Sinéad O’Connor - A Perfect Indian: chords

   Dm        Am      Dm Am
A Perfect Indian is he
   Dm       Am           Dm  Am
Remembering him life is sweet
     F          C
Like a weeping willow
     Dm         Am
His face on my pillow
 Dm          Am          Dm    Am
Comes to me still in my dreams

And there I saw a young baby
A beautiful daughter was she
A face from a painting
Red cheeks and teeth aching
Her eyes like a wild Irish sea

On a table in her yellow dress
For a photograph feigned happiness
Why in my life is that the only time
That any of you will smile at me

Chorus:
     F  C            Dm      Am
I'm sailing on this terrible ocean
      Dm          Am         Dm  Am
I've come for my self to retrieve
     Dm          Am           Dm             Am
Too long have I been feeling like Lir's children
            Dm       Am         Dm  Am
And there's only one way to be free

He's shy and he speaks quietly
He's gentle and he seems to me
Like the elf-arrow
His face worn and harrowed
Is he a daydreamer like me

Chorus:
I'm sailing on this terrible ocean
I've come for my self to retrieve
Too long have I been feeling like Lir's children
And there's only one way to be free