Chords for Geronimo
Tempo:
108.7 bpm
Chords used:
Bm
Bbm
Ebm
F
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Bb]
[Bbm] The moon shone down with an eerie [Bb] light and cast its beam on the lonely night.
breeze stirred dead branches in the [Ebm] trees.
[Bbm] air was proof that disaster had struck [Gb] there.
[Ebm] snow seemed to whisper,
Geronimo!
A train of settlers left [Bbm] one day from somewhere way back east, they say.
A song in their hearts and hopes unfurled to build a life in the western world.
[Bbm] The moon shone down with an eerie [Bb] light and cast its beam on the lonely night.
breeze stirred dead branches in the [Ebm] trees.
[Bbm] air was proof that disaster had struck [Gb] there.
[Ebm] snow seemed to whisper,
Geronimo!
A train of settlers left [Bbm] one day from somewhere way back east, they say.
A song in their hearts and hopes unfurled to build a life in the western world.
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_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bbm] The moon shone down with an eerie [Bb] light and cast its beam on the lonely night.
Shadows danced, a fluttering breeze stirred dead branches in the [Ebm] trees.
The land lay waste, the chill in the [Bbm] air was proof that disaster had struck [Gb] there.
The moaning wind and the glistening [Ebm] snow seemed to whisper,
_ [Bbm] Geronimo.
_ [Db]
Geronimo!
_ [F] _ [Bb] Four. _ _
A train of settlers left [Bbm] one day from somewhere way back east, they say.
A song in their hearts and hopes unfurled to build a life in the western world.
[Ebm] Husbands, wives, kids by the score, [Bbm] smiling faces, dreams [Gb] galore.
Future bright, but soon they'd [Ebm] know the ominous name, [Fm] Geronimo.
_ [B] _ _ _ [F] _ [Bm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Storm clouds gathered a few weeks out and then came a spell of wanton drought.
Sick with fear, they lost their way.
On their knees, they began [E] to pray.
And prayers were answered, a guiding hand [Bm] showed the way to the promised land.
[G] The wind moaned to let them know the [Em] man who was known as [Bm] Geronimo.
_ [D] Geronimo!
_ [C] _ _ _ [Bm] Geronimo! _
A curl of smoke on a distant hill, a sign of peril ignored until they suddenly saw with gasping breath
their doom was sealed by the hand of death.
[Em] For there on a stallion sat their fate, [Bm] filled with a deadly, savage hate.
[G] Decked in war paint, all [Em] aglow, the warrior chief, [Bm] Geronimo.
_ _ _ _ [Gb] _ [Cm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ The settlers' wagons were wrecked and burnt.
Men were killed wherever they turned.
Nary a woman, a child was spared.
Those alive stood shocked and scared.
_ [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ [Fm] The nation mourned this carnage act, but [Cm] hardly believed the terrible [Ab] fact that tomahawk swinging,
arrow and bow [Fm] was the work of a man [D] called [Cm] Geronimo.
_ Geronimo!
_ [Db] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ He appeared one day at the stockade door, finally brought before the Lord to stand his trial.
But verdict he got, come the sunrise he'd be shot.
_ [D] The same [F] moon shines on the lonely night, and now it [C] shines with a peaceful light.
_ [Ab] But should you listen to the falling snow, [F] you can hear it murmur, _
[C] _ Geronimo.
_ [Eb] Geronimo!
_ [Db] _
_ [Dm] Geronimo!
_ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bbm] The moon shone down with an eerie [Bb] light and cast its beam on the lonely night.
Shadows danced, a fluttering breeze stirred dead branches in the [Ebm] trees.
The land lay waste, the chill in the [Bbm] air was proof that disaster had struck [Gb] there.
The moaning wind and the glistening [Ebm] snow seemed to whisper,
_ [Bbm] Geronimo.
_ [Db]
Geronimo!
_ [F] _ [Bb] Four. _ _
A train of settlers left [Bbm] one day from somewhere way back east, they say.
A song in their hearts and hopes unfurled to build a life in the western world.
[Ebm] Husbands, wives, kids by the score, [Bbm] smiling faces, dreams [Gb] galore.
Future bright, but soon they'd [Ebm] know the ominous name, [Fm] Geronimo.
_ [B] _ _ _ [F] _ [Bm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Storm clouds gathered a few weeks out and then came a spell of wanton drought.
Sick with fear, they lost their way.
On their knees, they began [E] to pray.
And prayers were answered, a guiding hand [Bm] showed the way to the promised land.
[G] The wind moaned to let them know the [Em] man who was known as [Bm] Geronimo.
_ [D] Geronimo!
_ [C] _ _ _ [Bm] Geronimo! _
A curl of smoke on a distant hill, a sign of peril ignored until they suddenly saw with gasping breath
their doom was sealed by the hand of death.
[Em] For there on a stallion sat their fate, [Bm] filled with a deadly, savage hate.
[G] Decked in war paint, all [Em] aglow, the warrior chief, [Bm] Geronimo.
_ _ _ _ [Gb] _ [Cm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ The settlers' wagons were wrecked and burnt.
Men were killed wherever they turned.
Nary a woman, a child was spared.
Those alive stood shocked and scared.
_ [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ [Fm] The nation mourned this carnage act, but [Cm] hardly believed the terrible [Ab] fact that tomahawk swinging,
arrow and bow [Fm] was the work of a man [D] called [Cm] Geronimo.
_ Geronimo!
_ [Db] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ He appeared one day at the stockade door, finally brought before the Lord to stand his trial.
But verdict he got, come the sunrise he'd be shot.
_ [D] The same [F] moon shines on the lonely night, and now it [C] shines with a peaceful light.
_ [Ab] But should you listen to the falling snow, [F] you can hear it murmur, _
[C] _ Geronimo.
_ [Eb] Geronimo!
_ [Db] _
_ [Dm] Geronimo!
_ [C] _ _ _ _