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 



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 


 
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 


 
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 



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 


 
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