The Talking Leaves Chords & Lyrics - Johnny Cash
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[A]Sequoia's win[D]ters were six[A]teen Silent tongue spirit cl[D]ean
He walked a[A]t his father's side Across the smoking battle ground
Where red a[D]nd white men lay a[A]ll around
So many here had died The wind had scattered around
Snow white leaves up[D]on the gr[A]ound Not leaves like lea[D]ves from trees
S[A]equoia said, "What can this be?" "Wh[D]at's the strange th[A]ing here I see?"
"From where c[D]ome leaves like th[A]ese? "Sequoia turned to his father's e[D]yes
And he sa[A]id, "Father you're wise From where come such snow white leaves
With such strange marks upon these squares
[A]Not even the wis[D]e owl could put them th[A]ere So strange these snow white le[D]aves"
His father shie[A]lding his concern Resenting the knowledge Sequoia yearned
Crumbled the s[D]now white leaves He said, "W[A]hen I explain then it's done
These are talking leaves, my son The white men's talking leaves"
The white m[D]an takes a be[A]rry of black and r[D]ed
[A]And an eagle's fea[D]ther from the eagle's b[A]ed
[A]And he makes bird track marks And the ma[D]rks on the leaves th[A]ey say
[D]Carry messages to his brother far away
[A]And his brother knows what's in his he[D]art
They see these marks and they under[A]stand
The truth in the he[D]art of the far off m[A]an The enemies can't hear th[D]em
Said Se[A]quoia's father, "Son
They weave bad medicine on these talking leaves Leave such things to them"
[A]Then Sequoia walking lightly Fol[D]lowed his father qu[A]ietly
But so amazed was he
If t[D]he white man talks on le[A]aves Why not the Cher[D]okee?
Van[A]ished from his father's face Se[D]quoia went from place to pl[A]ace
But he co[D]uld not forget Year after ye[A]ar he worked on and [D]on
T[A]ill finally he cut into st[D]one The Cherokee alp[A]habet
Se[A]quoia's hair by now was white
His eyes began to lose their light But he taught all who would believe
That t[D]he Indian's thoughts co[A]uld be written do[D]wn
J[A]ust as the white men's th[D]ere on the gr[A]ound
And he left us th[D]ese talking le[A]aves
He walked a[A]t his father's side Across the smoking battle ground
Where red a[D]nd white men lay a[A]ll around
So many here had died The wind had scattered around
Snow white leaves up[D]on the gr[A]ound Not leaves like lea[D]ves from trees
S[A]equoia said, "What can this be?" "Wh[D]at's the strange th[A]ing here I see?"
"From where c[D]ome leaves like th[A]ese? "Sequoia turned to his father's e[D]yes
And he sa[A]id, "Father you're wise From where come such snow white leaves
With such strange marks upon these squares
[A]Not even the wis[D]e owl could put them th[A]ere So strange these snow white le[D]aves"
His father shie[A]lding his concern Resenting the knowledge Sequoia yearned
Crumbled the s[D]now white leaves He said, "W[A]hen I explain then it's done
These are talking leaves, my son The white men's talking leaves"
The white m[D]an takes a be[A]rry of black and r[D]ed
[A]And an eagle's fea[D]ther from the eagle's b[A]ed
[A]And he makes bird track marks And the ma[D]rks on the leaves th[A]ey say
[D]Carry messages to his brother far away
[A]And his brother knows what's in his he[D]art
They see these marks and they under[A]stand
The truth in the he[D]art of the far off m[A]an The enemies can't hear th[D]em
Said Se[A]quoia's father, "Son
They weave bad medicine on these talking leaves Leave such things to them"
[A]Then Sequoia walking lightly Fol[D]lowed his father qu[A]ietly
But so amazed was he
If t[D]he white man talks on le[A]aves Why not the Cher[D]okee?
Van[A]ished from his father's face Se[D]quoia went from place to pl[A]ace
But he co[D]uld not forget Year after ye[A]ar he worked on and [D]on
T[A]ill finally he cut into st[D]one The Cherokee alp[A]habet
Se[A]quoia's hair by now was white
His eyes began to lose their light But he taught all who would believe
That t[D]he Indian's thoughts co[A]uld be written do[D]wn
J[A]ust as the white men's th[D]ere on the gr[A]ound
And he left us th[D]ese talking le[A]aves
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