INDIAN RESERVATION   (intro)    (midi)    (sample)

 

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1.  They took the whole Cherokee nation, put us on this reservation,

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    took away our way of life, the tomahawk and the Bowie knife,

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    took away our native tongue, taught their English to our young.

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    And all the beads we made by hand are nowadays made in Japan.

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    Cherokee people,         Cherokee tribe,

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     so proud to live,     so proud to die.

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2.     They took the whole Indian nation, put us on this reservation,

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    built them houses by the score, don’t need tipis anymore.

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    Oh, they changed our ways of old,

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     they wanna change our heart and soul

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    And someday when the world has learned,

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     the Cherokee Indian  will return.

    Will return, will return, will return, will return, will return!

(orig = capo 3rd; midi = capo 4th)                     

    (Don Fardon)