Key: E minor•
Intro 1
Em
Verse 1
the color
Em
Am
Of the mountains' first winter snow
Am
Em
Am
Of the hot sun summer glow
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Am
In an August of another time
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Am
She fell in love with this red man
Em
Am
And left her people behind
Em
Am
And she learned these things
Verse 2
Am
Em
F
Em
Am
The ways of a red man are lonely
Em
Am
And his woman can expect little more
Em
And a day filled with hard work and sorrow
Am
Em
Am
F#dim
Am
And so she lived for
Em
Am
The nights, the nights
Verse 3
Em
Am
And they followed his tribe
F
Em
Am
On a hard trail to the Dakotas far away
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Am
And they hunted a big buffalo
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Am
And they heard the old chief say
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Am
And killed buffalo for their hides
Am
Em
Am
And she learned these things
Verse 4
Am
Em
Am
The ways of a red man are lonely
Em
Am
And his woman can expect little more
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Am
And so she learns to live for
Fm
Verse 5
Fm
D#
The people of this red man's tribe
C
Fm
She walked the cold ground
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Fm
And cursed the white man
Fm
D#
And they buried their mothers and fathers
Fm
D#
And their children they loved so
F
Fm
F
Eb
They prayed the son God will come soon
Fm
F
And melt the Dakota snow
Fm
Verse 6
D#
Fm
D#
F
The ways of a red man are lonely
D#
Fm
D#
And his woman can expect little more
F
Fm
Than a day filled with hard
C
F
work and sorrow
Fm
Em
D#
And so she learns to live for
Fm
F
C
F
The nights, the nights
F#m
Verse 7
F#m
Bm
And the buffalo numbered ten times ten
F#m
Bm
They filled their stomachs
F#m
Bm
And she bore her lover boy child
F#m
Bm
Fulfilled the promise of spring
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D
Esus4
Bm
And new is life and
F#m
Bm
life is an eternal thing
F#m
Bm
And she learned these things
Verse 8
Bm
F#m
Bm
The ways of a red man are lonely
F#m
Bm
And his woman can expect little more
F#m
Bm
Than a day with hard work and sorrow
F#m
Bm
And so she learns to live for
F#m
Bm
F#m
The nights, the nights
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