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
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/n/neil_young/pocahontas_tab.html ]
The Unplugged version
Tuning:
Slack D/Dropped C, CGCFAD,
i.e. standard dropped a tone and 1st down to C.
Chords:
Dadd9 000230
Dadd4 000032
Dadd6 000202
Dmaj7add9 000220
D(II) 000775
Dmaj7 000675
Em7 220000
Gadd6/B x20030
Intro:
D Dadd9 D Dadd4
D Dadd9 D Dadd4
D
Aurora Borealis, the icy sky at night
Em7 D
Paddles cut the water in a long and hurried flight
A C Gadd6/B D
From the white man to the fields of green
A C Gadd6/B D
And the homeland we've never seen
Harmonica solo 1:
D(II) Dmaj7 Em7 D
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
Harmonica solo 2:
D(II) Dmaj7 Em7 D
A C Gadd6/B D
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
Harmonica solo 3:
D Dadd6 Dmaj7add9 Dadd6 Dmaj7add9 Em7 D
A C Gadd6/B D
A C Gadd6/B D
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
Harmonica solo 4:
D(II) Dmaj7 Em7 D
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
A C Gadd6/B D
Pocahontas
