INTRO: D5 G5 A5 Bb5 B5 Bb5 //// //// //// //// //// //// //// //// D5 G5 When the train pulled into the station A5 Bb5 B5 Bb5 He'd open up his case and resin up his bow D5 G5 He'd play upside down the Orange Blossom Special A5 D5 Cause if you want to make a living you've got to put on a good show B5 D5 And when he'd smell the smoke and the cinders B5 E5 A5 He'd slick back his hair, and open up his case D5 G5 He'd play the Cherokee Fiddle, he'd play it for the whiskey A5 D5 Cause good whiskey never let him lose his place D5 G5 He was always there, playing for the miners A5 Bb5 B5 Bb5 The Devil's Dream was a song they understood D5 G5 And then he'd go out to Oklahoma A5 D5 But he'd wait till the trains were running and the weather was good B5 D5 And when he'd smell the smoke and the cinders B5 E5 A5 He'd slick back his hair, and open up his case D5 G5 He'd play the Cherokee Fiddle, he'd play it for the whiskey A5 D5 Cause good whiskey never let him lose his place INSTRUMENTAL (Like a verse) D5 G5 A5 Bb5 B5 Bb5 //// //// //// //// //// //// //// //// D5 G5 A5 D5 //// //// //// //// //// //// //// //// D5 G5 Now the Indians are dressing up like cowboys A5 Bb5 B5 Bb5 And the cowboys are putting leather and turquoise on D5 G5 And the music is sold by lawyers A5 D5 And the fools who fiddled in the middle of the stations are gone B5 D5 Some folks say they'll never miss it B5 E5 A5 That old fiddle squealed like the Indian race D5 G5 The Cherokee Fiddle is gone forever A5 D5 Like the music of the whistle that the old locomotives made B5 D5 So when you smell the smoke and the cinders B5 E5 A5 Slick back your hair, and open up your case D5 G5 Play the Cherokee Fiddle, you can play it for the whiskey A5 Bb5 B5 Bb5 Good whiskey will never let you lose your place D5 A5 D5 Good whiskey will never let you lose your place B5 Bb5 D5 G5 //// //// //// //// D5 A5 D5 Good whiskey will never let you lose your place
