Joe Purdy

Canyon Joe(Chords)

Joe Purdy

Key: C

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Capo on 3rd fret
	        
 
From the album of the same name. 

 

Chords used: 

C: X32010 
Em: 022000 
F: 133210 
G: 320010 
Am: X02210 

The picking pattern is relatively simple for the most part. There are a couple of minor variations 
on the chords used. For example sometimes the intro and going into the verse uses a variation 
on the G: 


e|----------------------------3---| 
B|-------1----------1-------------| 
G|-----0----0-------0---0---0-----| 
D|---2--------0p2---0-----0-------| 
A|--------------------------------| 
G|-3--------------3---------------| 

Sometimes notes are added or taken out, but if you stick to the chord shapes you can't really go wrong. For the verse in general: 

        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--------| 
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
 
      G        Am       F       C 
e|-----------------------------------| 
B|-----1--------0h1------1-------1---| 
G|-------0-----------------2-------0-| 
D|---0--------2--------3-------2-----| 
A|----------0----------------3-------| 
G|-3-----------------1---------------| 
G Am Oh-------- Oh F C G They call me Canyon Joe
C And I stay in the cabin Em Where I work my hands to bleed F Swing the hammer to the nail G And I swing the axe onto the tree Am And I once cleared these woods F -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 The old man went crazy Em 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 But the bridge, she washed away your sin F 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 And I once loved a woman Em Georgia was her name F G And we met out in the foothills of the Ozark Mountain Range Am And we saw the world together F And these sparks that we love most C Am She still comes to me in dreams G F I am still haunted with her ghost
G Am And Oh-------- Oh F C G (x3) They call me Canyon Joe
C And all my thoughts are heavy Em 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 I have been C Am So I will close my eyes to sleep G F Tomorrow I will try again
G Am And Oh-------- Oh F C G They call me Canyon Joe G Am Oh-------- Oh F C G They call me Canyon Joe G Am Singing (Oh-------- Oh) F C G (x3) They call me Canyon Joe

Written by Joe Purdy

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