Key: E major•
Intro 1
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Bsus4
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Verse 1
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Central Avenue
Gathered 'round their daddy
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Tellin' stories in the living room
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From a slightly unrealistic point of view
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Momma was off yonder in
the kitchen somewhere
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Boiling up some hot water for them to
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The seven little Indians new
If the rest of the tribe ever scrutinized
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their household
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Somehow it would not
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pass inspection
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The big chief railed on
And spun his tales of brave conquest
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About the moving of his little band
Where the caribou run free
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in telephone lines
of a frozen mastodon
For the little Indians to see
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And some mukluks and some
sealskin gloves
in the mothballs
Underneath the Hudson Bays
With one of his stories,
he'd put them all on
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And dance around in that blue TV light
Like it was some campfire
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blazing away
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Well he stamped and he hollered
But he could not stay warm
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And although everything always worked
Out for the better in all of his stories
Something was movin' in for the kill
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Blazing like a trail
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little In dians
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Blazing like the sheets of light
dancing up in the sky
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Blazing like a star shot
down to the ground
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Back home again in Indiana
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Now it finally got so quiet you
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The oldest little Indian got sick and
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v
Outro 1
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ChordsE A Bsus4 B Bm...
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