Cherokee Fiddle

Cherokee Fiddle easy guitar chords by Johnny Lee

1982Country
Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

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  • D

  • G

  • A

  • Bb

  • Bm

    2
  • Em

  • D

  • G

  • A

  • Bb

  • Bm

    2
  • Em

  • Intro 1
    D
    D
    G
    G

    A
    Bb
    Bm
    Bb

    Verse 1
    D
    G

    When the train pulled into the station
    A

    Rolled up his sleeves,
    Bb
    Bm
    Bb

    and rosined up his bow
    D

    Fiddle upside down,
    G

    orange blossom special
    A

    'Cause if you want to make a living
    D

    you got to put on a good show
    Chorus 1
    Bm
    D

    When he'd smell the smoke and the cinders
    Bm
    Em
    A

    Slick back his hair, opened up his case
    D

    Play Cherokee Fiddle,
    G

    he's playing for the whiskey
    A

    'Cause good whiskey
    D

    never let him lose his place
    Verse 2
    D

    He was always there,
    G

    playing for the miners
    A

    Devil's dream
    Bb
    Bm
    Bb

    was a song they understood
    D
    G

    Then he'd go out to Oklahoma
    A

    And he'd wait till the train was running
    D

    and the weather was good
    Chorus 2
    Bm
    D

    When he'd smell the smoke and the cinders
    Bm

    He'd slick back his hair,
    Em
    A

    opened up his case
    D

    Play Cherokee Fiddle,
    G

    he's playing for the whiskey
    A

    'Cause good whiskey
    D

    never let him lose his place
    Interlude 1
    D
    D
    G
    G

    A
    Bb
    Bm
    Bb

    D
    D
    G
    G

    A
    A
    D
    D

    Verse 3
    D

    Now the Indians
    G

    are dressing up like cowboys
    A
    Bb

    And the cowboys are putting leather
    Bm
    Bb

    and turquoise on
    D
    G

    And the music is sold by lawyers
    A

    And the fools who fiddled
    D

    in the middle of the station have gone
    Chorus 3
    Bm

    Some folks say
    D

    they ain't never gonna miss him
    Bm

    Old Fiddle squealed
    Em
    A

    like the engines brakes
    D
    G

    Cherokee Fiddle, he's gone forever
    A

    Just like the music of the whistle
    D

    that the old locomotives made
    Chorus 4
    Bm

    So when you smell
    D

    the smoke and the cinders

    (Smoke and the cinders)
    Bm
    Em

    Just slick back his hair, opened up his case
    A

    (Open up your case)
    D

    Play Cherokee Fiddle,
    G

    he's playing for the whiskey
    A

    'Cause good whiskey
    Bb
    Bm

    never let you lose your place
    Bb
    D

    No, good whiskey
    A
    D

    never let you lose your place
    Outro 1
    Bm
    Bb
    A
    G

    D

    No, good whiskey
    A
    D
    never let you lose your place

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