Verse
B F# B E
From the land of shooting waters to the peaks of the Coeur d'Alêne
F# B F#
Thimbleberries in the forest, elk grazing on the plain
B F# B E
The People of the Coyote made their camp along the streams
E B E F# B
Of the green Wallowa Valley when fences had no name
F# E B
And they bred a strain of horses, the treasure of the tribe
F# E F#
Who could toe-dance on a ridge or gallop up a mountainside
B F# E B
Who could haul the hunter's burden, turn a buffalo stampede
E B E F# B
The horse that wore the spotted coat was born with matchless speed
[Chorus]
D#m F#
E B
Thunder Rolling in the Mountains
E F# F# E
Lead the People across the Great Divide
B E B
There's blood on the snow in the hills of Idaho
E F# B B E E C#m G#m F# x2
But the heart of the Appaloosa never died
[Verse 2]
B F# B E
In the winter came the crowned ones near frozen in the cold
F# B F#
Bringing firearms and spyglasses and a book that saves the soul
B F# B E
The people gave them welcome, nursed them till their strength returned
E B E F# B
And studied the talking paper, its mysteries to learn
F# E B
In the shadow of the mission sprang up farms and squatter towns
F# E F#
The plain was lined with fences, the plow blade split the ground
F# B E B
In the shallows of the Clearwater gold glittered in the pan
E B E F# B
And the word would come from Washington: remove the Indian
[Chorus]
D#m F#
E B
Thunder Rolling in the Mountains
E F# F# E
Lead the People across the Great Divide
B E B
There's blood on the snow in the hills of Idaho
E F# B B E E C#m G#m F#
But the heart of the Appaloosa never died
[Verse 3]
B F# B E
The chief spoke to the People in his anger and his pain
F# B F#
"I am no more Chief Joseph. Rolling Thunder is my name.
B F# B E
They condemn us to a wasteland of barren soil and stone
E B E F# B
We shall fight them if we must, but we will find another home."
F# E B
They fled into the Bitterroot, an army at their heels
F# E F#
They fought at White Bird Canyon, they fought at Misery Hill
F# B E B
Till the colonel saw his strategy and sent the order down
E B E F# B
To kill the Appaloosa wherever it be found
[Chorus]
D#m F#
E B
Thunder Rolling in the Mountains
E F# F# E
Lead the People across the Great Divide
B E B
There's blood on the snow in the hills of Idaho
E F# B B E E C#m G#m F#
But the heart of the Appaloosa never died
[Verse 4]
B F# B E
Twelve hundred miles retreating, three times over the Divide
F# B F#
The horse their only safety, their only ally
B F# B E
Three thousand Appaloosa perished with the tribe
E B E F# B
The people and the horses died side by side
F# E B
Thunder Rolling in the Mountains said, "my heart is sick and sad.
F# E F#
Our children now are freezing. The old chiefs are dead.
F# B E B
The hunger take our spirit. Our wounds are deep and sore.
E B E F# B
From where the sun now stands I shall fight no more."
[Chorus]
D#m F#
E B
Thunder Rolling in the Mountains
E F# F# E
Lead the People across the Great Divide
B E B
There's blood on the snow in the hills of Idaho
E F# B B E E C#m G#m F#
But the heart of the Appaloosa never died
[Break Strain]
B F# B E
They were sent to Oklahoma, malaria ran rife
F# B F#
But more died of broken hearts far from the land that gave them life
B F# B E
And the man once called Joseph at death was heard to say
E B E F# B
"We have given up our horses. They have gone away."
D* E B
But sometimes without warning from a dull domestic herd
D* E F#
C# spotted horse of spirit wondrous will emerge
D* B E B
Strong it is and fearless and nimble on a hill
E* G* C F# B
Listening for thunder, the Appaloosa's living still
[Chorus]
D#m F#
E B
Thunder Rolling in the Mountains
E F# F# E
Lead the People across the Great Divide
B E B
There's blood on the snow in the hills of Idaho
E F# B B E E C#m G#m F#
But the heart of the Appaloosa never died
- 1. Chord Gitar Fred Small - Heart Of The Appaloosa Kunci Dasar - Chords.id (Nada Dasar G#)
- 2. Ganti Chord Gitar Fred Small - Heart Of The Appaloosa Kunci Dasar - Chords.id (Nada Dasar G#)
- 3. Author Lagu Andra Ramadhan
