Cherokee (Indian Love Song)

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How to read this tab — notation key

+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

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Tab

CHEROKEE (Indian Love Song)
By: Ray Noble
Quincy Jones
Key: Bb

-5    -6  7   -7*  7 
Sweet In-dian maid-en, 
-6     -5  -6 -5   5
since first I met you,
-3* -5  -6  -9  -7* 
I can't for-get you, 
7   -6 -5    5     5*
Cher-o-kee sweet-heart. 

-5    -6  7   -7*  7
Child of the prai-rie, 
-6    -5   -6    -5   5
your love keeps call-ing, 
-3*  -5  -6   -9   -7*    7 -5 -3*
my heart en-thrall-ing, Cher-o-kee. 
-9*    9*  9* -7*  -6*
Dreams of sum-mer-time, 
8*  8* -7  -6*  -8  6
of lov-er-time gone by, 
-8     -7 -7 -6*-5 
throng my mem-o-ry 
-7 -7  -6  -5   7   5
so ten-der-ly, and sigh. 

5*   -5  -6   7  -7*  7
My sweet In-dian maid-en, 
-6  -5   -6   -5   5
one day I'll hold you, 
-3*-5  -6   -9  -7*   7  -5 -3*
in my arms fold you, Cher-o-kee.

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