Mullins Shawn - Canyons And Caverns Chords & Tabs

Canyons and Caverns by Shawn Mullins

Chords:
										
      	          	                     	                 	                                              	
       E(022100)  Esus4 (033300)   B (799600)   A (577600)   F#(244300)


             		       	                   	        
       C#m ( 446654 )	   ASUS2 ( 002200 ) 
  

As you see you play the Barre’ chords with open BE- strings. I don’t know if the chords have other name.
It’s a little bit difficult to play the E and ESUS4 chords like Shawn do. Listen to the song and you figure it out. 
This way to play the song is close to the original.
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/m/mullins_shawn/canyons_and_caverns_crd.html ]
INTRO:
Play E /Esus4   B 
 	
E /Esus4
on a mantle made of oakwood
E /Esus4
there's a photograph from my childhood
E			  B 
it was taken in the desert early light
E /Esus4
i look a lot like a leprechaun
E /Esus4 			
with a mexican vest and a red hippie hat on
              B 		               D    B 
maracas in my left hand, stick in my right
   E     	F#		     D	  E /Esus4
there are canyons there are caverns
           E      F#		D       B 
there are boarder roadside taverns
            C#m    B     ASUS2          E   E /Esus4    B 
i am held captive by the big blue sky above me
E /Esus4
she naps with the tv on
E /Esus4
i smell the june cut grass from my pappy's lawn
E /Esus4                      B
i play alone in the little room upstairs
E /Esus4  
there are lincoln logs and cookie tins
E /Esus4
colored blocks and wars to win
E /Esus4                       B              D   B
i draw and i dream and beat my drums up there
           E     F#             D           E /Esus4
there are circus lights and maple leaves
E               F#             D    B 
there are daffodils and dogwood trees
              C#m   B    ASUS2          E
i am held captive by the big blue sky above me


Between here play the following chords (fingerplay):

EADGBE		EADGBE		EADGBE
4xx400		5xx400		7xx800   2X   and play B at last

E /Esus4
now the coffee's strong
E /Esus4
and the fruit's all wrong
E /Esus4			 B 
and my wakeup call's for somebody else
E /Esus4
and the tv's hoax and neurosis jokes
                 B 
always keep my laughing at myself
       D                        B 
and i laugh a lot that's what i do
       D                       B 
and i learn the things i never knew
 E            F#           D   E /Esus4
and i see canyons i see caverns
      E       F#         D        B 
i see border roadside taverns
              C#m      B     ASUS2         E
and i am held captive by the big blue sky above me
   E           B              ASUS2      E 
i am held captive only by the big blue sky
  E            B          ASUS2          E     ASUS2   B      E  and fade out               
i am held captive by the big blue sky above me    




Roger Loftaas
29.08.2001