Key = G - C - D ***Brackets indicate Chords occur in one Bar/Measure
Intro = Tom Tom Beats x 4 bars
G C G D7
Son Don't Go Near The Indians Please Stay A-way
G C (G D7) G
Son Don't Go Near The Indians Please Do What I Say
G C D7
Since I Was Just A Little Boy I've Liked To Roam The Hills
G C (G D7) G
And To Hear Wild Stories A-bout The Indians Was My Biggest Thrill
G C G D7
I'd Shout And Yell And Holler Like Them I Wore Moccasins On My Feet
G C (G D7) G
And I'd Make Believe I Was Under A Teepee Every Time I Went To Sleep
G C
My Hair Was Jet Black And I Was Twenty One
G D7
Lots Of Pretty Girls A-round
G C
But The Paleface Maidens Didn't Thrill Me None
(G D7) (G G7)
Around My Cochise County Home Town
Repeat Chorus In Key Of C
C F C G7
One Day I Went To The Reservation And There By A Shallow Creek
C F (C G7) C
Was A Beautiful Indian A'fetchin' Water And I Just Had To Speak
C F C G7
She Smiled At Me Then Quickly Left But The Next Day She Re-turned
C F (C G7) (C A7)
And It Wasn't Very Long Till I Told Her How The Love In My Heart Burned
Repeat Chorus In Key Of D
D G D A7
I Told My Daddy I'd Found A Girl Who Meant The World To Me
D G (D A7) D
And To-morrow I'd Ask The Indian Chief For The Hand Of Nova Lee
D G D A7
Dad's Trembling Lips Spoke Softly As He Told Me Of My Life
D G (D A7) D
It Was Then He Said I Could Never Take This Maiden For My Wife
Recitation: Play Chord Progression As Per Verse In Background.
Son The White Man And Indian Were Fighting When You Were Born
And A Brave Called Yellow Sun Scalped My Little Boy
So I Stole You To Get Even For What He'd Done
Though You're A Full Blooded Indian Son
I Love You As Much As My Own Little Feller That's Dead
And Son Nova Lee Is Your Sister And That's Why I've Always Said....
Repeat Chorus (Fading)