Chords for LEE HAZLEWOOD - The Nights- 1969
Tempo:
164.4 bpm
Chords used:
Em
Am
F#m
Bm
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[C]
[Em] Her [Am] skin was the [C] color of the mountains first [Am] winter's snow.
[Em] His skin was [Am] the color of the hot [Em] sun's summer glow.
[Am] [C#] [Em] And they met by a river called [Am] Ohima in an August of another time.
And she fell in love with [Am] this red man and left her people behind.
[Em] And she learned these things.
[C] The ways of a red man are lonely and his woman can expect [Am] little more [D] [Em] than a day filled with
hard work [F#] and sorrow.
And so she learns to live for [Em] the knights, the knights.
And they followed his tribe [F] on a [B] hard trail to the Dakotas [Am] far away.
And they hunted the big buffalo.
And [Em] they heard the old chief [Am] say, [Em] the white man has walked here [Am] before us to kill [Em] buffaloes
for their [Am] hides.
[Em] And so this winter our [Am] women and children will [Em] feel much hunger [Am] inside.
[Em] And she learned these [Am] things.
[Em] The ways of a red [Am] man are lonely and [Em] his woman can expect [Am] little more [Em] than a day filled with
[Am] hard work and sorrow.
[Em] And so she learns to live [Am] for [Em] the knights.
[Fm]
And that winter they died by [D#] the hundreds, the [C] people of this red man's [A#m] tribe.
[Cm] She walked the cold [D#m] ground and cursed the [C] white man who killed [D#] buffalo for their [Fm] hides.
And they buried their [D#] mothers, fathers, [Cm] and the children they loved so.
[Fm] And they prayed the sun [A#] god would come soon [C] and melt the Dakota [A#m] snow.
[Fm] And she learned these [D#] things.
[Fm] The [C] ways of a [D#] red man are lonely [G] and his woman [Fm] can [F] expect little more than a day [D] filled with
[A#m] hard work and sorrow.
[Fm] So she learns to [A#] live for the [Cm] knights.
[F#m]
And the spring came [Bm] early to the Dakotas [F#m] that year and the buffalo [Bm] numbered ten times [F#m] ten.
And they filled their [Bm] stomachs and made their [F#m] clothes and started their [Bm] lives again.
And she [F#m] bore her love [Bm] a boy child [F#m] and fulfilled the [Bm] promise of spring.
[F#m] From old comes [Bm] new and new is life [F#m] and life is an [Bm] eternal thing.
[F#m] And she learned [Bm] these things.
[F#m] The ways of a [Bm] red man are lonely [F#m] and his woman can [Bm] expect little more [F#m] than a day filled with
[Bm] hard work and sorrow.
[F#m] And so she learns to [Bm] live for [F#m] the knights.
[D]
[F#m] The knights.
[Dm]
[N]
[Em] Her [Am] skin was the [C] color of the mountains first [Am] winter's snow.
[Em] His skin was [Am] the color of the hot [Em] sun's summer glow.
[Am] [C#] [Em] And they met by a river called [Am] Ohima in an August of another time.
And she fell in love with [Am] this red man and left her people behind.
[Em] And she learned these things.
[C] The ways of a red man are lonely and his woman can expect [Am] little more [D] [Em] than a day filled with
hard work [F#] and sorrow.
And so she learns to live for [Em] the knights, the knights.
And they followed his tribe [F] on a [B] hard trail to the Dakotas [Am] far away.
And they hunted the big buffalo.
And [Em] they heard the old chief [Am] say, [Em] the white man has walked here [Am] before us to kill [Em] buffaloes
for their [Am] hides.
[Em] And so this winter our [Am] women and children will [Em] feel much hunger [Am] inside.
[Em] And she learned these [Am] things.
[Em] The ways of a red [Am] man are lonely and [Em] his woman can expect [Am] little more [Em] than a day filled with
[Am] hard work and sorrow.
[Em] And so she learns to live [Am] for [Em] the knights.
[Fm]
And that winter they died by [D#] the hundreds, the [C] people of this red man's [A#m] tribe.
[Cm] She walked the cold [D#m] ground and cursed the [C] white man who killed [D#] buffalo for their [Fm] hides.
And they buried their [D#] mothers, fathers, [Cm] and the children they loved so.
[Fm] And they prayed the sun [A#] god would come soon [C] and melt the Dakota [A#m] snow.
[Fm] And she learned these [D#] things.
[Fm] The [C] ways of a [D#] red man are lonely [G] and his woman [Fm] can [F] expect little more than a day [D] filled with
[A#m] hard work and sorrow.
[Fm] So she learns to [A#] live for the [Cm] knights.
[F#m]
And the spring came [Bm] early to the Dakotas [F#m] that year and the buffalo [Bm] numbered ten times [F#m] ten.
And they filled their [Bm] stomachs and made their [F#m] clothes and started their [Bm] lives again.
And she [F#m] bore her love [Bm] a boy child [F#m] and fulfilled the [Bm] promise of spring.
[F#m] From old comes [Bm] new and new is life [F#m] and life is an [Bm] eternal thing.
[F#m] And she learned [Bm] these things.
[F#m] The ways of a [Bm] red man are lonely [F#m] and his woman can [Bm] expect little more [F#m] than a day filled with
[Bm] hard work and sorrow.
[F#m] And so she learns to [Bm] live for [F#m] the knights.
[D]
[F#m] The knights.
[Dm]
[N]
Key:
Em
Am
F#m
Bm
C
Em
Am
F#m
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ Her [Am] skin was the [C] color of the mountains first [Am] winter's snow.
