Cherokee Bend
Gordon Lightfoot
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[INTRO:] Dm [VERSE 1:] His father was a man who could never understandF The shame on a red man's faceDm So they lived in the hills and they never came downA7 But to trade in the white man's place [VERSE 2:]Dm It was early in the spring when the snow had disappearedF They came down with a bag of skinsDm In the fall of the year of 1910A7 Daddy died by the rope down inDm Cherokee Bend [CHORUS:]Gm Daddy didn't like what the white man saidA7 'Bout the dirty little kid at his sideGm Daddy didn't like what the white man didA7 Nor the deal or the way that he lied [VERSE 3:]Dm There was blood on the floor of the government storeF When the men took his daddy awayDm But the boy stayed back till he come to his endA7 And he run like the wind fromDm Cherokee Bend [VERSE 4:]Dm Now the mother was alone and the winter was at handF And she prayed to her spirit kinDm It was warm in the lodge in the Kentucky hillsA7 On the day when the boy came in [VERSE 5:]Dm Then a blizzard came down and it covered up the doorF Till they thought that it never would endDm And he told her the tale of the terrible affairA7 In the government store down inDm Cherokee Bend [CHORUS:]Gm Daddy didn't like what the white man saidA7 'Bout the dirty little kid at his sideGm Daddy didn't like what the white man didContinúa después del anuncioA7 Nor the deal or the way that he lied [VERSE 6:]Dm For three long days and three long nightsF They wept and they mourned and thenDm She returned to her work and her weavingA7 And they tried to forget aboutDm Cherokee Bend [VERSE 7:]Dm Now the boy wasn't big, but he hunted what he couldF And they lived for a time that wayDm But the food run low and the meat went badA7 And she said to the boy one day [VERSE 8:]Dm "I'm leaving tonight and I never will returnF From the land of my Spirit KinDm You must take what you need and trade what you canA7 For a Red Man's grave down inDm Cherokee Bend" [CHORUS:]Gm It wasn't very long till she closed her eyesA7 And he wrapped her in a robeGm He found her a place on the side of the hillA7 And he buried her in the snow [VERSE 9:]Dm Early in the spring he was seen in the townF With his load, looking ragged and thinDm Not a year had gone by when he stood once againA7 In the government store down inDm Cherokee Bend [VERSE 10:]Dm He was ten years tall and a Redskin tooF So he hadn't much face to saveDm And the men sat around and they laughed and they clownedA7 At the talk of a criminal's grave [VERSE 11:]Dm Then the man from the east didn't smile when he saidF "You're the son of that Indian scumDm If you value your hide then you better abideA7 By the white man's rules, here inDm Cherokee Bend" [CHORUS:]Gm Daddy didn't like what the white man saidA7 'Bout the dirty little kid at his sideGm Daddy didn't like what the white man didA7 Nor the deal or the way that he lied [VERSE 12:]Dm Then he spit on the floor of the government storeF And it served him to no good endDm At the close of the day they had taken him awayA7 To the white man's school down inDm Cherokee Bend [VERSE 13:]Dm It's been 21 years since the boy disappearedF Where he run to, nobody knowsDm But they say he fell in with a man named JimA7 And he rides in the rodeos [VERSE 14:]Dm They say he returned all alone to a placeF Hidden deep in the Kentucky glenDm And it's pretty well known who hauled up the stoneA7 To the grave on the hill aboveDm Cherokee Bend [CHORUS:]Gm Daddy didn't like what the white man saidA7 'Bout the dirty little kid at his sideGm Daddy didn't like what the white man didA7 Nor the deal or the way that he lied [VERSE 15:]Dm There was blood on the floor of the government storeF When the men took his daddy awayDm It was 1910 and they never had a friendA7 When he died by the rope down atDm Cherokee BendDm It was 1910 and they never had a friendA7 When he died by the rope down atDm Cherokee Bend