G D
From the land of shooting waters
C G
To the peaks of the Coeur d'Alene
D
Thimbleberries in the forest
C D
Elk grazing on the plain
C D
The people of the coyote
G Em
made their camps along the streams
C D
of the green Wallowa Valley
C D G
when fences had no name
D C
And they bred a strain of horses
D G
the treasure of the tribe
D
who could toe-dance on a ridge
C D
or gallop up a mountainside
G D
who could haul a hunter's burden
C G
turn a buffalo stampede
C D
the horse that wore the spotted coat
C D G
was born with matchless speed
[Chorus]
Am G
Thunder rolling in the mountains
Am D Am D Am
lead the people across the great divide
G D
there's blood on the snow
C G
in the hills of Idaho
C D G
but the heart of the appaloosa never died