Joe Purdy - Canyon joe
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Capo: 3
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 you´ll 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 can´t 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:
CWell I live in the canyon where the oEmld coyotes howl
They Fcome down from the mountains and the dGogs begin to growl
And they Ammeet up in the darkness, and they fFight until the death
When the moCrning sun is risiAmng I will buGry who is leftF
G Am
Oh-------- Oh
FThey call me Canyon CJoe G
CAnd I stay in the cabin WhEmere I work my hands to bleed
FSwing the hammer to the nail And IG swing the axe onto the tree
AmAnd I once cleared these woods Yeah Fthere used to be a path
CAnd now the trAmees have overgrown just tGo prove that nothing lasts F
GAnd oh-----Amoh,
Fthey cCall me CanGyon Joe
CThe old man went crazy He lEmives high up on the ridge
FHe used to tell me all the stories of the churcGh house and the bridge
AmBut the bridge, she washed away your sin The churcFh house- it got burned
'CCause this world hasAm gone angGry and some people Fnever learn
GAnd oh-----oAmh,
Fthey cCall me CanGyon Joe
CAnd I once loved a woman Yes and EmGeorgia was her name
FWe met out in the foothills of Gthe Ozark Mountain Range
AmWe saw the world together Least Fthe parts that we love most
SChe still comes to Amme in dreams I am stiGll haunted with her ghFost
GAnd oh-----ohAm,
Fthey caCll me CaGnyon Joe
CAnd all my thoughts are heavy EmMy beard, it has grown long
FAnd I search the face of six-strings for an Gold familiar song
AmBut the chords, they all sound foreign like the plFaces that I've been
CSo I close myAm eyes to sleepG Tomorrow I will try Fagain
GAnd oAmh, tFhey call me CCanyon Joe G
Oh, oh, they call me Canyon Joe
Singing oh, oh, they call me Canyon Joe