Spirit Horse Of The Cherokee

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Spritit Horse of the Cherokee

from: MANOWAR

from their album: The Triumph of Steel

Tune your lower E-snare down to D for playing this

D and E mean d and e chords in 0 and II position

d and e mean D and E chords in V and VII position

riff no.1

git.:

E5

bass transcribed into guitar:

A ----------------|----------------|

D 22522-2-2-2-2-2-|22522-2-2-2-2-2-|

repeat this while singing:

We welcomed them as brothers, noing nothing of their greed

born hunters not the hunted, as the white man hunts for me

We are descendants of the animals, we live among them free

Our trail of tears would end

A -------|

D 222----|

one day at Wounded Knee

CHORUS:

E G d e

E G D E

E5 G5

great spirit,

[d5]

thunderbirds fly

[e5]

We are wild and free

E5

To fight and die

G5

by the open sky,

D5 E5

Spirit horse, ride for me

A ----------------|

D 222-222-222-222-| d5 e5 A5 B5

Wha-a-o wha-a-o wha-a-o aaaow|

Wha-a-o wha-a-o wha-a-o aaaow|^¿

now play again the first piece, but with other lyrics

A ----------------|

D 22522-2-2-2-2-2-|

When we do the Ghost Dance, the buffalo will return[

Paint ourselves for war, now blood and fire burn

Great Spirit make us strong, take us to the sky

The Cherokee are brave,

A --------|

D 222-----|

we are not afraid to die

now repeat the CHORUS

E5

Whroo aaa Red Cloud [e5 A5]

Black Hawk, Sitting Bull [B5 e5]

Crazy Horse, [E5 A5] Geronimo

[e5] [d5] B5

Strong and brave

A5 G5 A5

Warriors to the grave

only drums by this part:

Whoaow Whoaow whao-whao-whaoaa

Auwa-auwa-auwa awa-awa-awa

or something like that;)

E F# G

A d

E5 F#5 G5

There has been much killing

A5 [d5]

There will be much more

E5 F#5 G5

The Medicine Man is dancing,

A5 [d5]

he's calling us to war.

E5 F#5 G5

Hatchets sing with pride,

A5 [d5]

let the white man die!

Repeat chorus 4x, but without the screaming part

(from now, don't look at the timing in the tab's)

now play the screaming part, but then with

A 9-979-7-5-7|-----------|

D -----------|7-757-2-2-2|

then play:

A 7-757------|------------|

D -----------|9-979-------|

repeat this

E5

And that's it.