Indian Reservation chords by Don Fardon

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

               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
    ------------------------|--------|
    ------------------------|--------|
    ------------------------|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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