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

INTRO: [E] [A] [B] [C] [C#m] [C]

VERSE 1:
When the [E] train pulled into the [A] station
He'd open up his [B] case [C] and resin up his [C#m] bow [C]
He'd play upside [E] down the Orange Blossom [A] Special
Cause if you [B7] want to make a living you've got to put on a good [E] show

CHORUS 1:
And when he'd [C#m] smell the smoke and the [E] cinders
He'd slick back his [C#m] hair, and open up his [F#m] case [B7]
He'd play the Cherokee [E] Fiddle, he'd play it for the [A] whiskey
Cause good [B7] whiskey never let him lose his [E] place

VERSE 2:
He was always [E] there, playing for the [A] miners
The Devil's [B] Dream was a [C] song they under-[C#m]-stood [C]
And then he'd [E] go out to Okla-[A]-homa
But he'd [B7] wait till the trains were running and the weather was [E] good

REPEAT CHORUS 1:

INSTRUMENTAL: [over VERSE]

VERSE 3:
Now the [E] Indians are dressing up like [A] cowboys
And the [B] cowboys are putting [C] leather and turquoise [C#m] on [C]
And the [E] music is sold by [A] lawyers
And the [B7] fools who fiddled in the middle of the stations are [E] gone

CHORUS 2:
Some folks [C#m] say they'll never [E] miss it
That old fiddle [C#m] squealed like the Indian [F#m] race [B7]
The Cherokee [E] Fiddle is gone [A] forever
Like the [B7] music of the whistle that the old locomotives [E] made

OUTRO CHORUS:
So when you [C#m] smell the smoke and the [E] cinders
Slick back your [C#m] hair, and open up your [F#m] case [B7]
Play the Cherokee [E] Fiddle, you can play it for the [A] whiskey
Good [B] whiskey will never [C] let you lose your [C#m] place [C]
Good [E] whiskey will never [B7] let you lose your [E] place
[C#m] [C] [E] [A]
Good [E] whiskey will never [B7] let you lose your [E] place