Cherokee
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Intro: Am Am/F# F Cadd9 Cadd9/B
Verse
Am Am/F#
I guess I've got a taste for poison
F Cadd9 Cadd9/B
I've given up on ever being well
Am Am/F#
I keep mindin' the horizon
F Cadd9 Cadd9/B
Diggin' for lies I have yet to tell
G+
And I wish you were here to softly say my name
F Cadd9
Calm down all the chemicals tearin through my brain
G+
I don't think I've missed you this much since I was seventeen
F Cadd9
I'd call you in the morning, but I think this is a dream
F Cadd9 Cadd9/B
Cherokee
F Cadd9 Cadd9/B
Cherokee
F Cadd9 Cadd9/B F
Well you'd carve those doubts right out of me
Am Am/F#
I see you shining through the treetops
F Cadd9 Cadd9/B
but I don't feel you pulling strings anymore
Am Am/F#
I still use your old alarm clock
F Cadd9 Cadd9/B
Every morning I get further off of course
G+
And don't I hear you speaking in the noises of this house
F Cadd9
Airplanes flying over, shaking all my secrets out
G+
Darling tell me something that I don't already know
F Cadd9
I'm aware of where to find you. It hurts too bad to go.
F Cadd9 Cadd9/B
To Cherokee
F Cadd9 Cadd9/B
Cherokee
F Cadd9 Cadd9/B F
Well you'd carve those doubts right out of me
Outro
G+
It felt like the world was burnin You had stars in your eyes
F Cadd9
Shinin for a feelin that I can't afford to buy
G+
Everything you taught me still rattles in my head
F Cadd9
I'm stayin off of Main Street, you're talking to the dead
F Cadd9 Cadd9/B
In Cherokee
F Cadd9 Cadd9/B
Cherokee
F Cadd9 Cadd9/B F
I wish you'd carve these doubts right out of me
How to play Cherokee
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What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is Am. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.