Canyon Joe
by Joe Purdy
From the album Canyon Joe


Tabbed by Kevin (liquoricewhip@hotmail.com)
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Standard tuning

Bb:
688766
Eb:
x6888x
Gm:
355333
G#:
466544
Cm:
x35543


Bb

     Eb                             Gm
Well I live in the canyon where the old coyotes howl
     G#                                   Bb
They come down from the mountains and the dogs begin to growl
         Cm                                  G#
And they meet up in the darkness, and they fight until the death
         Eb              Cm           Bb              G#
When the morning sun is rising I will bury who is left
Bb Cm     G#              Eb  Bb
Oh   they call me Canyon Joe


    Eb                            Gm
And I stay in this cabin where I work my hands to bleed
          G#                                  Bb
Swing the hammer to the nail, and I swing the axe unto the tree
    Cm                                     G#
And I once cleared these woods, yeah there used to be a path
         Eb              Cm           Bb                   G#
Now the trees have overgrown just to prove that nothing lasts
Bb Cm     G#              Eb  Bb
Oh   they call me Canyon Joe

        Eb                              Gm
And the old man who went crazy he lives high upon the ridge
             G#                            Bb
He used to tell me all the stories of the churchhouse and the bridge
         Cm                                  G#
But the bridge she washed away, yes and the churchhouse it got burned
            Eb              Cm             Bb               G#
'Cause this water has gone angry and some people never learn
Bb Cm     G#              Eb  Bb
Oh   they call me Canyon Joe

    Eb                         Gm
And I once loved a woman, and Georgia was her name
       G#                              Bb
And we met up in the foothills of the Ozark mountain range
    Cm                                G#
We saw the world together, and these parts that we loved most
          Eb              Cm                Bb                   G#
She still comes to me in dreams, I am still haunted with her ghost
Bb Cm     G#              Eb  Bb
Oh   they call me Canyon Joe


     Eb                               Gm
And all my thoughts are heavy and my beard has grown long
      G#                                     Bb
And I search the faceless six strings for an old familiar song
         Cm                                    G#
But the chords they all sound foreign like the places that I've been
          Eb                Cm             Bb              G#
So I will close my eyes to sleep, tomorrow I will try again
Bb Cm     G#              Eb  Bb
Oh   they call me Canyon Joe