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Geronimos Cadillac

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[Intro]
D A Bm A
G G A  D D
[Verse]
DPut GerAonimo in Bmjail down Asouth
Where he Gcouldn't look the Ggift horse Ain Dthe Dmouth
DSergeant, Asergeant, Bmdon't you Afeel
There's Gsomething Gwrong with that AauDtomoDbile
DWarden, Awarden, Bmlisten to Ame
Be Gbrave and Gset GerAonimo Dfree
DGovernor, Agovernor, Bmisn't it Astrange
They didn't Ghave no Gcars on the AInDdian Drange
[Chorus]
DWhoa Aboys, Bmtake me Aback
I want to Gride in GGeronimo's ACaDdilDlac
DWhoa Aboys, Bmtake me Aback
I want to Gride in GGeronimo's ACaDdilDlac
DWhoa Aboys, Bmtake me Aback
I want to Gride in GGeronimo's ACaDdilDlac
DLet me ride, let me ride
[Verse]
DWarden, Awarden, Bmdon't you Aknow
The prisGoners aGin't got no Aplace to Dgo
They Dtook old GeAronimo Bmby stormA  
They tooGk all the Gfeathers from his Au-DniDform
DJesus Atells me, I bBmelieve it's Atrue
The Gred man is Gin the Asunset Dtoo
DTook all his Aland, now they Bmwon't give it Aback
And they Gsent GerGonimo a ACaDdilDlac
[Chorus]
DWhoa Aboys, Bmtake me Aback
I want to Gride in GGeronimo's ACaDdilDlac
DWhoa Aboys, Bmtake me Aback
I want to Gride in GGeronimo's ACaDdilDlac
DWhoa Aboys, Bmtake me Aback
I want to Gride in GGeronimo's ACaDdilDlac
DLet me ride, let me ride
(fade out)

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Geronimos Cadillac

by Michael Martin Murphey

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

[Intro]

D A Bm A

G G A D D

[Verse]

D A Bm A

Put Geronimo in jail down south

G G A D D

Where he couldn't look the gift horse in the mouth

D A Bm A

Sergeant, sergeant, don't you feel

G G A D D

There's something wrong with that automobile

D A Bm A

Warden, warden, listen to me

G G A D

Be brave and set Geronimo free

D A Bm A

Governor, governor, isn't it strange

G G A D D

They didn't have no cars on the Indian range

[Chorus]

D A Bm A

Whoa boys, take me back

G G A D D

I want to ride in Geronimo's Cadillac

D A Bm A

Whoa boys, take me back

G G A D D

I want to ride in Geronimo's Cadillac

D A Bm A

Whoa boys, take me back

G G A D D

I want to ride in Geronimo's Cadillac

Let me ride, let me ride

[Verse]

D A Bm A

Warden, warden, don't you know

G G A D

The prisoners ain't got no place to go

D A Bm A

They took old Geronimo by storm

G G A D D

They took all the feathers from his u-niform

D A Bm A

Jesus tells me, I believe it's true

G G A D

The red man is in the sunset too

D A Bm A

Took all his land, now they won't give it back

G G A D D

And they sent Geronimo a Cadillac

[Chorus]

D A Bm A

Whoa boys, take me back

G G A D D

I want to ride in Geronimo's Cadillac

D A Bm A

Whoa boys, take me back

G G A D D

I want to ride in Geronimo's Cadillac

D A Bm A

Whoa boys, take me back

G G A D D

I want to ride in Geronimo's Cadillac

Let me ride, let me ride

(fade out)

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