Indian Reservation chords by Don Fardon
Guitar 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#m and Dm.
"Indian Reservation"
(John D. Loudermilk)
Don Fardon
No. 18, 1968
Intro:
fuzz guitar:
v v v v v v v v
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12----------|--------11p10p8-------|---
------------|----------------10-p8-|10-
------------|----------------------|---
------------|----------------------|---
|---3--|
bass, drums and a clean toned guitar enter:
main riff [8x, palm muted, plays whenever there is a Cm chord]:
v v v v
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10----10----10--8-10--10|
10----10----10--8-10--10|
8-----8-----8---6-8---8-|
Verse 1:
Cm Fm
They took... nation
main riff in F [palm muted, plays whenever there is an Fm
chord]:
v v v v
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10----10----10--8-10--10|
10----10----10--8-10--10|
8-----8-----8---6-8---8-|
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Cm
Put... reservation
Fm
Took... life
Cm
Tomahawk... knife
[horns enter:]
Fm
Took... tounge
Cm
Taught... young
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Fm
And... hand
Cm
Are... Japan
/ / / / / / / / / / / /
Chorus:
horns arr. for guitar:
Cm [N.C., drum fill] Fm [N.C.]
v v v v v v v v
------------------------|--------|
------------------------|--------|
------------------------|--------|
------------------1---1-|3-------|
----------------3---3---|--------|
------------------------|--------|
|--3--|
Cherokee...
[drum fill] Cm [N.C.]
v v v v v v v v
------------------------|--------|
------------------------|--------|
----------------0-------|--------|
------------------4-3-1-|--------|
------------------------|3-------|
------------------------|--------|
|--3--|
Cherokee...
[drum fill] Fm [N.C.]
v v v v v v v v
------------------------|--------|
------------------------|--------|
------------------------|--------|
------------------1---1-|3-------|
----------------3---3---|--------|
------------------------|--------|
|--3--|
So proud...
[drum fill] G7 [N.C.]
v v v v v v v v
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------------------------|--------|
------------------------|0-------|
----------------3-2-3-4-|--------|
------------------------|--------| G7
------------------------|--------| / / / /
|--3--|
So proud... die
Link [no horns]:
Cm
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Verse 2:
They took...
Put us...
They built...
Won't need...
Altough they've...
They'll never...
And someday...
Cherokee Indians...
Coda:
fuzz guitar:
Cm [N.C.]
v v v v v v v v v
----------------|----------------------|---
----------------|----------------------|---
----12----------|--------11p10p8-------|---
----------------|----------------10-p8-|10-
----------------|----------------------|---
----------------|----------------------|---
|---3--|
Cm
Will...
Will...
Will...
Will...
Will... Cm [end cold]
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