Hiawatha chords by Mike Oldfield
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Intro 1
(A minor) (F major) (A minor) (F major) (A minor)
(F major) (A minor) (F major) (A minor) (F major) (A minor) (F major) (A minor) (F major) (A minor) (F major)
(A minor) (F major) (A minor) (F major) (A minor) (F major) (A minor)
Verse 1
(A minor) 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 (A minor) stood and waited.
All the air was full of freshness,
All the earth was bright and joyous,
And before him, (F major)
(D minor) through the sunshine, (A minor)
Verse 3
(A minor) Westward toward the
neighboring forest
Passed in golden swarms the
(D minor) (A minor) (D minor) (A minor) Ahmo,
Passed the bees, the honey- makers,
Burning, singing (F major) (A minor) in the sunshine.
Verse 4
(A minor) Bright above him shone the heavens,
Level spread the lake before him;
From its bosom leaped the sturgeon,
Sparkling, flashing (D minor) in
(A minor) the sunshine;
Verse 5
On its (A minor) margin the great forest
Stood reflected in the water,
Every tree- top had its shadow,
Motionless beneath the water.
Verse 6
From the brow (A minor) of Hiawatha
Gone was every trace of sorrow,
As the fog (F major) (A minor) from off the water,
As the mist (F major) (D minor) from off (A minor) the meadow.
Verse 7
(A minor) 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 (A minor) waited Hiawatha.
Toward the sun his hands were lifted,
Both the palms (F major) spread (A minor) out toward it,
And between (D minor) the par (A minor) ted fingers
Verse 9
(A minor) Fell the sunshine on his features,
Flecked with light his naked
shoulder (D minor) (A minor) (D minor) s, (A minor)
As it falls and flecks an oak- tree
Through the rifted leaves and branches.
Verse 10
O'er (A minor) the water floating, flying,
Something in the hazy distance,
(D minor) (A minor) Something in the
mists of morning,
Loomed and lifted (D minor) from (A minor) the water,
Verse 11
(A minor) Now seemed floating,
now seemed flying,
Coming nearer, nearer, nearer.
Was it Shingebis the diver?
Or the pel (D minor) ican, (A minor) the Shada?
Verse 12
Or the (A minor) heron, the Shuh- shuh- gah?
Or the white goose, Waw- be- wana,
With the water (F major) dripping, (A minor) flashing,
From its glossy (F major) neck (A minor)
(D minor) (A minor) and feathers?
Verse 13
(A minor) It was neither goose nor diver,
Neither pelican nor heron,
O'er the water floating, flying,
Verse 14
Through the shining mist of morning,
(A minor) But a birch canoe with paddles,
Rising, sinking on the water,
Dripping, flashing in the sunshine;
And within (F major) it came (D minor) (A minor) a
Interlude 1
people
(A minor) (F major) (A minor) (F major) (A minor)
Verse 15
(A minor) Can it be the sun descending
O'er the level plain of water?
Or the Red Swan floating, flying,
Wounded by the magic (D minor)
(A minor) arrow,
Verse 16
Staining (A minor) all the waves with crimson,
With the crimson of its life- blood, (D minor)
Filling (A minor) all (F major) the (A minor) air
with splendor,
Filling all the air (D minor) (A minor) with plumage?
Verse 17
Yes; it (A minor) is the sun (D minor) (A minor) descending,
Sinking down into the water;
All the sky is stained with purple,
All the water flushed (D minor)
(A minor) with crimson!
Verse 18
(A minor)
No; it is the Red Swan floating,
Diving down beneath the water;
To the sky (F major) (D minor) (F major) its (A minor) wings are lifted,
With its blood (F major) the waves
(D minor) (A minor) are reddened!
Verse 19
Over (A minor) it the Star (D minor) (A minor) of Evening
Melts and trembles through the purple,
(D minor) Hangs suspended (A minor) in the twilight,
Walks in silence (F major) (D minor) (A minor) through the heavens.
Outro 1
(F major) (A minor) (F major) (A minor)
(F major) (A minor) (F major) (A minor) (F major)
(A minor) (F major) (A minor)
Hiawatha
Mike Oldfield
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