to a white plain high above the clouds
D Em
Left him alone and disappeared
D G
And then a bay horse stood before him
D G
And said, "Now my life history you shall see
Chorus:
Bm C Am
See how all the horses come dancing
G Bm Em C G
Dancing, dancing, dancing, dancing, wild and free
Bm Em C G C G C
Dancing, dancing, dancing, wild and free."
Verse 3:
Em D Cmaj7 D
Twelve black horses with manes of lightning in the night
Em D Cmaj7 D
With twelve white horses with white geese circling, thundering past
Em D Cmaj7
And twelve sorrel horses with eyes like stars and manes of light
D Em
Twelve buckskins with horns on their heads and manes of grass
D Cmaj7
Then the horses formed a line of four abreast
Em D Cmaj7 D
The bay horse turned his head West and he neighed
Em D Cmaj7
And the sky was like a storm of thundering horses
D Em
And Little Black Elk was afraid
D G
Then the horses changed into all creatures
D G
Into every from of life that there can be
[Out-Chorus]
Bm C Am
See how all the horses come dancing
G Bm Em C G
They come dancing, dancing, dancing, dancing, wild and free
Bm Em
Dancing, dancing
Song History
Published: January 26, 2026
Last Updated: January 26, 2026