_ _ [Em] His skin was [Am] the color of the hot _ [Em] sun's summer glow.
[Am] _ _ _ _ [C#] [Em] And they met by a river called [Am] Ohima _ in an August of another time.
_ _ And she fell in love with [Am] this red man and left her people behind.
_ _ [Em] And she learned these things.
_ [C] _ The ways of a red man are lonely and his woman can expect [Am] little more [D] _ [Em] than a day filled with
hard work [F#] and sorrow.
And so she learns to live for _ [Em] the knights, _ _ _ _ _ the knights.
_ _ _ _ And they followed his tribe [F] on a [B] hard trail to the Dakotas [Am] far away.
And they hunted the big buffalo.
_ _ And [Em] they heard the old chief [Am] say, _ _ [Em] the white man has walked here [Am] before us to kill [Em] _ buffaloes
for their [Am] hides. _ _
[Em] And so this winter our [Am] women and children will [Em] feel much hunger [Am] inside. _ _
[Em] And she learned these [Am] things. _ _
[Em] The ways of a red [Am] man are lonely and [Em] his woman can expect [Am] little more [Em] than a day filled with
[Am] hard work and sorrow.
[Em] And so she learns to live [Am] for [Em] the knights. _ _ _ _ _
[Fm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
And that winter they died by [D#] the hundreds, the [C] people of this red man's [A#m] tribe. _
[Cm] She walked the cold [D#m] ground and cursed the [C] white man who killed [D#] buffalo for their [Fm] hides.
And they buried their [D#] mothers, _ fathers, [Cm] and the children they loved so.
[Fm] And they prayed the sun [A#] god would come soon [C] and melt the Dakota [A#m] snow. _
[Fm] And she learned these [D#] things. _ _
[Fm] The [C] ways of a [D#] red man are lonely [G] and his woman [Fm] can [F] expect little more than a day [D] filled with
[A#m] hard work and sorrow.
[Fm] So she learns to [A#] live for _ the [Cm] knights. _ _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
And the spring came [Bm] early to the Dakotas [F#m] that year and the buffalo [Bm] numbered ten times [F#m] ten.
And they filled their [Bm] stomachs and made their [F#m] clothes and started their [Bm] lives again.
And she [F#m] bore her love [Bm] a boy child [F#m] and fulfilled the [Bm] promise of spring.
[F#m] From old comes [Bm] new and new is life [F#m] and life is an [Bm] eternal thing.
[F#m] And she learned [Bm] these things. _
[F#m] The ways of a [Bm] red man are lonely [F#m] and his woman can [Bm] expect little more [F#m] than a day filled with
[Bm] hard work and sorrow.
[F#m] And so she learns to [Bm] live for _ [F#m] the knights.
_ _ [D] _ _ _
[F#m] The knights. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ Her [Am] skin was the [C] color of the mountains first [Am] winter's snow.
_ _ [Em] His skin was [Am] the color of the hot _ [Em] sun's summer glow.
[Am] _ _ _ _ [C#] [Em] And they met by a river called [Am] Ohima _ in an August of another time.
_ _ And she fell in love with [Am] this red man and left her people behind.
_ _ [Em] And she learned these things.
_ [C] _ The ways of a red man are lonely and his woman can expect [Am] little more [D] _ [Em] than a day filled with
hard work [F#] and sorrow.
And so she learns to live for _ [Em] the knights, _ _ _ _ _ the knights.
_ _ _ _ And they followed his tribe [F] on a [B] hard trail to the Dakotas [Am] far away.
And they hunted the big buffalo.
_ _ And [Em] they heard the old chief [Am] say, _ _ [Em] the white man has walked here [Am] before us to kill [Em] _ buffaloes
for their [Am] hides. _ _
[Em] And so this winter our [Am] women and children will [Em] feel much hunger [Am] inside. _ _
[Em] And she learned these [Am] things. _ _
[Em] The ways of a red [Am] man are lonely and [Em] his woman can expect [Am] little more [Em] than a day filled with
[Am] hard work and sorrow.
[Em] And so she learns to live [Am] for [Em] the knights. _ _ _ _ _
[Fm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
And that winter they died by [D#] the hundreds, the [C] people of this red man's [A#m] tribe. _
[Cm] She walked the cold [D#m] ground and cursed the [C] white man who killed [D#] buffalo for their [Fm] hides.
And they buried their [D#] mothers, _ fathers, [Cm] and the children they loved so.
[Fm] And they prayed the sun [A#] god would come soon [C] and melt the Dakota [A#m] snow. _
[Fm] And she learned these [D#] things. _ _
[Fm] The [C] ways of a [D#] red man are lonely [G] and his woman [Fm] can [F] expect little more than a day [D] filled with
[A#m] hard work and sorrow.
[Fm] So she learns to [A#] live for _ the [Cm] knights. _ _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
And the spring came [Bm] early to the Dakotas [F#m] that year and the buffalo [Bm] numbered ten times [F#m] ten.
And they filled their [Bm] stomachs and made their [F#m] clothes and started their [Bm] lives again.
And she [F#m] bore her love [Bm] a boy child [F#m] and fulfilled the [Bm] promise of spring.
[F#m] From old comes [Bm] new and new is life [F#m] and life is an [Bm] eternal thing.
[F#m] And she learned [Bm] these things. _
[F#m] The ways of a [Bm] red man are lonely [F#m] and his woman can [Bm] expect little more [F#m] than a day filled with
[Bm] hard work and sorrow.
[F#m] And so she learns to [Bm] live for _ [F#m] the knights.
_ _ [D] _ _ _
[F#m] The knights. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _