WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Chris Ledoux - Hoka Hey Lakotas Chords | Ver. 1
[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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Come listen while I tell you the story
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Of a battle that happened years ago
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Where brave men fought and died for their people
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Where the waters of the Little Big Horn flow
[Verse 2]
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For many years the Indian fought the white man
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I guess they knew the end was growin' near
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But this time they would show the whites forever
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What it meant to be an Indian warrior
[Verse 3]
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That mornin' General Custer came a marchin'
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From the south with his 600 men
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He planned to catch the Indians a sleepin'
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He didn't know he wouldn't live to fight again
[Chorus]
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Hoka Hey, Lakotas, it's a good day to die
[Verse 4]
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Sittin' Bull made medicine on the mountain
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While Crazy Horse got ready for the fight
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Some 2,000 braves, Sioux and Cheyenne
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Prepared for their battle with the whites
[Verse 5]
A# Cm
The scouts for General Custer tried to warn him
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To wait for soldiers comin' any day
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But Custer didn't want to share the glory
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He thought the Indians might just get away
[Verse 6]
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At noon Custer gave his final order
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And the're beneath the blue Montana sky
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From outa nowhere came the hordes of Redmen
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And as they charged he heard their battle cry
[Chorus]
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Hoka Hey, Lakotas, it's a good day to die
[Verse 7]
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The quiet of the day had now been shattered
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The air filled with arrows, smoke and lead
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The bloody battle lasted just one hour
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Custer and his soldiers all lay dead
[Verse 8]
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Now the wind it still blows across the prairie
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The seasons they come and they go
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But this the Redman's Day of Glory
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We will all remember ever more
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Yes we recall that famous day of glory
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The Battle of the Little Big Horn
[Chorus]
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Hoka Hey, Lakotas, it's a good day to die
[Outro]
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