Cherokee Fiddle chords by Johnny Lee
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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When the train pulled into the station
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Rolled up his sleeves,
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and rosined up his bow
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Fiddle upside down,
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orange blossom special
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'Cause if you want to make a living
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you got to put on a good show
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Chorus 1
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When he'd smell the smoke and the cinders
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Em
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Slick back his hair, opened up his case
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Play Cherokee Fiddle,
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he's playing for the whiskey
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'Cause good whiskey
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never let him lose his place
Verse 2
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He was always there,
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playing for the miners
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Devil's dream
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was a song they understood
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Then he'd go out to Oklahoma
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And he'd wait till the train was running
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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
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Verse 3
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Now the Indians
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are dressing up like cowboys
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And the cowboys are putting leather
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and turquoise on
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And the music is sold by lawyers
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And the fools who fiddled
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in the middle of the station have gone
Chorus 3
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Some folks say
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they ain't never gonna miss him
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Old Fiddle squealed
Em
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like the engines brakes
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Cherokee Fiddle, he's gone forever
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Just like the music of the whistle
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that the old locomotives made
Chorus 4
Bm
So when you smell
D
the smoke and the cinders
(Smoke and the cinders)
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Em
Just slick back his hair, opened up his case
A
(Open up your case)
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Play Cherokee Fiddle,
G
he's playing for the whiskey
A
'Cause good whiskey
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Bm
never let you lose your place
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D
No, good whiskey
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D
never let you lose your place
Outro 1
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No, good whiskey
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never let you lose your place
Cherokee Fiddle
Johnny Lee
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