Chords for Michael Martin Murphey Geronimo's Cadillac
Tempo:
118.8 bpm
Chords used:
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[A] I've seen a picture taken in the early 1900s [Dm] of Geronimo and [A] some of his associates sitting
The picture was [D] actually taken while Geronimo was in prison.
[A] And they wanted to make it [Dm] look like Geronimo had become like a white man.
[E] All their hard work of [A] keeping him in jail and refining him had worked.
[A] tails like John D.
And they had him sit in [Dm] an early day Cadillac and they took [E] a photograph and circled it
There was something I saw in that [D] photograph maybe that [E] folks didn't see at that time.
eyes, [Dm] looking right into the camera, [A] his eyes, you could see a message.
The picture was [D] actually taken while Geronimo was in prison.
[A] And they wanted to make it [Dm] look like Geronimo had become like a white man.
[E] All their hard work of [A] keeping him in jail and refining him had worked.
[A] tails like John D.
And they had him sit in [Dm] an early day Cadillac and they took [E] a photograph and circled it
There was something I saw in that [D] photograph maybe that [E] folks didn't see at that time.
eyes, [Dm] looking right into the camera, [A] his eyes, you could see a message.
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[A] _ _ _ I've seen a picture taken in the early 1900s [Dm] of Geronimo and [A] some of his associates sitting
in a catamaran. _
_ The picture was [D] actually taken while Geronimo was in prison.
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ And they wanted to make it [Dm] look like Geronimo had become like a white man. _ _
[E] All their hard work of [A] keeping him in jail and refining him had worked.
_ [D] So they put him in a top hat and [A] tails like John D.
Rockefeller, _ kind of a monkey suit.
_ And they had him sit in [Dm] an early day Cadillac and they took [E] a photograph and circled it
all over the country.
_ [A] _ _
_ There was something I saw in that [D] photograph maybe that [E] folks didn't see at that time.
_ [A] _ _ In his eyes, _ _ [Dm] looking right into the camera, [A] his eyes, you could see a message. _
And it was saying, _ _ [Dm] no matter how [Am] denigrated I may [E] look now, [A] I survived. _ _
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[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ [E] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
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_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _
Let me ride, let me ride, _ _ let me [D] ride. _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Hey white man, white man, don't [E] you know, these [D] Indians had no [A] place to go.
[E] They took old Geronimo by storm, [D] ripped off the feathers [A] from his uniform.
[E] _ Jesus tells us and I believe it's true.
_ [D] Red man, yellow man, black man, brown [A] man, sunflower, _ [E] ripped off his name and he won't
give it back.
_ [F] Said Geronimo [E] Cadillac, I [E] said, oh [A] boy, take me back.
Let [D] me ride in _ Geronimo's Cadillac.
[E] Oh boy, take me back.
Let [D] me ride _ [A] in the Cadillac.
[E] Let me ride, _ _ _ let me [D] _ ride [A] in the Cadillac.
[E] _ Oh boy, take me back.
[D] Let me ride in _ [F] Geronimo's Cadillac.
Let [Am] me ride, _ _ _ [C] let me [D] ride.
_ _ [A] Let _ [Am] me ride _ in _ _ _ _ _ Geronimo's _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am]
Cadillac.
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ [B] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
in a catamaran. _
_ The picture was [D] actually taken while Geronimo was in prison.
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ And they wanted to make it [Dm] look like Geronimo had become like a white man. _ _
[E] All their hard work of [A] keeping him in jail and refining him had worked.
_ [D] So they put him in a top hat and [A] tails like John D.
Rockefeller, _ kind of a monkey suit.
_ And they had him sit in [Dm] an early day Cadillac and they took [E] a photograph and circled it
all over the country.
_ [A] _ _
_ There was something I saw in that [D] photograph maybe that [E] folks didn't see at that time.
_ [A] _ _ In his eyes, _ _ [Dm] looking right into the camera, [A] his eyes, you could see a message. _
And it was saying, _ _ [Dm] no matter how [Am] denigrated I may [E] look now, [A] I survived. _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ [E] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
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[A] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
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[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _
Let me ride, let me ride, _ _ let me [D] ride. _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Hey white man, white man, don't [E] you know, these [D] Indians had no [A] place to go.
[E] They took old Geronimo by storm, [D] ripped off the feathers [A] from his uniform.
[E] _ Jesus tells us and I believe it's true.
_ [D] Red man, yellow man, black man, brown [A] man, sunflower, _ [E] ripped off his name and he won't
give it back.
_ [F] Said Geronimo [E] Cadillac, I [E] said, oh [A] boy, take me back.
Let [D] me ride in _ Geronimo's Cadillac.
[E] Oh boy, take me back.
Let [D] me ride _ [A] in the Cadillac.
[E] Let me ride, _ _ _ let me [D] _ ride [A] in the Cadillac.
[E] _ Oh boy, take me back.
[D] Let me ride in _ [F] Geronimo's Cadillac.
Let [Am] me ride, _ _ _ [C] let me [D] ride.
_ _ [A] Let _ [Am] me ride _ in _ _ _ _ _ Geronimo's _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am]
Cadillac.
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_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
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