Don't Go Near The Indans chords by Rex Allen

Don't Go Near The Indians

Rex Allen

Key = D - G - D    ***Brackets indicate Chords occur in one Bar/Measure

Intro = Tom Tom Beats x 4 bars

Chorus:
D            G                D             A
Son Don't Go Near The Indians Please Stay A-way
D            G               (D         A)    D
Son Don't Go Near The Indians Please Do What I Say

D            G              D                  A
When I Was Just A Little Boy I've Liked To Roam The Hills
       D                   G               (D      A)        D
And To Hear Wild Stories A-bout The Indians Was My Biggest Thrill
    D                  G                       D               A
I'd Shout And Yell And Holler Like Them I Wore Moccasins On My Feet
        D                  G                   (D      A)     D
And I'd Make Believe I Was Under A Teepee Every Time I Went To Sleep

D                            G
My Hair Was Jet Black And I Was Twenty One
        D              A
Lots Of Pretty Girls A-round
        D                       G
But The Paleface Maidens Didn't Thrill Me None
         (D       A)        D
Around My Cochise County Home Town

Chorus:
D            G                D             A
Son Don't Go Near The Indians Please Stay A-way
D            G               (D         A)    D
Son Don't Go Near The Indians Please Do What I Say

D                 G               D                  A
One Day I Went To The Reservation And There By A Shallow Creek
      D                  G                 (D      A)    D
Was A Beautiful Indian A'fetchin' Water And I Just Had To Speak
    D                 G                    D               A
She Smiled At Me Then Quickly Left But The Next Day She Re-turned
       D                       G               (D       A)     D
And It Wasn't Very Long Till I Told Her How The Love In My Heart Burned

Chorus:
D            G                D             A
Son Don't Go Near The Indians Please Stay A-way
D            G               (D         A)    D
Son Don't Go Near The Indians Please Do What I Say

D                 G                D                  A
I Told My Daddy I'd Found A Girl Who Meant The World To Me
       D                  G                   (D       A)  D
And To-morrow I'd Ask The Indian Chief For The Hand Of Nova Lee
      D                    G            D             A
Dad's Trembling Lips Spoke Softly As He Told Me Of My Life
       D                    G              (D      A)    D
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                  G             D                     A
Son The White Man And Indian Were Fighting When You Were Born
       D               G                D
And A Brave Called Yellow Sun Scalped My Little Boy
     D                  G         D        A
So I Stole You To Get Even For What He'd Done
    D             G              D
Though You're A Full Blooded Indian Son
     D              G                      D
I Love You As Much As My Own Little Feller That's Dead
       D                   G                         D
And Son Nova Lee Is Your Sister And That's Why I've Always Said....

Repeat Chorus (Fading)
D            G                D             A
Son Don't Go Near The Indians Please Stay A-way
D            G               (D         A)    D
Son Don't Go Near The Indians Please Do What I Say