Pale Sun Chords & Lyrics by Cowboy Junkies

Pale Sun

guitar chords lyrics

Cowboy Junkies

Pale Sun

by Michael Timmins (from the Cowboy Junkies web site)

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Fifty miles from Dakota territory

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Cheyenne scalp hangs from his belt

Am Em
Found him alone washing in the Bighorn

C E Am
a steady aim and he bagged his game


Dm Am
Pale sun falls without contest

Dm Am
Here is obedient darkness

G Am
He will not return


Am Em
White Cadillac, white man at the wheel,

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white faces on the mountain, wounds that will never heal

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Black clouds overhead, old man says looks like rain

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


Dm Am
Grass plains stretch to the horizon,

Dm Am
not a soul can be found on them

G Am
They will not return

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Am Em
Old rusted pickup and a mad dog in the yard,

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

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

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


Dm Am
Pale sun falls without contest

Dm Am
Here is obedient darkness

G Am
It will return

G Am
I know it will return

G Am
It will return.