Pale Sun

by Michael Timmins (from the Cowboy Junkies web site)

Am (x02210@1)             EmFifty (022000@1)miles from Dakota territory

C (x32010@1)      E (022100@1)                  AmCheyenne (x02210@1)scalp hangs from his belt

Am (x02210@1)            EmFound (022000@1)him alone washing in the Bighorn

C (x32010@1)      E (022100@1)        Ama (x02210@1)steady aim and he bagged his game


Dm (xx0231@1)                   AmPale (x02210@1)sun falls without contest

Dm (xx0231@1)             AmHere (x02210@1)is obedient darkness

G (320003@1)         AmHe (x02210@1)will not return


Am (x02210@1)            EmWhite (022000@1)Cadillac, white man at the wheel,

C (x32010@1)                E (022100@1)       Amwhite (x02210@1)faces on the mountain, wounds that will never heal

Am (x02210@1)                   EmBlack (022000@1)clouds overhead, old man says looks like rain

C (x32010@1)                        E (022100@1)                   AmThieves' (x02210@1)Road winds to the Black Hills sign says South Dakota, U.S.A.


Dm (xx0231@1)                        AmGrass (x02210@1)plains stretch to the horizon,

Dm (xx0231@1)                    Amnot (x02210@1)a soul can be found on them

G (320003@1)           AmThey (x02210@1)will not return

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Bb (x1333x@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C   C (x32010@1)name="chord_x1333x@1">Bb A (x02220@1)name="chord_x02010@1">Am7 A (x02220@1) Bb (x1333x@1)name="chord_x02010@1">Am7 A (x02220@1)Am (x02210@1)                                EmOld (022000@1)rusted pickup and a mad dog in the yard,

C (x32010@1)                    E (022100@1)                 Ampurple (x02210@1)paint peels but fails to reveal the bitterness that grows inside

Am (x02210@1)                           EmCloud (022000@1)of dust in the distance, strange knock beneath my hood

C (x32010@1)                        E (022100@1)                      AmIs (x02210@1)it better to have words left unsaid than to have words misunderstood?


Dm (xx0231@1)                   AmPale (x02210@1)sun falls without contest

Dm (xx0231@1)             AmHere (x02210@1)is obedient darkness

G (320003@1)      AmIt (x02210@1)will return

G (320003@1)            AmI (x02210@1)know it will return

G (320003@1)      AmIt (x02210@1)will return.