Key: G
Introduction:
G- C- D
Intro = Tom Tom Beats x 4 bars
G C D7
Since I Was Just A Little Boy I've Liked To Roam The Hills
G C G D7
I'd Shout And Yell And Holler Like Them I Wore Moccasins On My Feet
G C 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 C
But The Paleface Maidens Didn't Thrill Me None
D7 G7
Around My Cochise County Home Town
C F C G7
One Day I Went To The Reservation And There By A Shallow Creek
C F 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 G7 A7
And It Wasn't Very Long Till I Told Her How The Love In My Heart Burned
D G D A7
I Told My Daddy I'd Found A Girl Who Meant The World To Me
D G 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 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.