Jenny Wind chords

CAPO: 4th Fret

Her [Am]father was a man who knew no [Em]fences
Her [Am]mother was a woman of the [Em]trail
But [Am]Jenny Wind was [Em]born into a[F] new world
[G7]When the white man [C]came

[Am]Jenny was taught the [Em]old ways
And she [Am]learned to speak her father's [Em]tongue
When she [F]died, she was one of the [C]last ones
And the [G7]earth covered up her [C]bones

[Am]Jenny Wind was born a [Em]wild thing
A [Am]sister to coyote and the [Em]sun
But they [Am]gave her a [Em]dress of [F]calico
And they [G7]named her Jenny [C]Wind

But the [Am]white man's ways, they followed [Em]her
She was [Am]buried 'neath a marker made of [Em]stone
And on her [F]grave they carved her [C]pretty name
[G7]"Here lies the [F7]Indian, Jenny [C]Wind"

[BRIDGE]
[F]But they say her [G7]soul flies [C]free
[F]Caring for the [G7]weary and the [C]lost
[Am]In the forest deep and [F]quiet
All a[G7]round the grave of Jenny [C]Wind

[Am]I met Jenny on a summer [Em]night
[Am]Walking in the Placer [Em]County
I [Am]stumbled on her [Em]grave in the [F]forest there
[G7]So all alone and [C]still

I [Am]wondered if she cared that I [Em]found her
[Am]Lying so hidden and a[Em]lone
I [F]wondered who she was before they [C]named her
"The [G7]Indian, Jenny [C]Wind"

The [Am]silence grew till it [Em]touched me
And [Am]held me like the words upon the [Em]stone
And [Am]for the first [Em]time I was a[F]fraid
[G7]I would not find my way [C]home

I [Am]ran from her as the night grew [Em]darker
I [Am]dropped my glasses and I took a [Em]fall
Lost and [F]blind, somehow I [C]found them
Lying [G7]folded on her grave so [C]small

[BRIDGE]
And I [F]believe that her [G7]soul flies [C]free
And it [F]cares for the [G7]weary and the [C]lost
[Am]In the forest deep and [F]quiet
All a[G7]round the grave of Jenny [C]Wind