Don't Go Near The Indians chords

Rex Allen

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  			Key = G - C - D    ***Brackets indicate Chords occur in one Bar/Measure 
 
Intro = Tom Tom Beats x 4 bars 
 
G            C                G             D7  
Son Don't Go Near The Indians Please Stay A-way 
G            C               (G         D7)    G  
Son Don't Go Near The Indians Please Do What I Say 
 
      G            C                                 D7 
Since I Was Just A Little Boy I've Liked To Roam The Hills 
       G                   C               (G      D7)     G   
And To Hear Wild Stories A-bout The Indians Was My Biggest Thrill 
    G                  C                       G               D7 
I'd Shout And Yell And Holler Like Them I Wore Moccasins On My Feet 
        G                  C                   (G      D7)     G   
And I'd Make Believe I Was Under A Teepee Every Time I Went To Sleep 
 
   G                            C  
My Hair Was Jet Black And I Was Twenty One 
        G              D7 
Lots Of Pretty Girls A-round 
        G                       C 
But The Paleface Maidens Didn't Thrill Me None 
         (G       D7)        (G    G7)  
Around My Cochise County Home Town 
 
Repeat Chorus In Key Of C 
 
    C                 F               C                  G7   
One Day I Went To The Reservation And There By A Shallow Creek 
      C                  F                 (C      G7)    C 
Was A Beautiful Indian A'fetchin' Water And I Just Had To Speak 
    C                 F                    C               G7 
She Smiled At Me Then Quickly Left But The Next Day She Re-turned 
       C                       F               (C       G7)     (C     A7)   
And It Wasn't Very Long Till I Told Her How The Love In My Heart Burned 
 
Repeat Chorus In Key Of D 
 
  D                 G                D                  A7 
I Told My Daddy I'd Found A Girl Who Meant The World To Me 
       D                  G                   (D       A7)  D  
And To-morrow I'd Ask The Indian Chief For The Hand Of Nova Lee 
      D                    G            D             A7 
Dad's Trembling Lips Spoke Softly As He Told Me Of My Life 
       D                    G              (D      A7)    D  
It Was Then He Said I Could Never Take This Maiden For My Wife 
 
Recitation: Play Chord Progression As Per Verse In Background. 
 
 
Son The White Man And Indian Were Fighting When You Were Born 
 
And A Brave Called Yellow Sun Scalped My Little Boy 
 
So I Stole You To Get Even For What He'd Done 
 
Though You're A Full Blooded Indian Son 
 
I Love You As Much As My Own Little Feller That's Dead 
 
And Son Nova Lee Is Your Sister And That's Why I've Always Said.... 
 
Repeat Chorus (Fading)