Chords for Paul Penfield - A2. Cherokee Woman

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[C] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ [Cm] Like 5am the [D] alarm on the [C] mantelpiece rings She [F] _ _ _ _ puts [Gm] on her nightgown and starts [C] packing
[F] his things _ _ _ _ _ _ Carefully [Gm] taking [F] two cups down from the shelf _
_ _ _ _ She pours [Bb] out two cups of coffee, [F] one for herself _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] He's leaving this [D] morning for Gallup, he's [F] riding the rodeo
The _ _ _ screen [Gm] door will slam and the [D] truck will start up
[F] She'll watch him go _
_ _ _ He's a [Bb] rodeo rider, he don't like the big city [F] life _ _ _
_ _ _ He's a rodeo rider, she's his Cherokee wife _ _
_ She's a [Bb] Cherokee woman _
[C] _ She's a Cherokee [F] _ [D] woman _
_ She's a Cherokee _ _ woman
[Gm] _ _ _ [F] _ _ [D] _ _ _
[F] _ _ [F] He bucks life one [D]-handed and he don't think he'll ever get hurt _ _ _ _
_ _ He bucks life [Dm] one-handed [D] and he don't think he'll land in the [F] dirt
She _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ knows bones can be broken, _ trampled [F] to dust
And _ _
_ _ [F] the love [Bb] of a man for [F] a woman is based upon trust _ _ _ _
She's a [Dm] Cherokee [Gm] woman _ _
She's a [F] Cherokee [D] woman _ _
She's a Cherokee woman
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_ [Gm] His cold cup of coffee still stands on the table top's edge
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_ [Dm] The warmth of his body still [D] lingers in the folds of the [F] bed
_ [Dm] Up [F] _ _
_ _ [Bb] in the timberline, _ [C] coyotes call out [F] a tune _ _ _ _
_ [C] To the Cherokee woman _ lying alone in her room _ _ _ _
She's a [D] Cherokee woman
_ [C] _
She's a Cherokee [F] woman
[D] _ _ [F] _
She's a Cherokee woman _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ [F] _ _ [D] _ _ _
She's a Cherokee [Dm] _ woman _
[Gm] She's in love [F] with her [D] man _ _
[F] She's a [Gm] Cherokee woman _ _
She's in love with [F] her _ [D] land _
She's a Cherokee [Dm] woman
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