Pocahontas

Written by Neil Young, as performed by Gillian Welch

Guitar Key E
   Tuning: Standard, EADGBE, with capo on 2nd fret.
   All chord shapes are relative to the capo.

       D  Dadd9  Em7   A    C    G
   e --2----O-----O----0----0----3---
   B --3----3-----3----2----1----3---
   G --2----2-----0----2----O----O---
   D --O----O-----2----2----2----O---
   A --x----x-----2----0----3----2---
   E --x----x-----0----x----X----3---

Harmonica Key A (cross)

Intro:
  D Dadd9 D
  D Dadd9 D

Verse
D      Dadd9     D       Dadd9  D
Aurora Borealis, the icy sky at night

Em7                        D
Paddles cut the water in a long and hurried flight

         A          C      G      D
From the white man  to the fields of green

        A         C       G     D 
To  the homeland  we have never seen

Verse
They killed us in our teepee, and they cut our women down
They might have left some babies cryin' on the ground
But the firesticks and the wagons come
And the night falls on the settin' sun

Verse
They massacred the buffalo, kitty corner from the bank
The taxis run across my feet, and my eyes have turned to blanks
In my little box at the top of the stairs
With my indian rug and a pipe to share

Harmonica solo (wail)
  D  Dadd9 D  Dadd9 D Dadd9 D Dadd9 
  2B

  Em Em7   Em Em7   D Dadd9 D Dadd9 D 
  3S                2B  

  A     C    G     D
  5S         4B 3S 2B

  A     C    G     D
  5S         4B 3S 2B

Verse
I wish I was a trapper, I would give a thousand pelts
To sleep with Pocahontas and find out how she felt
In the mornin' on the fields of green
In the homeland we've never seen

Verse
And maybe Marlon Brando will be there by the fire
We'll sit and talk of Hollywood and the good things there for hire
And the Astradome and the first teepee
Marlon Brando, Pocahontas and me
Marlon Brando, Pocahontas and me

Pocahontas