CHORDS All chords are basic open chords except: G/F# - 200003 Bm - x24432 G/B - x20003 C/B - x20010 (optional: mute 4th string) Cadd9#11 - x34030 Intro Em e|----------------| B|-------0--------| G|----(0)---------| (x4) D|------------2---| A|--------0h2-----| E|-0--------------| Verse 1 Em C G D C GG/F# Mile marker 35 I saw, John can ya hear him howlin? Em C G It must get lonely when the night sky falls D D7 The coyote calling, I'd sing if my voice could: Chorus 1 C G Bm Em DC G D EmD Follow his high notes, down to the bass where the low end goes C G Bm C C G/B Am Em Hungry to hide the killer inside, when the Coyote calls me home Lead Fill: Em e|----------------| B|-8p7p5\3/5------| G|----------------| D|----------------| A|----------------| E|----------------| Verse 2 Em C G We wandered aimless till the sun came up D C G/F# Oh bring out your trumpets, children Em C G Dance off the daylight till the moon wakes up D D7 When the king of the prairie sings a dirge to awaken we: Chorus 2 C G Bm Em DC G D EmD Follow his high notes, down to the bass where the low end goes C G Bm C C G/B Am Em Hungry to hide the killer inside, when the Coyote calls me home Instrumental 1 |C G |D |C G |Em | |C G |D |C G |Em | |Em | Verse 3 Em C G We caught him bathing, licking at his wounds D C G A face no reaction, just silence Em C G Without a warning he began the tune, singing: Refrain 1 AECGAEm Sha-na-na-nanana, Sha-sha-la sha-na-na, Sha-na-na-nana Bm C C/B A-WHOO, A-WHOO AECGAEm Sha-na-na-nanana, Sha-sha sha-na-na, Sha-na-na-nana Bm A-WHOO Chorus 3 C G Bm Em DC G D EmD Yeah just follow his high notes, down to the bass where the low end goes C G Bm C C G/B Am Em Hungry to hide the killer inside, when the Coyote calls me home Instrumental |Em C |Em |C |Em |C / G Bm| (3/4 time) Refrain 2 AECGAEm Sha-na-na-nanana, Sha-sha sha-na-na, Sha-na-na-nana Bm C C/B A-WHOO, A-WHOO AECGAEm Sha-na-na-nanana, Sha-sha sha-na-na, Sha-na-na-nana Bm C G A-WHOO, A-WHOO AECGAEm Sha-na-na-nanana (sha-na), Sha-sha sha-na-na, Sha-na-na-nana Cadd9#11* A-WHOO, A-WHOO Outro C* Em e|-------------------||-0------------------|| B|-------------------||-0------------------|| G|*-----0-------0---*||-0------------------|| D|*---2---2---2---2-*||-2------------------|| A|--3-------3--------||-2------------------|| E|-------------------||-0------------------|| Play 4x (Slow down gradually) *Note - the full chord here is Cadd9#11, but the guitar is actually playing the C chord pattern in tab above. Strum or pick Cadd9#11 for full effect. Tab above starts at the 2nd half of first "A-WHOO" in last line of Refrain 2 End ============================================================== Main Fingerpicking Patterns: Em (& G, G/F#) Bm (& C, Am, G/B) D (& D7) e|-----------------||-----------------||-----------------|| B|-------0-------0-||-------3-------3-||-------3-------3-|| G|-----0-------0---||-----4-------4---||-----2-------2---|| D|---------2-------||-----------------||-0-------0-------|| A|-----------------||-2-------2-------||-----------------|| E|-0---------------||-----------------||-----------------||