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 youŽll 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 canŽt go horribly, fatally wrong:
C Em F G
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-----------------|
Am F C Am G F
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:
C Em
Well I live in the canyon where the old coyotes howl
F G
They come down from the mountains and the dogs begin to growl
Am F
And they meet up in the darkness, and they fight until the death
C Am G F
When the morning sun is rising I will bury who is left
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/j/joe_purdy/canyon_joe_crd.html ]
G Am
Oh-------- Oh
F C G
They call me Canyon Joe
C Em
And I stay in the cabin Where I work my hands to bleed
F G
Swing the hammer to the nail And I swing the axe onto the tree
Am F
And I once cleared these woods Yeah there used to be a path
C Am G F
And now the trees have overgrown just to prove that nothing lasts
G Am
And oh-----oh,
F C G
they call me Canyon Joe
C Em
The old man went crazy He lives high up on the ridge
F G
He used to tell me all the stories of the church house and the bridge
Am F
But the bridge, she washed away your sin The church house- it got burned
C Am G F
'Cause this world has gone angry and some people never learn
G Am
And oh-----oh,
F C G
they call me Canyon Joe
C Em
And I once loved a woman Yes and Georgia was her name
F G
We met out in the foothills of the Ozark Mountain Range
Am F
We saw the world together Least the parts that we love most
C Am G F
She still comes to me in dreams I am still haunted with her ghost
G Am
And oh-----oh,
F C G
they call me Canyon Joe
C Em
And all my thoughts are heavy My beard, it has grown long
F G
And I search the face of six-strings for an old familiar song
Am F
But the chords, they all sound foreign like the places that I've been
C Am G F
So I close my eyes to sleep Tomorrow I will try again
G Am F C G
And oh, they call me Canyon Joe
Oh, oh, they call me Canyon Joe
Singing oh, oh, they call me Canyon Joe
