Gun Metal Eyes

CAPO: 2 Intro: D G His mama was a Cherokee princess, or so it was said A D And his daddy was a Seminole rebel with a price on his head G And the other kids teased him, but I never did see him to cry A D G D Man, there was some kind of righteous in the steel of his gun-metal eyes [Refrão] N.C. G A Run with the wolf, fly like the dove D G Mother below, Father above Em A Weep with the earth, sing to the sky C G D In the steel of your gun-metal eyes G Well, he grew up in the washes and the rushes and the rain and the wind A D And the creatures of the forest and fields were his only real friends G And the lily of the valley and the nettle of the plains taught him well A D G D And the new moon shone on him as he wandered through the gully and the dell [Refrão] N.C. G A Run with the wolf, fly like the dove D G Mother below, Father above Em A Weep with the earth, sing to the sky C G D In the steel of your gun-metal eyes Instrumental: D G A D G D G It was one misty morning when he heard the big bulldozers groan A D And the chainsaws and the felling of trees and the breaking of stone G And the boss-man knew better, but he had an empire to raise A D G D And one lone man before him with a rifle and doom on his face [Refrão] N.C. G A Run with the wolf, fly like the dove D G Mother below, Father above Em A Weep with the earth, sing to the sky C G D In the steel of your gun-metal eyes G "Get on home," cried the owner, "Cause I hold the deed to this land A D And I ain't got no time to be fooling with no wild Injun man." G And he gathered his strong boys around him and he called his police A D G D But there was no looking back for the son of a Seminole chief [Refrão] N.C. G A Run with the wolf, fly like the dove D G Mother below, Father above Em A Weep with the earth, sing to the sky C G D In the steel of your gun-metal eyes Instrumental: D G A D G A D G D G Now some say he died in the fighting and was buried that day A D And some say he raged like an angel and he chased them away G But the green hills stand silent, and nobody goes there no more A D G D Just the ghosts and the memories and the shadows of the dark forest floor [Refrão] N.C. G A Run with the wolf, fly like the dove D G Mother below, Father above Em A Weep with the earth, sing to the sky C G D In the steel of your gun-metal eyes C G D Dsus2 D In the steel of your gun-metal eyes