{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":80025,"song":"Running Bear","artist":"Johnny Preston","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11547909-running-bear-chords-by-johnny-preston/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/80025?type=chord","rating":4.80639,"votes":137,"content":"performed by the Johnny Preston\r\n(chanting in background during verses)\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\n On the banks of the river[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nStood Running Bear, young Indian brave[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nOn the other side of the river[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]B7[/ch]            [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nStood his lovely Indian maid[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nLittle White Dove was a-her name[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSuch a lovely sight to see[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBut their tribes fought with each other[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]E7[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSo their love could never be[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nRunning Bear loved Little White Dove[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]E7[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWith a love big as the sky[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nRunning Bear loved Little White Dove[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]E7[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWith a love that couldn't die[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe couldn't swim the ragin' river[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\n'Cause the river was too wide[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe couldn't reach Little White Dove[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]B7[/ch]           [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nWaiting on the other side[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIn the moonlight he could see her[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThrowing kisses 'cross the waves[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHer little heart was beating faster[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E7[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch] \r\nWaiting for her Indian brave[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nRunning Bear loved Little White Dove[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]E7[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWith a love big as the sky[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nRunning Bear loved Little White Dove[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]E7[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWith a love that couldn't die(chorus)[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nRunning Bear dove in the river[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nLittle White Dove did the same[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd they swam out to each other[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]B7[/ch]                   [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nThrough the swirling stream they came[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAs their hands touched and their lips met[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe ragin' river pulled them down[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nNow they'll always be together[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E7[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIn that happy hunting ground[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nRunning Bear loved Little White Dove[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]E7[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWith a love big as the sky[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nRunning Bear loved Little White Dove[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]E7[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWith a love that couldn't die[/tab]","plain_text":"performed by the Johnny Preston\n(chanting in background during verses)\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["A","D","B7","E7"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"B7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,1,3,0,4],"frets":[-1,2,1,2,0,2]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,0,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,0,1,0,0]}}}