Cherokee Louise chords by
Joni Mitchell
Joni Mitchell

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Key: D major
Intro 1
G
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G

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D
D

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Bm
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Verse 1
Bm
Bm

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Cherokee Louise is
hiding in this tunnel
G
G

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D
D

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In the Broadway bridge
A
A

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Bm
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We're crawling on our knees
We've got flashlights
and batteries
G
G

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We've got cold cuts from the fridge
D
D

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Last
Verse 2
Em
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year, about this time
We used to climb up in the branches
G
G

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Just to sway there in some breeze
D
D

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Em
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Now the cops on the street
A
A

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They want Cherokee Louise
D
D

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Verse 3
Bm
Bm

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People like to talk
Tongues are waggin' over fences
G
G

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Waggin' over phones
Cherokee Louise
A
A

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Bm
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All their doors are locked
God, she can't even come to our house
G
G

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But I know where she'll go
Cherokee Louise
Verse 4
Em
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To the place where you can stand
And press your hands like
it was bubble bath
G
G

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In dust piled high as me
Em
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Down under the street
My friend
A
A

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Poor Cherokee Louise
D
D

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G
G

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D
D

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Verse 5
G
G

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Ever since we turned thirteen
It's like a minefield
A
A

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Walking to the door
G
G

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Going out you get the
third degree
A
A

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D
D

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And comin' in you get the
Verse 6
third world war
Bm
Bm

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Tuesday after school
We put our pennies on the rails
G
G

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And when the train went by
Cherokee Louise
A
A

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Bm
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We were jumpin' round like fools
Goin', "look no heads or tails"
G
G

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Goin', "look my lucky prize"
D
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Cherokee Louise
Verse 7
Em
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She runs home to her foster dad
He opens up a zipper
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G

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And he yanks her to her knees
Em
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Oh, please be here, please
My friend
A
A

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D
D

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Poor Cherokee Louise
Interlude 1
D
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G
G

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Em
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G
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A
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D
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D
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Bm
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Cherokee Louise is
Verse 8
hiding in this tunnel
G
G

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In the Broadway bridge
Cherokee Louise
A
A

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Bm
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We're crawling on our knees
G
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I've got Archie and Silver Screen
I know where she is
Cherokee Louise
D
D

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The
Verse 9
Em
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place where you can
stand
And press your hands like
it was bubble bath
G
G

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In dust piled high as me
D
D

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Em
Em

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Down under the street
My friend
A
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D
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G
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D
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Poor Cherokee Louise
Verse 10
Bm
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Oh, Cherokee Louise
Cherokee Louise
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Cherokee Louise
Cherokee Louise
(Cherokee Louise)
Cherokee Louise
Cherokee Louise
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Cherokee Louise
Cherokee Louise
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Outro 1
Cherokee Louise
Bm
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