Dont Go Near The Indans

	  		Don't Go Near The Indians 

Rex Allen 

Key = D - G - D    ***Brackets indicate Chords occur in one Bar/Measure 

Intro = Tom Tom Beats x 4 bars 

D            G                D             A  
Son Don't Go Near The Indians Please Stay A-way 
D            G               (D         A)    D  
Son Don't Go Near The Indians Please Do What I Say 


      D            G              D                  A 
When I Was Just A Little Boy I've Liked To Roam The Hills 
       D                   G               (D      A)        D   
And To Hear Wild Stories A-bout The Indians Was My Biggest Thrill 
    D                  G                       D               A 
I'd Shout And Yell And Holler Like Them I Wore Moccasins On My Feet 
        D                  G                   (D      A)     D   
And I'd Make Believe I Was Under A Teepee Every Time I Went To Sleep 

   D                            G  
My Hair Was Jet Black And I Was Twenty One 
        D              A 
Lots Of Pretty Girls A-round 
        D                       G 
But The Paleface Maidens Didn't Thrill Me None 
         (D       A)        D  
Around My Cochise County Home Town 
 
D            G                D             A  
Son Don't Go Near The Indians Please Stay A-way 
D            G               (D         A)    D  
Son Don't Go Near The Indians Please Do What I Say 


    D                 G               D                  A   
One Day I Went To The Reservation And There By A Shallow Creek 
      D                  G                 (D      A)    D 
Was A Beautiful Indian A'fetchin' Water And I Just Had To Speak 
    D                 G                    D               A 
She Smiled At Me Then Quickly Left But The Next Day She Re-turned 
       D                       G               (D       A)     D  
And It Wasn't Very Long Till I Told Her How The Love In My Heart Burned 


D            G                D             A  
Son Don't Go Near The Indians Please Stay A-way 
D            G               (D         A)    D  
Son Don't Go Near The Indians Please Do What I Say 


  D                 G                D                  A 
I Told My Daddy I'd Found A Girl Who Meant The World To Me 
       D                  G                   (D       A)  D  
And To-morrow I'd Ask The Indian Chief For The Hand Of Nova Lee 
      D                    G            D             A 
Dad's Trembling Lips Spoke Softly As He Told Me Of My Life 
       D                    G              (D      A)    D  
It Was Then He Said I Could Never Take This Maiden For My Wife 

Next verse is spoken with the chords in the back round  

    D                  G             D                     A 
Son The White Man And Indian Were Fighting When You Were Born 
       D               G                D   
And A Brave Called Yellow Sun Scalped My Little Boy 
     D                  G         D        A 
So I Stole You To Get Even For What He'd Done 
    D             G              D 
Though You're A Full Blooded Indian Son 
     D              G                      D 
I Love You As Much As My Own Little Feller That's Dead 
       D                   G                         D 
And Son Nova Lee Is Your Sister And That's Why I've Always Said.... 

 
D            G                D             A  
Son Don't Go Near The Indians Please Stay A-way 
D            G               (D         A)    D  
Son Don't Go Near The Indians Please Do What I Say