Chords with lyrics
Wake Up Navajo
Kenny Young
From: Last Stage For Silverworld (1973)
| 
G+G | G+G |
G+G 
A minorAm
Honey dew dawn came tiptoein' 'round
D MajorD 
C majorC G+G
Glowin' and glitterin' wakin' our eyes
G+G A minorAm
Navajo child sweet night is gone
D MajorD C majorC G+G | G+G |
But the nectar of love is still lingerin' on
G+G > A minorAm (A minorAm - 
BB - C majorC)
. Did you sleep alright last night?
C majorC G+G
Do your dreams like a river flow?
G+G > A minorAm G+G 
FF A minorAm C majorC D MajorD
. Did you hear the hooting owl call, . "Wake up Navajo"?
G+G C majorC D MajorD G+G G/F#
Nah na-na-na nah, wake up Navajo
E minorEm C majorC
Light me a bright new horizon
C majorC D MajorD
Shining out as we roll along
G+G C majorC D MajorD G+G G/F#
Nah na-na-na nah, wake up Navajo
E minorEm C majorC
Roll me an Indian morning
D MajorD C majorC | C majorC |
Sing me an Indian song
| G+G | G+G |
G+G A minorAm
Pintos and paint up prairie land bound
D MajorD C majorC G+G
Shinin' and shimmerin' getaway eyes
G+G A minorAm
Follow the clouds that cover the plains
D MajorD C majorC G+G
Won't you ride us away to a happier day
G+G > A minorAm (A minorAm - BB - C majorC)
. Did you sleep alright last night?
C majorC G+G
Do your dreams like a river flow?
G+G > A minorAm G+G FF A minorAm C majorC D MajorD
. Did you hear the hooting owl call, . "Wake up Navajo"?
G+G C majorC D MajorD G+G G/F#
Nah na-na-na nah, wake up Navajo
E minorEm C majorC
Light me a bright new horizon
C majorC D MajorD
Shining out as we roll along
G+G C majorC D MajorD G+G G/F#
Nah na-na-na nah, wake up Navajo
E minorEm C majorC
Roll me an Indian morning
D MajorD C majorC | C majorC |
Sing me an Indian song
| A minorAm | A minorAm | C majorC | G+G | A minorAm | FF | C majorC | D MajorD |
G+G C majorC D MajorD G+G G/F#
Nah na-na-na nah, wake up Navajo
E minorEm C majorC
Light me a bright new horizon
C majorC D MajorD
Shining out as we roll along
G+G C majorC D MajorD G+G G/F#
Nah na-na-na nah, wake up Navajo
E minorEm C majorC
Roll me an Indian morning
D MajorD C majorC | C majorC |
Sing me an Indian song
©1973 Kangaroo Music
Charted by Dexex
Note: In the recording I have, the whole song is a little sharp. If
you play along with the recording on a guitar tuned with a digital
tuner you'll find the chords in the chart just a little low. If you
play the song a half step higher you'll find the half step is too
high.
I suspect that the record's producers wanted a little more energy
from the track, and so sped it up just a little. Speeding up the
track would also make it just a little bit higher in pitch. This was
not an unusual practice when the track was recorded in 1973.
To test my theory I used iRehearse, which is a digital phrase trainer
that allows you to change the pitch and/or tempo of digital sound
files. (It's a great rehearsal tool.)
By lowering the pitch about 1/2 semi-tone (aka -50 "cents") I was
able to bring the recording back into perfect tune.
