Cherokee Rose chords by Corey Smith

Cherokee Rose - Corey Smith
Standard Tuning


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

Intro
e|--------1p0-----------------0h1-------------------0-------1p0---------------------------|
B|--------------3---------3-----------------------------1---------1h3---3p1---------------|
G|------------------0h2-------------0-------0---------------------------------2-----------|
D|----0---------------------------------0-----------------------------------------0h2-----|
A|----------------------------------------------3-----------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

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

                        F
When the Earth was sanctified
                 G
Cherished in the red-man's eyes
                     D*  Cadd9
Before the Cherokee rose
              Dm        G
The Cherokee rose

The Cherokee rose


e|--------1p0-----------------0h1-------------------0-------1p0---------------------------|
B|--------------3---------3-----------------------------1---------1h3---3p1---------------|
G|------------------0h2-------------0-------0---------------------------------2-----------|
D|----0---------------------------------0-----------------------------------------0h2-----|
A|----------------------------------------------3-----------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-------1p0-----------------0h1------------------------3------|
B|-------------3---------3-------------------------3----3------|
G|-----------------0h2-------------0-------0------------0------|
D|---0---------------------------------0----------------0------|
A|------------------------------------------------------x------|
E|---------------------------------------------3--------3------|


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


         F
After all these years
              G
I can see the trail of tears
                    D*   Cadd9
Damn this Cherokee rose
                 Dm    G
Oh the Cherokee rose

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

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


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


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