Indian Reservation chords by Don Fardon

Chords with lyrics

Not as well known as the Raiders' version, but just about as good. I do
believe that
this is the first top 40 appearence of this song, although John D.
Loudermilk wrote
it sometime earlier in the 60's. The Raiders' arrangement appears to be
based on
this, since Loudermilks' original is not much like this version. Both Don
Fardon and
the Raiders cut out and added some lyrics (luckily for us they both cut out
the part
where Loudermilk starts shouting some Indian jibberish).

The Raiders' version is somewhere between C# minorC#m and Dm.

                "Indian Reservation"
                (John D. Loudermilk)
                  Don Fardon
                  No. 18, 1968

Intro:

    fuzz guitar:

    v  v  v  v  v  v    v   v
    ------------|----------------------|---
    ------------|----------------------|---
    12----------|--------11p10p8-------|---
    ------------|----------------10-p8-|10-
    ------------|----------------------|---
    ------------|----------------------|---
               |---3--|

    bass, drums and a clean toned guitar enter:

    main riff [8x, palm muted, plays whenever there is a C minorCm chord]:

    v   v   v   v
    ------------------------|
    ------------------------|
    ------------------------|
    10----10----10--8-10--10|
    10----10----10--8-10--10|
    8-----8-----8---6-8---8-|

Verse 1:

    C minorCm               F minorFm
     They took...         nation

       main riff in FF [palm muted, plays whenever there is an F minorFm
chord]:

       v   v   v   v
       ------------------------|
       ------------------------|
       10----10----10--8-10--10|
       10----10----10--8-10--10|
       8-----8-----8---6-8---8-|
       ------------------------|

               C minorCm
    Put...     reservation
               F minorFm
    Took...       life
                  C minorCm
    Tomahawk...       knife

    [horns enter:]
               F minorFm
    Took...       tounge
                  C minorCm
    Taught...          young
                  / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /

                   F minorFm
    And...            hand
                C minorCm
    Are...        Japan
                / / / / / / / / / / / /

Chorus:

    horns arr. for guitar:

    C minorCm [N.C., drum fill]   F minorFm [N.C.]
    v   v   v   v   v v v v
    ------------------------|--------|
    ------------------------|--------|
    ------------------------|--------|
    ------------------1---1-|3-------|
    ----------------3---3---|--------|
    ------------------------|--------|
             |--3--|
                 Cherokee...

    [drum fill]       C minorCm [N.C.]
    v   v   v   v   v v v v
    ------------------------|--------|
    ------------------------|--------|
    ----------------0-------|--------|
    ------------------4-3-1-|--------|
    ------------------------|3-------|
    ------------------------|--------|
             |--3--|
                 Cherokee...

    [drum fill]       F minorFm [N.C.]
    v   v   v   v   v v v v
    ------------------------|--------|
    ------------------------|--------|
    ------------------------|--------|
    ------------------1---1-|3-------|
    ----------------3---3---|--------|
    ------------------------|--------|
             |--3--|
                 So proud...

    [drum fill]       G7G7 [N.C.]
    v   v   v   v   v v v v
    ------------------------|--------|
    ------------------------|--------|
    ------------------------|0-------|
    ----------------3-2-3-4-|--------|
    ------------------------|--------|   G7G7
    ------------------------|--------|   / / / /
             |--3--|
                 So proud... die

Link [no horns]:

    C minorCm
    / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /

Verse 2:

    They took...
    Put us...
    They built...
    Won't need...
    Altough they've...
    They'll never...
    And someday...
    Cherokee Indians...

Coda:

    fuzz guitar:

    C minorCm [N.C.]
    v  v  v  v  v  v  v    v   v
    ----------------|----------------------|---
    ----------------|----------------------|---
    ----12----------|--------11p10p8-------|---
    ----------------|----------------10-p8-|10-
    ----------------|----------------------|---
    ----------------|----------------------|---
                 |---3--|

    C minorCm
     Will...
     Will...
     Will...
     Will...
     Will...     C minorCm [end cold]
         / / / / /

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