Cherokee Chords

KeyE CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays385

Cherokee by Rita Coolidge is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E, D, G and F#. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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E                  D 
Never knew love like this 
G                  F# 
The wind, moon, the earth, the sky (sky so high) 
E                  D 
Never knew pain like this 
G            F# 
Everything die, (then die) 
E                  D 
Never knew love like this 
G                F# 
The sun, the sea and I 
E                  D           G 
Never knew pain, never knew shame 
   F#           
Now I know why 
E                  D 
Bury me, marry me to the sky 
G                  F# 
Marry, marry me to the sky 
E                  D 
Feels like time is on my time 
G             F#        
Bury me upside down 
E               D 
Cherokee, kissing me 
G               F# 
When I, I going down 
E               D 
Feels like time is on my time 
G            F# 
Bury me upside down 
E            D  
Cherokee, kissing me 
G             F#        
When I, I going down 
E                  D 
Never knew love like this 
G                  F# 
The wind, moon, the earth, the sky (sky so high) 
E                  D 
Never knew pain like this 
G            F# 
Everything die, (then die) 
E                  D 
Never knew love like this 
G                F# 
The sun, the sea and I 
E                  D           G 
Never knew pain, never knew shame 
   F#           
Now I know why 
E                  D 
Bury me, marry me to the sky 
G                  F# 
Marry, marry me to the sky 
E                  D 
Feels like time is on my time 
G             F#        
Bury me upside down 
E               D 
Cherokee, kissing me 
G               F# 
When I, I going down 
E               D 
Feels like time is on my time 
G            F# 
Bury me upside down 
E            D  
Cherokee, kissing me 
G               F#        
When I, I going down 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante