Cherokee Rose chords by Corey Smith

Chords with lyrics

Cherokee Rose - Corey Smith
Standard Tuning


D* - No High "E" String
G* - Mute "A" String

Intro
e|--------1p0-----------------0h1-------------------0-------1p0---------------------------|
BB|--------------3---------3-----------------------------1---------1h3---3p1---------------|
G+G|------------------0h2-------------0-------0---------------------------------2-----------|
D MajorD|----0---------------------------------0-----------------------------------------0h2-----|
A augmentedA|----------------------------------------------3-----------------------------------------|
E MajorE|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-------1p0-----------------0h1------------------------3------|
BB|-------------3---------3-------------------------3----3------|
G+G|-----------------0h2-------------0-------0------------0------|
D MajorD|---0---------------------------------0----------------0------|
A augmentedA|------------------------------------------------------x------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------3--------3------|
DmDm               C majorC            DmDm
Pinestraw on the ground around a fallen Cherokee rose
                G+G                DmDm
It's got me wonderin' why those mighty winds of change must blow
               C majorC         DmDm
Once this land was free from fences and shotguns
                   G+G
Back when the people killed here for food instead of fun

            FF
When the Earth was sanctified
         G+G
Cherished in the red-man's eyes
           D* Cadd9Cadd9
Before the Cherokee rose
       DmDm    G+G
The Cherokee rose

The Cherokee rose


e|--------1p0-----------------0h1-------------------0-------1p0---------------------------|
BB|--------------3---------3-----------------------------1---------1h3---3p1---------------|
G+G|------------------0h2-------------0-------0---------------------------------2-----------|
D MajorD|----0---------------------------------0-----------------------------------------0h2-----|
A augmentedA|----------------------------------------------3-----------------------------------------|
E MajorE|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-------1p0-----------------0h1------------------------3------|
BB|-------------3---------3-------------------------3----3------|
G+G|-----------------0h2-------------0-------0------------0------|
D MajorD|---0---------------------------------0----------------0------|
A augmentedA|------------------------------------------------------x------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------3--------3------|

DmDm             C majorC           DmDm
My boots sink down into the soft red Georgia clay
                       G+G           DmDm
Bought with their blood, this land here never was ours to take away
               C majorC            DmDm
Disheartened souls unjustly driven from their homes
                G+G
Many died along the way, now we build our houses upon their bones


     FF
After all these years
       G+G
I can see the trail of tears
          D*  Cadd9Cadd9
Damn this Cherokee rose
         DmDm  G+G
Oh the Cherokee rose

The Cherokee rose
DmDm C majorC G*
    DmDm
Oh they call us the land of the free
    C majorC
And the home of the brave
    G+G
But I don't hear much
                DmDm
About the injustice that we've done along the way
     C minorCm
We try to black it out

Never think about
   C majorC
The price they had to pay
     G*
We never cry for what was lost
    FF         G*
Shed a tear for the heavy cost
         DmDm C majorC G+G
Of what we call "freedom"


DmDm                 C majorC          DmDm
All the gold in the world couldn't pay the debt we owe
                      G+G
We'll never right those wrongs, but I believe we should let them know
DmDm                C majorC
That we won't forget and sure as hell won't justify
DmDm                  G+G
And we'll do our best to keep their memories alive


         FF
Oh the least that we could do
         G+G
Is dedicate one lonesome bloom
              DmDm C majorC
Won't ya take this Cherokee rose
         DmDm  G+G
Oh the Cherokee rose
       DmDm    C majorC
The Cherokee rose
       DmDm    G+G
The Cherokee Rose
            DmDm
The Cherokee Rose