Elton John - Indian Sunset: Ukulele Chords

Learn to play "Indian Sunset" on your ukulele with our detailed chord guide and lyrics. This page provides everything you need to play this song on the ukulele, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

Learn Indian Sunset ukulele chords and lyrics

This section will guide you through each part of the song, providing the ukulele chords placed directly above the lyrics for easy playing. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced player, these elements will help you perform "Indian Sunset" smoothly on your ukulele.

As I awoke this evening
With the smell of woodsmoke clinging
Like a gentle cobweb hanging
Upon a painted tepee
Oh, I went to see my chieftain
With my warlance and my woman
For he told us that the yellow moon
Would very soon be leaving

D#m                                              D#m9
This I can't believe I said, I can't believe our warlord's dead
      D#m9                 G#m               D#m9
Oh he would not leave the chosen ones to the buzzards and the soldiers guns
         D#m                               D#m9
Oh great father of the Iroquois ever since I was young
     D#m9              G#m             D#m9
I've read the writing of the smoke and breast fed on the sound of drums

     D#m                                             D#m9
I've learned to hurl the tomahawk and ride a painted pony wild
   D#m9                    G#m        D#m9
To run the gauntlet of the Sioux, to make a chieftain's daughter mine
    D#m                                                     D#m9
And now you ask that I should watch the red man's race be slowly crushed
     D#m9               G#m               D#m9
What kind of words are these to hear from Yellow Dog whom white man fears

G       Bm          Em         G      C         Am            Em  D
I take only what is mine Lord,    my pony, my squaw, and my child
G        Bm     Em          G  C  Am                   Em  D
I can't stay to see you die     along with my tribe's pride
Am7                     D                   G               C 
I go to search for the yellow moon and the fathers of our sons
          Em7      Am7          G        F6           Am      G      C
Where the red sun sinks in the hills of gold and the healing waters run

Trampling down the prairie rose
Leaving hoof tracks in the sand
Those who wish to follow me
I welcome with my hands
I heard from passing renegades
Geronimo was dead
He'd been laying down his weapons
When they filled him full of lead

Em                  G         C               G 
Now there seems no reason why I should carry on
Am7                G               C               D
In this land that once was my land I can't find a home
     Em               G             C                   G 
It's lonely and it's quiet and the horse soldiers are coming
       Am                 G                C                   D
And I think it's time I strung my bow and ceased my senseless running

For soon I'll find the yellow moon
Along with my loved ones
Where the buffaloes graze in clover fields
Without the sound of guns
And the red sun sinks at last
Into the hills of gold
And peace to this young warrior
Comes with a bullet hole

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Ukulele Chord Diagrams

Am

Ukulele chord Am

Am7

Ukulele chord Am7

C

Ukulele chord C

D

Ukulele chord D

D#

Ukulele chord D#

D#m

Ukulele chord D#m

D#m9

Ukulele chord D#m9

Em

Ukulele chord Em

Em7

Ukulele chord Em7

F#

Ukulele chord F#

F6

Ukulele chord F6

G

Ukulele chord G

G#m

Ukulele chord G#m

B

Ukulele chord B

Bm

Ukulele chord Bm

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each ukulele chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "Indian Sunset" on the guitar, check out the chords on our sister site: Guitar Chords for "Indian Sunset" by Elton John.

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