Chords for John Moreland - Cherokee (Live on eTown)

[Em] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
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It can be hard to [Em] age [G] _ _ gracefully in punk rock.
There are people who have done it for [Em] sure, but sometimes [G] it's tough.
For me, I was, in addition to being kind of burnt out on playing in punk bands and hardcore
bands and wanting to do something different musically [C] that was more exciting to me, and
I found it in Roots Rock.
[G] Being exposed to the idea of songwriting as an art form in and of itself was really, _ _ kind
of changed the way I approached it.
So I think when I was about [Em] 19 or 20, [G] I changed my thing up and I set out to become a songwriter,
and just what I've been working at ever since.
I'm 32 now, so I'm still trying to figure it out. _ _ _ _
[C] _ [G] _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [C] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ [A] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ [C] _ [F] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _
_ [G] _ _ _ [Am] I've got a taste for poison, [D] _ _ [C] _ _ I've given up on ever being well.
_ _ [Am] I keep mining the horizon, [D] _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ [G] digging for lies [C] I've yet to tell.
_ _ [G] And I [C] wish you were here [G] to softly say my name, [C] calm down all the chemicals tearing
through my brain.
[G] I don't think I've missed [C] you this [G] much since I was 17.
I'd call you in the morning, but [C] I think this [G] is a dream.
[F] _ [C] _ _
Cherokee, _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[Am] Cherokee, _ [C] _ where you'd carve [Am] those doubts [C] right out of [G] me.
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[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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[G] _ _ I [Am] see you shining through the [D] treetops, _ [C] _ [F] but I don't feel you pulling [G] strings [C] anymore.
_ I [Am] still use your old alarm clock.
[D] _ _ [C] _ [F] Every morning I [C] get further off the course.
_ [G] And don't I [C] hear you speaking [G] in the noises in this house?
[F] [C] Airplanes flying over, shaking all my secrets out.
[G] But darling, [C] tell me something [G] I don't already know.
[F] I'm aware of where to [C] find you, but it hurts too [G] bad to [F] go.
[C] _ _
Cherokee, _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[Am] Cherokee, [C] _ where you'd carve those doubts right out of me.
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[C] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Cm] _ [C] _
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_ I [G] felt like the world [C] was burning.
[G] You had stars in your eyes, [F] shining for a feeling that I can't afford [C] to buy.
[G] But everything [C] you taught [G] me still rattles in my head.
I'm staying off of Main Street.
[C] You're talking [G] to the [F] dead.
_ And [C] Cherokee, _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[Am] Cherokee, [C] _ I wish you'd [Am] carve these doubts [C] right out of me.
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_ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _
_ Yes. _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ [A] _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] I [C#] can't get [A] over how I felt [E] this morning. _ _
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