Red Wing chords by Kerry Mills

Chords with lyrics

As recorded by Thurl Ravenscroft and the Mellomen

[Verse 1]

G+G
There once was an Indian maid,
  C majorC         G+G
A augmentedA shy little prairie maid,
   C majorC       G+G
Who sang away, a love song gay,
  D MajorD
As on the plain she'd while away the day;
   G+G
She loved a warrior bold,
   C majorC         G+G
This shy little maid of old,
   C majorC         G+G
But brave and gay, he rode one day
   D MajorD
To battle far away.

[CHORUS]

      C majorC                G+G
Now, the moon shines tonight on pretty Red Wing
         D MajorD            G+G
The breeze is sighing, the night bird's crying,
     C majorC                G+G
For afar 'neath his star her brave is sleeping,
          D MajorD        G+G
While Red Wing's weeping her heart away.

[Verse 2]

    G+G
She watched for him day and night,
   C majorC           G+G
She kept all the campfires bright,
   C majorC          G+G
And under the sky, each night she would lie,
   D MajorD
And dream about his coming by and by;
   G+G
But when all the braves returned,
    C majorC         G+G
The heart of Red Wing yearned,
   C majorC          G+G
For far, far away, her warrior gay,
    D MajorD
Fell bravely in the fray

      C majorC                G+G
Now, the moon shines tonight on pretty Red Wing
         D MajorD            G+G
The breeze is sighing, the night bird's crying,
     C majorC                G+G
For afar 'neath his star her brave is sleeping,
          D MajorD        G+G
While Red Wing's weeping her heart away.

      C majorC                G+G
Now, the moon shines tonight on pretty Red Wing
         D MajorD            G+G
The breeze is sighing, the night bird's crying,
     C majorC                G+G
For afar 'neath his star her brave is sleeping,
          D MajorD        G+G
While Red Wing's weeping her heart away.

 G+G     FF       C majorC     D MajorD   G+G
Poor Little Red Wing's weeping her heart away.