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