Chorus
Well, I found out, a big brave cheif
The game you’re a-huntin’ for ain’t beef
Get offa my huntin’ grounds, get out of my sight
This war dance I’m doin’ means I’m fightin’ mad
You don’t need no more of what you’ve already had
Your squaw is on the warpath to- night

Well that firewater that you been drinkin
Makes you feel bigger, but cheif you’re shrinkin
Since you been on that love-makin’ diet
Now don’t hand me that old peace pipe
There ain’t no pipe can settle this fight
Your squaw is on the warpath to-night
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Your squaw is on the warpath to-night

Well, I like my lovin’ done country style
And this little girl would walk a country mile
To find her a good old slow-talkin’ country boy,
I said a country boy
I’m about as old-fashioned as I can be
And I hope you’re likin’ what you see
‘Cause if you’re lookin’ at me
You’re lookin’ at country.

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You don’t see no city when you look at me
‘Cause, country’s all I am
I love runnin’ bare-footed through the old corn fields
And I [D/F#] love that country ham-ha-ham
Well, you say I’m made just to fit your plans
But does a barnyard shovel fit your hands
If your eyes are on me
You’re lookin’ at country.

This here country is a little green
And there’s a lot of country that-a you ain’t seen
I’ll show you around if you’ll show me a weddin’ band
I said a weddin’ band
When it comes to love, well, I know about that
Country folks
If you’re lookin’ at me
You’re lookin’ at country.

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VERSE 2:

Oh, how it would bring a smile
When he talked about her big, blue eyes
And how her beauty ran down to her soul
She’d walk across the coal miner’s yard
Them miners would yell loud and hard
And they’d dream of who would hold the Van Lear Rose

She was the belle of Johnson county
Ohio river to Big Sandy
A beauty to behold like a diamond in the coal
All the miners they would gather ‘round
And talk about the man that came to town
Right under their nose, stole the heart of the Van Lear Rose
VERSE 3:

Now, the Van Lear Rose could of had her pick
And all the fellers figured rich
Until this poor boy caught her eye
His buddies would all laugh and say,
”You’re dreamin’ boy,she’ll never look your way
You’ll never, ever hold the Van Lear Rose”

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BRIDGE:
Then one night in mid-July
Underneath that old blue Kentucky sky
Well, that poor boy won that beauty’s heart
Then my daddy would look at my mommy and smile
As he brushed the hair back from my eyes and he’d say,
“Your mama, she’s the Van Lear Rose”

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Right under their nose, stole the heart of the Van Lear Rose