Coyote Caller
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
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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---------------||-----------------||-----------------||