Chord/Tab song: Pale Sun

by Michael Timmins (from the Cowboy Junkies web site)

[Am]Fifty miles from [Em]Dakota territory

[C]Cheyenne [E]scalp hangs from his [Am]belt

[Am]Found him alone [Em]washing in the Bighorn

[C]a steady [E]aim and he [Am]bagged his game

[Dm]Pale sun falls without [Am]contest

[Dm]Here is obedient [Am]darkness

[G]He will not [Am]return

[Am]White Cadillac, [Em]white man at the wheel,

[C]white faces on the [E]mountain, [Am]wounds that will never heal

[Am]Black clouds overhead, [Em]old man says looks like rain

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

[Dm]Grass plains stretch to the [Am]horizon,

[Dm]not a soul can be found [Am]on them

[G]They will not [Am]return

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[Am]Old rusted pickup and a mad dog in t[Em]he yard,

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

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

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

[Dm]Pale sun falls without [Am]contest

[Dm]Here is obedient [Am]darkness

[G]It will r[Am]eturn

[G]I know it will [Am]return

[G]It will r[Am]eturn.