Capo 2nd fret

Standard (EADGBE)

 KAW- LIGA, was a wooden Indian standing by the door

He fell in love with an Indian maid over in the antique store

 KAW-LIGA - A, just stood there and never let it show

 So she could never answer "YES" or "NO".

He always wore his Sunday feathers and held a tomahawk

The maiden wore her beads and braids and hoped someday he'd talk

KAW-LIGA - A, too stubborn to ever show a sign

Because his heart was made of knotty pine.

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Poor ol' KAW-LIGA, he never got a kiss

Poor ol' KAW-LIGA, he don't know what he missed

Is it any wonder that his face is red

 KAW-LIGA, that poor ol' wooden head. ...

KAW-LIGA, was a lonely Indian never went nowhere

His heart was set on the Indian maiden with the coal black hair

KAW-LIGA - A, just stood there and never let it show

So she could never answer "YES" or "NO".

Then one day a wealthy customer bought the Indian maid

And took her, oh, so far away, but ol' KAW-LIGA stayed

KAW-LIGA - A, just stands there as lonely as can be

And wishes he was still an old pine tree.

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