Red Wing chords by Kerry Mills

As recorded by Thurl Ravenscroft and the Mellomen

[Verse 1]

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

[CHORUS]

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

[Verse 2]

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

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

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

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Poor Little Red Wing's weeping her heart away.