Cherokee Bend - Gordon Lightfoot Chords
Chords: Dm, F, A7, Gm
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INTRO:
Dm
F
The shame on a red man's face
Dm
So they lived in the hills and they never came down
A7
But to trade in the white man's place
Dm
It was early in the spring when the snow had disappeared
F
They came down with a bag of skins
Dm
In the fall of the year of 1910
A7 Dm
Daddy died by the rope down in Cherokee Bend
Gm
Daddy didn't like what the white man said
A7
'Bout the dirty little kid at his side
Gm
Daddy didn't like what the white man did
A7
Nor the deal or the way that he lied
Dm
There was blood on the floor of the government store
F
When the men took his daddy away
Dm
But the boy stayed back till he come to his end
A7 Dm
And he run like the wind from Cherokee Bend
Dm
Now the mother was alone and the winter was at hand
F
And she prayed to her spirit kin
Dm
It was warm in the lodge in the Kentucky hills
A7
On the day when the boy came in
Dm
Then a blizzard came down and it covered up the door
F
Till they thought that it never would end
Dm
And he told her the tale of the terrible affair
A7 Dm
In the government store down in Cherokee Bend
Gm
Daddy didn't like what the white man said
A7
'Bout the dirty little kid at his side
Gm
Daddy didn't like what the white man did
A7
Nor the deal or the way that he lied
Dm
For three long days and three long nights
F
They wept and they mourned and then
Dm
She returned to her work and her weaving
A7 Dm
And they tried to forget about Cherokee Bend
Dm
Now the boy wasn't big, but he hunted what he could
F
And they lived for a time that way
Dm
But the food run low and the meat went bad
A7
And she said to the boy one day
Dm
"I'm leaving tonight and I never will return
F
From the land of my Spirit Kin
Dm
You must take what you need and trade what you can
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