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Version 1
KAW-LIGA
Recorded by Hank Williams
Written by Hank Williams and Fred Rose
KEY: E CAPO: 2nd PLAY: D
[Verse 1]
Dm
KAW- LIGA, was a wooden Indian standing by the door
He fell in love with an Indian maid over in the antique store
A7
KAW-LIGA - A, just stood there and never let it show
Dm
So she could never answer "YES" or "NO".
[Verse 2]
Dm
He always wore his Sunday feathers and held a tomahawk
The maiden wore her beads and braids and hoped someday he'd talk
A7
KAW-LIGA - A, too stubborn to ever show a sign
Dm
Because his heart was made of knotty pine.
[Chorus]
D
Poor ol' KAW-LIGA, he never got a kiss
G
Poor ol' KAW-LIGA, he don't know what he missed
D A7
Is it any wonder that his face is red
D
KAW-LIGA, that poor ol' wooden head.
[Verse 3]
Dm
KAW-LIGA, was a lonely Indian never went nowhere
His heart was set on the Indian maiden with the coal black hair
A7
KAW-LIGA - A, just stood there and never let it show
Dm
So she could never answer "YES" or "NO".
[Verse 4]
Dm
Then one day a wealthy customer bought the Indian maid
And took her, oh, so far away, but ol' KAW-LIGA stayed
A7
KAW-LIGA - A, just stands there as lonely as can be
Dm
And wishes he was still an old pine tree.
[Chorus]
D
Poor ol' KAW-LIGA, he never got a kiss
G
Poor ol' KAW-LIGA, he don't know what he missed
D A7
Is it any wonder that his face is red
D
KAW-LIGA, that poor ol' wooden head.
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