Kawliga chords by Charley Pride

Recorded by Charlie Pride
written by Hank Williams and Fred Rose

(Strum chords using a tom-tom beat)

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Kaw-liga was a wooden Indian standing by the door

He fell in love with an Indian maid over in the antique store
                      E
Kaw-liga just stood there and never let it show
                 A
So she could never answer yes or no


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He always wore his Sunday feathers and held a tomahawk

The maiden wore her beads and braids and hoped someday he'd talk
                   E
Kaw-liga too stubborn to ever show a sign
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Because his heart was made of knotty pine


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Poor ol' Kaw-liga he never got a kiss
D
Poor ol' Kaw-liga he don't know what he missed
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Is it any wonder that his face is red
               A
Kaw-liga that poor ol' wooden head


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Kaw-liga was a lonely Indian never went nowhere

His heart was set on the Indian maiden with the coal black hair
                      E
Kaw-liga just stood there and never let it show
                 A
So she could never answer yes or no


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Then one day a wealthy customer bought the Indian maid

And took her oh so far away but ol' Kaw-liga stayed
                      E
Kaw-liga just stands there as lonely as can be
                  A
And wishes he was still an old pine tree


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Poor ol' Kaw-liga he never got a kiss
D
Poor ol' Kaw-liga he don't know what he missed
A                 E
Is it any wonder that his face is red
               A
Kaw-liga that poor ol' wooden head