Indian Reservation Chords

KeyAm Capo4st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays619

Indian Reservation by Paul Revere and The Raiders is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of Am with a capo on the 4st fret. It uses the chords Am, Dm, E and E7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			Indian Reservation:Paul Revere And The Raiders. 
#1 in 1971. 

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#1. 
Am                           Dm 
They took the whole Cherokee Nation, 
                        Am 
And put us on this reservation. 
Am                   Dm 
Took away our way of life. 
                             Am 
The tomahawk and the bow and knife. 
Am                        Dm 
They took away our native tongue, 
                            Am 
taught their English to our young. 
Am                           Dm 
And all the beads we made by hand, 
        E            Am 
are nowadays made in Japan. 

Chorus: 
Dm               Am 
Cherokee people, Cherokee tribe.. 
Dm                E           E7 
So proud to live, so proud to die.. 

#2. 
Am                         Dm 
They took the whole Indian Nation, 
          E            Am 
locked us on this reservation. 
Am                     Dm 
Built us houses by the score, 
E                    Am 
Don't need tepees anymore. 
Am                        Dm 
Though I wear a shirt and tie, 
E                          Am 
I'm still a red man deep inside. 

Chorus: 
Dm               Am 
Cherokee people, Cherokee tribe.. 
Dm                E           E7 
So proud to live, so proud to die.. 

#3. 
Am                           Dm 
Oh, they changed our ways of old.. 
     E                            Am 
they want to change out heart and soul. 
Am                             Dm 
And maybe someday when they've learned, 
    E                      Am 
the Cherokee Nation will return. 

Chorus: 
Dm               Am 
Cherokee people, Cherokee tribe.. 
Dm                E           E7 
So proud to live, so proud to die.. 

#4. 
E7       Am                  Dm 
Oh, they changed our ways of old.. 
     E                            Am 
they want to change out heart and soul. 
Am                             Dm 
And maybe someday when they've learned, 
    E                      Am 
the Cherokee Nation will return. 
Am 
Will return..will return..will return..will return.(Fade) 


A seventies smash from Kraziekhat. 
    	

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