This is a copy/paste job, since the last one lacked the full lyrics! All glory and
honor to the first tabs-ter! I just love the song and like to sing along as I
play! Thanks for doing all the work!
The chords somehow get moved to the right - dunno how or why this happens, but I
tried to put them back into place. Follow the flow of the song and youll hear
where the chords fit in.
Enjoy :)
Capo 3rd fret
Chords used:
C: X32010
Em: 022000
F: 133210
G: 320010
Am: X02210
Picking pattern varies in intro sometimes:
e|----------------------------3---|
B|-------1----------1-------------|
G|-----0----0-------0---0---0-----|
D|---2--------0p2---0-----0-------|
A|--------------------------------|
G|-3--------------3---------------|
Verse picking pattern - again there are variations, but the former tab-ster wrote
that if you stick to this, you cant go horribly, fatally wrong:
CEFG
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------1-------------0--------------1----------------1---------|
G|-----0--0--0------0----0--0------2----2---2------0-----0---0---|
D|----2-2---2-----2--2-----2-----3---3----3------0---0-----0-----|
A|--3------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------0--------------1---------------3-----------------|
AFCAGF
e|----------------------------------------------------------------3-|
B|-------1--------------1------------1--------1-------1-------2-----|
G|-----2---2--2------2----2---2--------0--------2-------0-------3---|
D|----2-2---2------3---3----3------2--------2-------0--------3------|
A|--0----------------------------3--------0-------------------------|
E|---------------1--------------------------------3--------1--------|
After each verse play the intro again and back to the verse.
Intro: G
Verse:
CEm
Well I live in the canyon where the old coyotes howl
FG
They come down from the mountains and the dogs begin to growl
AmF
And they meet up in the darkness, and they fight until the death
CAmGF
When the morning sun is rising I will bury who is left
( Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/j/joe_purdy/canyon_joe_crd.html )
GAm
Oh-------- Oh
FCG
They call me Canyon Joe
CEm
And I stay in the cabin Where I work my hands to bleed
FG
Swing the hammer to the nail And I swing the axe onto the tree
AmF
And I once cleared these woods Yeah there used to be a path
CAmGF
And now the trees have overgrown just to prove that nothing lasts
GAm
And oh-----oh,
FCG
they call me Canyon Joe
CEm
The old man went crazy He lives high up on the ridge
FG
He used to tell me all the stories of the church house and the bridge
AmF
But the bridge, she washed away your sin The church house- it got burned
CAmGF
'Cause this world has gone angry and some people never learn
GAm
And oh-----oh,
FCG
they call me Canyon Joe
CEm
And I once loved a woman Yes and Georgia was her name
FG
We met out in the foothills of the Ozark Mountain Range
AmF
We saw the world together Least the parts that we love most
CAmGF
She still comes to me in dreams I am still haunted with her ghost
GAm
And oh-----oh,
FCG
they call me Canyon Joe
CEm
And all my thoughts are heavy My beard, it has grown long
FG
And I search the face of six-strings for an old familiar song
AmF
But the chords, they all sound foreign like the places that I've been
CAmGF
So I close my eyes to sleep Tomorrow I will try again
GAmFCG
And oh, they call me Canyon Joe
Oh, oh, they call me Canyon Joe
Singing oh, oh, they call me Canyon Joe