The Tribesmen — Osceola

    	    	Вступление

[Intro]
G    C


[Verse 1]
N.C.          Am
The southeast wind blows
           C
Whispering softly
            G
Through the sawgrass
                C
As the twilight fades
              Am
And tells the story
              C
Of a Seminole Indian
        G
And the swampland
           C
Of the Everglades


[Verse 2]
           Am
Once long ago there
         C
Only the Indians
         G
Knew the sawgrass
                C
And the cypress tree

                Am
And watched the sunset
                C
In its tropical splendor
       G
On his homeland
                C
Where a man was free


[Chorus]
          F
Oh mighty warrior,
                C
Great Seminole chieftain
    F
Osceola
               G
Your spirit is there

N.C.            Am
Watch over your children
                C
Of the Seminole people
       G
In the swampland
                C
Called the Everglades


[Verse 3]
              Am
Then came the white man
             C
Bringing destruction
       G
To the swampland
                 C
And the Indian's home

              Am
They tried to move him
                  C
Far away from his southland
        G
And the sawgrass
                   C
Where the wildcats roamed


[Verse 4]
         Am
Then Osceola
            C
Shackled in prison
       G
In the northland
                   C
They would not set free

                   Am
Well, they let him die there
                  C
Far away from his homeland
         G
From the sawgrass
                C  N.C.
And the cypress tree


[Riff]
A    D


[Verse 5]
             Bm
But now this red man
        D
Never defeated
       A
Of the white man
         D
He is unafraid

               Bm
For he's still living
                      D
Where the sawgrass is waving
          A
Proud and lonely
                   D
Where the swampers wade


[Verse 6]
           Bm
Now as the wind blows
           D
Whispering softly
            A
Through the sawgrass
                 D
And the twilight fades

         Bm
It's Osceola
                     D
For his spirit's yet restless
         A
When the sun sets
           D
On the everglades


[Chorus]
          G
Oh mighty warrior,
                D
Great Seminole chieftain
    G
Osceola
               A
Your spirit is there

N.C.            Bm
Watch over your children
                D
Of the Seminole people
       A
In the swampland
                D
Called the Everglades


[Outro]
       A
In the swampland
             D
Called the Everglades