F C
Paddles cut the water, in a long and hurried flight
G7 Am F C G7 Am F C Cno5 Cadd9 Cno5 C
From the white man to the fields of green, and the homeland we've never seen
[Verse 2]
They killed us in our tepee, they cut our women down
F C
They might have left some babies, cryin' on the ground
G7 Am F C G7 Am F C Cno5 Cadd9 Cno5 C
But the firesticks and the wagons came, and the night falls on the setting sun
[Verse 3]
They massacred the buffalo, kitty corner from the bank
F C
The taxis run across my feet, and my eyes have turned to blanks
G7 Am F C G7 Am F C
In my little box at the top of the stairs, with my Indian rug and a pipe to share
[Break]
Cno5 Cadd9 lowC Cadd9 Cno5 C
[Verse 4]
I wish a was a trapper, I would give a thousand pelts
F C
To sleep with Pocahontas, to find out how she felt
G7 Am F C G7 Am F C Cno5 Cadd9 Cno5 C
In the mornin' on the fields of green, in the homeland we've never seen
[Verse 5]
And maybe Marlon Brando, will be there by the fire
F C
We'll sit and talk of Hollywood, and the good things there for hire
G7 Am F C G7 Am F C
And the Astrodome and the first tepee, Marlon Brando, Pocahontas and me
G7 Am F C Cno5 Cadd9 lowC Cadd9 Cno5 C
Yea Marlon Brando, Pocahontas and me
