Hiawatha chords by Mike Oldfield

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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By  the shores of Gitche Gumee,
By the shining Big- Sea- Water,
At the doorway of the wigwam,
In the early Summer morning,

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Verse 2

Hiawatha stood and waited.

All the air was full of freshness,

All the earth was bright and joyous,

And before him,

through the sunshine,

Verse 3
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Westward toward the
neighboring forest
Passed in golden swarms the
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Ahmo,
Passed the bees, the honey- makers,
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Burning, singing in  the sunshine.

Verse 4
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Bright above him shone the heavens,
Level spread the lake before him;
From its bosom leaped the sturgeon,
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Sparkling, flashing in
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the sunshine;

Verse 5

On its margin the great forest

Stood reflected in the water,

Every tree- top had its shadow,

Motionless beneath the water.

Verse 6

From the brow of Hiawatha

Gone was every trace of sorrow,

As the fog from off the water,

As the mist from off the meadow.

Verse 7

With a smile of joy and gladness,

With a look of exultation,

As of one who in a vision

Sees what is to be, but is not,

Verse 8

Stood and waited Hiawatha.

Toward the sun his hands were lifted,

Both the palms spread out toward it,

And between the parted fingers

Verse 9
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Fell the sunshine on his features,
Flecked with light his naked
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shoulders,
As it falls and flecks an oak- tree
Through the rifted leaves and branches.

Verse 10
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O'er the water floating, flying,
Something in the hazy distance,
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Something in the
mists of morning,
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Loomed and lifted from the water,

Verse 11
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Now seemed floating,
now seemed flying,
Coming nearer, nearer, nearer.
Was it Shingebis the diver?
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Or the pelican, the Shada?

Verse 12
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Or the heron, the Shuh- shuh- gah?
Or the white goose, Waw- be- wana,
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With the water dripping, flashing,
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From its glossy neck
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and feathers?

Verse 13

It was neither goose nor diver,

Neither pelican nor heron,

O'er the water floating, flying,

Verse 14
Through the shining mist of morning,
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But a birch canoe with paddles,
Rising, sinking on the water,
Dripping, flashing in the sunshine;
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And within it came a

Interlude 1

people

Verse 15
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Can it be the sun descending
O'er the level plain of water?
Or the Red Swan floating, flying,
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Wounded by the magic
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arrow,

Verse 16
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Staining all the waves with crimson,
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With the crimson of its life- blood,
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Filling all the air
with splendor,
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Filling all the air with plumage?

Verse 17
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Yes; it is  the sun descending,
Sinking down into the water;
All the sky is stained with purple,
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All the water flushed
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with crimson!

Verse 18
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No; it is the Red Swan floating,
Diving down beneath the water;
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To the sky its wings are lifted,
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With its blood the waves
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are reddened!