Apache:Sonny James.
#87 on BB Hot 100 on RCA Records
in 1961.
INTRO:
Gm C
Lonely Silver Dove..sweet Apache maid.
Gm C
Lonely Silver Dove..sweet Apache maid.
#1.
Gm C Gm
Alone, all alone, by the campfire..she
Gm7 C Gm
dreamed of her love, her delight.
C F Gm Gm7
Away, far away, on the prairie..her love,
C Gm
Golden Hawk, shared the night.
(INTERLUDE:) D# Gm D# Gm
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BRIDGE:
D# F A# Gm Gm7
Sometimes at night with the moon he would come..
D# F A# A#7
sweet were the moments they shared.
D# F A# Gm Gm7
But with the dawn he was gone with the sun.
(INTERLUDE:) D# Gm D# Gm
#2.
Gm C Gm Gm7
A smoke sign arose from the prairie..a breeze
C Gm
sighed a sad mournful song.
C F Gm Gm7
The brave Golden Hawk had departed..had gone to
C Gm
that Great, Great Beyond.
BRIDGE:
D# F A# Gm Gm7
Sometimes at night when there's rain in the sky..
D# F A# A#7
she hears her love high above.
D# F A# Gm
He and his pony go thundering by..
OUTRO: D# Gm D# Gm
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
