The Infamous Stringdusters - Black elk

^F#The memory re^C#m7mains ^BThey built an iron road to cross the plains ^F#He was just a ^C#m7child ^EAnd the buffalo ^Bstill were wild ^F#He heard the voices in his ^C#m7head ^BAncestors are calling you is what they said ^F#Then the vision did ap^C#m7pear ^ETwelve black horses he was ^Bfull of fear

^F#The s^C#mtorms were in his e^Byes ^F#Black ^C#mElk was on the ^Brise ^F#He healed his ^C#mpeople and he ^Ene^B/Ebver ^Blost The ^Evis^B/Ebions ^Bin his ^F#mind E E F# E E F#

^F#He turned east into the ^C#m7sun ^BDancing horses beckoned him to come ^F#Gazing from a^C#m7far ^EHis eyes glimmered like a ^Bdaybreak star ^F#He saw the elders gathered ^C#m7round ^BOld as the hills rising from the ground ^F#In their knowledge he'd a^C#m7bide ^EUpon the black road he would ^Bride

^F#The s^C#mtorms were in his e^Byes ^F#Black ^C#mElk was on the ^Brise ^F#He healed his ^C#mpeople and he ^Ene^B/Ebver ^Blost The ^Evis^B/Ebions ^Bin his ^C#mmind ^C#7

^F#With eagle on the ^C#m7wing ^BA thousand voices began to sing ^F#He struck the blue man in the ^C#m7heart ^EThen the sky seemed to ^Bbreak apart ^F#The flames had ^C#m7died ^BIn gladness all the creatures cried ^F#Then the rain began to ^C#m7fall ^EThe drought was broken and the ^Bgrass grew tall

^F#The s^C#mtorms were in his e^Byes ^F#Black ^C#mElk was on the ^Brise ^F#He healed his ^C#mpeople and he ^Ene^B/Ebver ^Blost The ^Evis^B/Ebions ^Bin his ^F#mind E E F# E E F#

^E(H^Eol^F#d last chord)