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

INTRO: [F] [A#] [C] [Db] [Dm] [Db]

VERSE 1:
When the [F] train pulled into the [A#] station
He'd open up his [C] case [Db] and resin up his [Dm] bow [Db]
He'd play upside [F] down the Orange Blossom [A#] Special
Cause if you [C7] want to make a living you've got to put on a good [F] show

CHORUS 1:
And when he'd [Dm] smell the smoke and the [F] cinders
He'd slick back his [Dm] hair, and open up his [Gm] case [C7]
He'd play the Cherokee [F] Fiddle, he'd play it for the [A#] whiskey
Cause good [C7] whiskey never let him lose his [F] place

VERSE 2:
He was always [F] there, playing for the [A#] miners
The Devil's [C] Dream was a [Db] song they under-[Dm]-stood [Db]
And then he'd [F] go out to Okla-[A#]-homa
But he'd [C7] wait till the trains were running and the weather was [F] good

REPEAT CHORUS 1:

INSTRUMENTAL: [over VERSE]

VERSE 3:
Now the [F] Indians are dressing up like [A#] cowboys
And the [C] cowboys are putting [Db] leather and turquoise [Dm] on [Db]
And the [F] music is sold by [A#] lawyers
And the [C7] fools who fiddled in the middle of the stations are [F] gone

CHORUS 2:
Some folks [Dm] say they'll never [F] miss it
That old fiddle [Dm] squealed like the Indian [Gm] race [C7]
The Cherokee [F] Fiddle is gone [A#] forever
Like the [C7] music of the whistle that the old locomotives [F] made

OUTRO CHORUS:
So when you [Dm] smell the smoke and the [F] cinders
Slick back your [Dm] hair, and open up your [Gm] case [C7]
Play the Cherokee [F] Fiddle, you can play it for the [A#] whiskey
Good [C] whiskey will never [Db] let you lose your [Dm] place [Db]
Good [F] whiskey will never [C7] let you lose your [F] place
[Dm] [Db] [F] [A#]
Good [F] whiskey will never [C7] let you lose your [F] place