Don't Go Near The Indians(Cavaco chords)

	        Key = G - C - D    ***Brackets indicate Chords occur in one Bar/Measure 
 
Intro = Tom Tom Beats x 4 bars 
 
G            C                G             D7  
Son Don't Go Near The Indians Please Stay A-way 
G            C               (G         D7)    G  
Son Don't Go Near The Indians Please Do What I Say
 
 
      G            C                                 D7 
Since I Was Just A Little Boy I've Liked To Roam The Hills 
       G                   C               (G      D7)     G   
And To Hear Wild Stories A-bout The Indians Was My Biggest Thrill 
    G                  C                       G               D7 
I'd Shout And Yell And Holler Like Them I Wore Moccasins On My Feet 
        G                  C                   (G      D7)     G   
And I'd Make Believe I Was Under A Teepee Every Time I Went To Sleep 
 
   G                            C  
My Hair Was Jet Black And I Was Twenty One 
        G              D7 
Lots Of Pretty Girls A-round 
        G                       C 
But The Paleface Maidens Didn't Thrill Me None 
         (G       D7)        (G    G7)  
Around My Cochise County Home Town 
 
Repeat Chorus In Key Of C 
 
    C                 F               C                  G7   
One Day I Went To The Reservation And There By A Shallow Creek 
      C                  F                 (C      G7)    C 
Was A Beautiful Indian A'fetchin' Water And I Just Had To Speak 
    C                 F                    C               G7 
She Smiled At Me Then Quickly Left But The Next Day She Re-turned 
       C                       F               (C       G7)     (C     A7)   
And It Wasn't Very Long Till I Told Her How The Love In My Heart Burned 
 
Repeat Chorus In Key Of D 
 
  D                 G                D                  A7 
I Told My Daddy I'd Found A Girl Who Meant The World To Me 
       D                  G                   (D       A7)  D  
And To-morrow I'd Ask The Indian Chief For The Hand Of Nova Lee 
      D                    G            D             A7 
Dad's Trembling Lips Spoke Softly As He Told Me Of My Life 
       D                    G              (D      A7)    D  
It Was Then He Said I Could Never Take This Maiden For My Wife 
 
Recitation: Play Chord Progression As Per Verse In Background. 
 
 
Son The White Man And Indian Were Fighting When You Were Born 
 
And A Brave Called Yellow Sun Scalped My Little Boy 
 
So I Stole You To Get Even For What He'd Done 
 
Though You're A Full Blooded Indian Son 
 
I Love You As Much As My Own Little Feller That's Dead 
 
And Son Nova Lee Is Your Sister And That's Why I've Always Said.... 
 
Repeat Chorus (Fading)
	        

Written by Lorene Mann