-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Rust Never Sleeps version Tuning: Standard, EADGBE, with capo on 3rd fret. Chords: Aadd9 x02200 Bmadd4 x24430 D/F# 200232 Tab: E7 G D/F# A E|-----0-0-0-0---------3-3------------|----- B|-----3-3-3-3---------0-0------------|----- G|-----1-1-1-1---------0-0------------|----- D|-----2-2-2-2---------0-0------------|----- A|-----2-2-2-2---------2-2-------2h4--|--0-- E|--0--0-0-0-0--0-2-3--3-3--2p0-------|----- Intro: A Aadd9 A A Aadd9 A A Aurora Borealis, the icy sky at night Bm7 A Paddles cut the water in a long and hurried flight E7 G D/F# A (see tab) From the white man to the fields of green E7 G D/F# A And the homeland we've never seen 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 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 Instrumental: A Aadd9 A Aadd9 A Add9 A Aadd9 Bm Bmadd4 Bm Bmadd4 A Aadd9 A Aadd9 Asus4 E7 E G D/F# A (as tab) 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 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 E7 G D/F# A Pocahontas ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------