################################################################ # The following is the author's own interpretation of the song # # to be used for studying or private use only. Downloaded from # # www.TabGuitarLessons.com. FREE GUITAR SOFTWARE + LOTS MORE! # # Home of the 60 minute fretboard memory technique. You'll # # memorise ALL the notes and positions on the fretboard in 60 # # minutes or less. visit www.TabGuitarLessons.com today. # ################################################################ Date: Mon, 2 Feb 1998 17:26:33 -0500 (EST) From: Mike Woods To: Greg Vaughn Subject: Cherokee Fiddle Donny Haltom asked for this tune in the latest Cowpie. Hope this helps you out. I can't remember the songwriter for certain, but I think it might have been Michael Murphy. CHEROKEE FIDDLE INTRO: D G A Bb Bm Bb //// //// //// //// //// //// //// //// D G When the train pulled into the station A Bb Bm Bb He'd open up his case and resin up his bow D G He'd play upside down the Orange Blossom Special A7 D Cause if you want to make a living you've got to put on a good show Bm D And when he'd smell the smoke and the cinders Bm Em A7 He'd slick back his hair, and open up his case D G He'd play the Cherokee Fiddle, he'd play it for the whiskey A7 D Cause good whiskey never let him lose his place D G He was always there, playing for the miners A Bb Bm Bb The Devil's Dream was a song they understood D G And then he'd go out to Oklahoma A7 D But he'd wait till the trains were running and the weather was good Bm D And when he'd smell the smoke and the cinders Bm Em A7 He'd slick back his hair, and open up his case D G He'd play the Cherokee Fiddle, he'd play it for the whiskey A7 D Cause good whiskey never let him lose his place INSTRUMENTAL (Like a verse) D G A Bb Bm Bb //// //// //// //// //// //// //// //// D G A7 D //// //// //// //// //// //// //// //// D G Now the Indians are dressing up like cowboys A Bb Bm Bb And the cowboys are putting leather and turquoise on D G And the music is sold by lawyers A7 D And the fools who fiddled in the middle of the stations are gone Bm D Some folks say they'll never miss it Bm Em A7 That old fiddle squealed like the Indian race D G The Cherokee Fiddle is gone forever A7 D Like the music of the whistle that the old locomotives made Bm D So when you smell the smoke and the cinders Bm Em A7 Slick back your hair, and open up your case D G Play the Cherokee Fiddle, you can play it for the whiskey A Bb Bm Bb Good whiskey will never let you lose your place D A7 D Good whiskey will never let you lose your place Bm Bb D G //// //// //// //// D A7 D Good whiskey will never let you lose your place ============================================================================ Mike Woods | A diamond is merely a lump of coal mwoods@dgs.dgsys.com | that handled stress rather well ============================================================================