Old & In the Way - Land of the Navajo guitar chord

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A great song that taxes any musician's ability to remember words. You can

find the song on any number of live recordings (see e-tree or gdlive.com

for a few) or on the band's studio album. Good luck!

-Submitted by Aaron Sawyer

Land of the Navajo

Em Em Em Em

Chorus:

C G D Em

Oh the wind blows cold, on the trail of the buffalo

C G D Em C

Oh the wind blows cold, in the land of the Navajo

D Em

in the land of the Navajo

Verse:

G C

A hundred miles from nowhere, out on the desert sand

D D G

One-eyed Jack the trader held some turquoise in his hand

G C

And by his side sat Runnin' Elk, his long time Indian friend

D D G G

He vowed that he would stay by Jack until the bitter end

G C

Well Jack had gambled all he owned to leave this wandering life

D D G

He might have had a happy home and a tender loving' wife

G C

But his hunger was for tradin' trappers' furs for turquoise stones

D D G

Anything that the Indians had Jack wanted for his own

Chorus

Break 2x (same chord pattern as chorus)

Said Jack to Runnin' Elk, I'll gamble all these precious stones

Before I leave my body here among these bleaching bones

For now my time is drawing near, and I'm filled with dark regret

My spirit longs a journey as the sun begins to set

For we've raped and killed and stole your land, We ruled with guns and knives

Fed whiskey to your warriors while we stole away your wives

Said Runnin' Elk "What's done is done," you white men rule this land

So lay your cards face up and play your last broken-hearted hand

Chorus

Break

When your dealin' cards with the devil, jokers wild and aces high

Jack bet the Mississippi River, Runnin' Elk raised him the sky

Jack saw him with the sun and moon, and raised him with the stars

Runnin' Elk bet the Rocky Mountains, Jupiter and Mars

The sun was sinking in the west when Jack drew the ace of spades

Runnin' Elk just rolled his eyes, he smiled and passed away

Jack picked up his turquoise stones and cast them to the sky

He stared into the setting sun and he made a mournful cry

Chorus

Intro (Em Railroad pattern)

Yodels & Solos over: Em Em D