The nights chords by Lee Hazlewood
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Intro 1
(E minor)
Her (A minor) skin was
Verse 1
the color
Of the (E minor) mountains' first winter snow (A minor)
His skin (E minor) was the color
Of the (A minor) hot sun (E minor) summer glow (A minor)
And they met (E minor) by a river
called (A minor) Okemah
In an (E minor) August of another time (A minor)
She (E minor) fell in love (A minor) with this red man
(E minor) And left her people (A minor) behind
And she (E minor) learned these things (A minor)
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Verse 2
The (A minor) ways (E minor) of a (F major) red (E minor) man are (A minor) lonely
And his woman can (E minor) expect little (A minor) more
And a day (E minor) filled with hard work and sorrow
(A minor) And so she (E minor) (A minor) (F sharpdim) lived for (A minor)
The nights, (E minor) the nights (A minor)
Verse 3
And they (E minor) followed his tribe (A minor)
On a hard (F major) trail (E minor) to the Dakotas far away (A minor)
And they hunted (E minor) a big buf (A minor) falo
And they heard the (E minor) old chief say (A minor)
The white (E minor) man has walked
here be (A minor) fore us
And killed buf (E minor) falo for their hides (A minor)
And so (E minor) this winter our
women an (A minor) d children
Will feel much hunger (C major) inside
(A minor) And she (E minor) learned these (A minor) things
Verse 4
The (A minor) ways (E minor) of a red (A minor) man are lonely
And his woman (E minor) can expect (A minor) little more
Than a day filled (F major) with hard
work (A minor) and sorrow
And so (E minor) she learns to live (A minor) for
The nights, (E minor) the nights
(F minor)
Verse 5
That winter they died (F major) by
the (D sharp major) hundreds
The people (F minor) of this red man's tribe (D sharp major)
(C major) She (F minor) walked the cold ground
(F major) And cursed the white (F minor) man
Who killed buffalo (E minor) for their hides
And they (F minor) buried their mothers (D sharp major) and fathers
And (F minor) their children they loved (D sharp major) so
(F major) They (F minor) prayed the son (F major) God (E flat major) will come soon
An (F minor) d melt (F major) the Dakota snow
(F minor)
Verse 6
(D sharp major)
The (F minor) ways of a red man (D sharp major) are lonely (F major)
And (D sharp major) his wo (F minor) man can expect little more (D sharp major)
Than a (F major) day filled (F minor) with hard
work (C major) and (F major) sorrow
And so she learns (F minor) to live for (E minor) (D sharp major)
The (F minor) nights, (F major) (C major) (F major) the nights
(F sharp minor)
Verse 7
And the spring came early (D major) to
(B minor) the Dakotas that year
And (F sharp minor) the buffalo numbered (B minor) ten times ten
(F sharp minor) They filled their stom (B minor) achs
Made their clothes (F sharp minor) and started
their lives (B minor) again
And she bore (F sharp minor) her lover boy (B minor) child
Fulfilled the (F sharp minor) promise of (B minor) spring
And from (F sharp minor) old comes new
(E minor) And new (D major) is (Esus4) life (B minor) and
(F sharp minor) life is an eternal (B minor) thing
And (F sharp minor) she learned these thing (B minor) s
Verse 8
(B minor) The ways (F sharp minor) of a red (B minor) man are lonely
And his woman (F sharp minor) can expect (B minor) little more
Than (F sharp minor) a day with hard (B minor) work and sorrow
And (F sharp minor) so she learns (B minor) to live for
The nights, (F sharp minor) (B minor) the (F sharp minor) nights
Outro 1
(F sharp minor)
The nights
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