Yellow Hair Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]In [D]the[G]
[D]land of
Maracuja there lived a foreign girl
She imagined [G]that the natives
[D]would liken her [G]to pearl
With her rare [Am]and [D]whitened b[G]ody so l[D]ong,
it skimmed the moon.
With fingers [G]fair and narrow,
[D]the strange yellow hair she [G]grew.[D]
I'll need no weapons here,
though I've [Am]heard the [G]men are [D]wild.
Their [Bm]skin [D]is colored globe,
and they feed on fear and guile.
For when they see [Am]my passing,
my head above the sun,
[D]They'll [G]take me for a spirit,
[D]and to their tribes they'll [G]run.
[D]Crying, we have seen the
river's daughter,
For her eyes are silver fish,
And her movement [G]is like [D]water.
We must gather up our children
Down [Am]by the water pl[D]ace,
And with finest skins and chieftain's bones,
Make a temple to [G]her face.[D]
[G]And the gir[D]l inside her shelter,
[G]Built near the river's flow,
[Am]Await[D]ing their coming,
her thoughts [G]began [Am]to slow.[D]
[Am]An d in th[D]e jungle's darkness,
a circle grew around,
Its teeth like funeral stone[E]s,
[Am]its [D]hands swift falling down,
To [E]still her feathered [D]breathing
[Am]With slightest silent [D]care
They killed her [G]for her dif
[D]ference in innocence
But [G]they [D]kept her yellow [G]hair[D]