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Lakota Lullaby
Suspended chords~54 BPMGuitar & Piano chordsLakota · Great Plains, USA
Lakota Lullaby. A traditional song of the Lakota Sioux people, sung to comfort children and pass down cultural values from generation to generation. On this page, you will find the meaning and chords.
Sing & play
Hum & play
A slow chant on soft syllables. The two suspended chords never quite resolve — they hang in the air like an endless vibration.
Chant — soft vocables
Dadd9 Asus4
Ah-loo, ah-loo, ah-hey-ya,
Dadd9 Asus4
ah-loo, ah-loo, ah-hey-ya.
Dadd9 Asus4 Dadd9
Hmm-mm, hmm-mm, ah-hey-ya.
Play it
Chords — guitar & piano
Dadd9
Guitar
Piano
Asus4
Guitar
Piano
Free printable chord sheet
Lakota Lullaby — guitar & piano chords
A clean, printable PDF of the chords on this page. Free for members — sign in to download.
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The story
For the Lakota people, night is the time when the ancestors dance among the stars. A lullaby like this turns the darkness itself into a safe refuge: the spirits of the night breeze watch over the child’s sleep, quietly passing down the wisdom of the fathers and mothers who came before.
Vocal coach tip. Look for a deep, solemn sound. Don’t push the voice — let it glide between the notes as if it were carried along by a light breath of wind.
Indigenous lullabies are part of a millennia-old oral heritage. The arrangement presented here is an original reworking, intended as a respectful tribute to the beauty and spirituality of these cultures.
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