Judy Collins – Prairie Dream (Guitar)

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[Intro] | Am | Am | Am | Am | [Verse 1]
    Am                              Fmaj7
The thunder of the hooves of Indian ponies

Am                              Fmaj7
Wild with running, beautiful as light

Am                             Fmaj7
Flash into my dreams along the prairie

    G                Em7           Dm7
The hero Sioux, the spirits of the night

     Am                           Fmaj7
With buffalo who used to roam the mountains

Am                                          Fmaj7
Through the canyons, through the wind-blown grass

C                                     Fmaj7
Hooves that beat past swiftly running rivers

    G              Em7                Dm7
And sounds of centuries like breaking glass
[Verse 2]
Am                                     Fmaj7
Shot from trains and shot from painted horses

Am                                  Fmaj7
Shot down running in their murdered fear

Am                             Fmaj7
Gone before the quarter of the century

G               Em7              Dm7
Leaving nothing but the sound of tears

Am                          Fmaj7
Starving in their trails of blood and sorrow

Am                            Fmaj7
Ancient creatures innocent of crime

C                        Fmaj7
Manifest in destiny they flounder

G                  Em7              Dm7    Fmaj7  G
Like the wandering footsteps of the blind
[Chorus]
C      Fmaj7
Sundown

Am     Fmaj7
Sunrise

C      Fmaj7
Sundown

Am     Fmaj7
Sunrise
[Verse 3]
Am                               Fmaj7
All the sainted tribes and missionaries

Am                               Fmaj7
All the wagon trains of yearning hearts

Am                        Fmaj7
Testify to madness and to bloodshed

 G             Em7          Dm7
Among the buffalo as time departs

 Am                              Fmaj7
Alas for murdering the dreams of warriors

Am                           Fmaj7
Women, children sleep in innocence

C                              Fmaj7
Fires raged across the burning deserts

G                Em7        Dm7    Fmaj7  G
Let the tears of history commence
[Chorus]
C      Fmaj7
Sundown

Am     Fmaj7
Sunrise

C      Fmaj7
Sundown

Am     Fmaj7
Sunrise
[Verse 4]
Am                              Fmaj7
May the pioneers plant in their gardens

 Am                                Fmaj7
Among the bones of dreamers by the creek

Am                                    Fmaj7
Where they somehow found the peace of silence

G                 Em7                Dm7
With no maddening secrets they could keep

    Am                              Fmaj7
The thunder of the hooves of Indian ponies

Am                              Fmaj7
Wild with running, beautiful as light

C                              Fmaj7
Flash into my dreams along the prairie

    G             Em7            Dm7
The hero Sioux, Comanches of the night

 G            Em7              Dm7
Arapahoe, ­­­­the Nez Perce of the night

    G          Em7           Dm7    Em7    Fmaj7    G
The Cherokee, spirits of the night ­­­­­­­­­­­
[Chorus]
C      Fmaj7
Sundown

Am     Fmaj7
Sunrise

C      Fmaj7
Sundown

Am     Fmaj7
Sunrise
[Outro] | Am | Am | Am | Am | Am |