Pocahontas Chords

KeyA Capo3st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays656

Pocahontas by Neil Young is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of A with a capo on the 3st fret. It uses the chords E7, G, D/F#, A, Aadd9 and Bm7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
A
Text
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      E7              G       D/F#         A 
  E|-----0-0-0-0---------3-3------------|-----| 
  B|-----3-3-3-3---------0-0------------|-----| 
  G|-----1-1-1-1---------0-0------------|-----| 
  D|-----2-2-2-2---------0-0------------|-----| 
  A|-----2-2-2-2---------2-2-------2h4--|--0--| 
  E|--0--0-0-0-0--0-2-3--3-3--2p0-------|-----| 

Intro: 
  A Aadd9 A 
  A Aadd9 A 

A 
Aurora Borealis, the icy sky at night 

Bm7                        A 
Paddles cut the water in a long and hurried flight 

         E7        G       D/F#      A (see tab) 
From the white man  to the fields of green 

        E7       G      D/F#  A 
And the homeland  we've never seen 

They killed us in our teepee, and they cut our women down 
They might have left some babies cryin' on the ground 
But the firesticks and the wagons come 
And the night falls on the settin' sun 

They massacred the buffalo, kitty corner from the bank 
The taxis run across my feet, and my eyes have turned to blanks 
In my little box at the top of the stairs 
With my indian rug and a pipe to share 

Instrumental:

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante