Cowboy Junkies – Pale Sun chords

Pale Sun

by Michael Timmins (from the Cowboy Junkies web site)

Am               EmFifty miles from Dakota territory

C        E                    AmCheyenne scalp hangs from his belt

Am              EmFound him alone washing in the Bighorn

C        E          Ama steady aim and he bagged his game


Dm                     AmPale sun falls without contest

Dm               AmHere is obedient darkness

G           AmHe will not return


Am              EmWhite Cadillac, white man at the wheel,

C                  E         Amwhite faces on the mountain, wounds that will never heal

Am                     EmBlack clouds overhead, old man says looks like rain

C                          E                     AmThieves' Road winds to the Black Hills sign says South Dakota, U.S.A.


Dm                          AmGrass plains stretch to the horizon,

Dm                      Amnot a soul can be found on them

G             AmThey will not return

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Bb C   C Bb A Am7 A   Bb Am7 A

Am                                  EmOld rusted pickup and a mad dog in the yard,

C                      E                   Ampurple paint peels but fails to reveal the bitterness that grows inside

Am                             EmCloud of dust in the distance, strange knock beneath my hood

C                          E                        AmIs it better to have words left unsaid than to have words misunderstood?


Dm                     AmPale sun falls without contest

Dm               AmHere is obedient darkness

G        AmIt will return

G              AmI know it will return

G        AmIt will return.