Johnny Lee, Cherokee Fiddle (1982)
^{Key: :[D] (w: Michael Martin Murphey, 1977) (BPM: 152)}

INTRO: [D] [G] [A] [Bb] [Bm] [Bb]

VERSE 1:
When the [D] train pulled into the [G] station
He'd open up his [A] case [Bb] and resin up his [Bm] bow [Bb]
He'd play upside [D] down the Orange Blossom [G] Special
Cause if you [A7] want to make a living you've got to put on a good [D] show

CHORUS 1:
And when he'd [Bm] smell the smoke and the [D] cinders
He'd slick back his [Bm] hair, and open up his [Em] case [A7]
He'd play the Cherokee [D] Fiddle, he'd play it for the [G] whiskey
Cause good [A7] whiskey never let him lose his [D] place

VERSE 2:
He was always [D] there, playing for the [G] miners
The Devil's [A] Dream was a [Bb] song they under-[Bm]-stood [Bb]
And then he'd [D] go out to Okla-[G]-homa
But he'd [A7] wait till the trains were running and the weather was [D] good

REPEAT CHORUS 1:

INSTRUMENTAL: [over VERSE]

VERSE 3:
Now the [D] Indians are dressing up like [G] cowboys
And the [A] cowboys are putting [Bb] leather and turquoise [Bm] on [Bb]
And the [D] music is sold by [G] lawyers
And the [A7] fools who fiddled in the middle of the stations are [D] gone

CHORUS 2:
Some folks [Bm] say they'll never [D] miss it
That old fiddle [Bm] squealed like the Indian [Em] race [A7]
The Cherokee [D] Fiddle is gone [G] forever
Like the [A7] music of the whistle that the old locomotives [D] made

OUTRO CHORUS:
So when you [Bm] smell the smoke and the [D] cinders
Slick back your [Bm] hair, and open up your [Em] case [A7]
Play the Cherokee [D] Fiddle, you can play it for the [G] whiskey
Good [A] whiskey will never [Bb] let you lose your [Bm] place [Bb]
Good [D] whiskey will never [A7] let you lose your [D] place
[Bm] [Bb] [D] [G]
Good [D] whiskey will never [A7] let you lose your [D] place