Wake Up Navajo Kenny Young From: Last Stage For Silverworld (1973) | G | G | G Am Honey dew dawn came tiptoein' 'round D C G Glowin' and glitterin' wakin' our eyes G Am Navajo child sweet night is gone D C G | G | But the nectar of love is still lingerin' on G > Am (Am - B - C) . Did you sleep alright last night? C G Do your dreams like a river flow? G > Am G F Am C D . Did you hear the hooting owl call, . "Wake up Navajo"? G C D G G/F# Nah na-na-na nah, wake up Navajo Em C Light me a bright new horizon C D Shining out as we roll along G C D G G/F# Nah na-na-na nah, wake up Navajo Em C Roll me an Indian morning D C | C | Sing me an Indian song | G | G | G Am Pintos and paint up prairie land bound D C G Shinin' and shimmerin' getaway eyes G Am Follow the clouds that cover the plains D C G Won't you ride us away to a happier day G > Am (Am - B - C) . Did you sleep alright last night? C G Do your dreams like a river flow? G > Am G F Am C D . Did you hear the hooting owl call, . "Wake up Navajo"? G C D G G/F# Nah na-na-na nah, wake up Navajo Em C Light me a bright new horizon C D Shining out as we roll along G C D G G/F# Nah na-na-na nah, wake up Navajo Em C Roll me an Indian morning D C | C | Sing me an Indian song | Am | Am | C | G | Am | F | C | D | G C D G G/F# Nah na-na-na nah, wake up Navajo Em C Light me a bright new horizon C D Shining out as we roll along G C D G G/F# Nah na-na-na nah, wake up Navajo Em C Roll me an Indian morning D C | C | Sing me an Indian song ?1973 Kangaroo Music Charted by Dexex Note: In the recording I have, the whole song is a little sharp. If you play along with the recording on a guitar tuned with a digital tuner you'll find the chords in the chart just a little low. If you play the song a half step higher you'll find the half step is too high. I suspect that the record's producers wanted a little more energy from the track, and so sped it up just a little. Speeding up the track would also make it just a little bit higher in pitch. This was not an unusual practice when the track was recorded in 1973. To test my theory I used iRehearse, which is a digital phrase trainer that allows you to change the pitch and/or tempo of digital sound files. (It's a great rehearsal tool.) By lowering the pitch about 1/2 semi-tone (aka -50 "cents") I was able to bring the recording back into perfect tune.
