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