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:
CEmFG
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-----------------|
AmFCAmGF
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:
CEm
Well I live in the canyon where the old coyotes howl
FG
They come down from the mountains and the dogs begin to growl
AmF
And they meet up in the darkness, and they fight until the death
CAmGF
When the morning sun is rising I will bury who is left
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
CAmGF
And now the trees have overgrown just to prove that nothing lasts
GAm
And Oh-------- Oh
FCG
They call me Canyon Joe
C
The old man went crazy
Em
He lives high up on the ridge
FG
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
CAmGF
'Cause this world has gone angry and some people never learn
GAm
And Oh-------- Oh
FCG
They call me Canyon Joe
C
And I once loved a woman
Em
Georgia was her name
FG
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
CAm
She still comes to me in dreams
GF
I am still haunted with her ghost
GAm
And Oh-------- Oh
FCG (x3)
They call me Canyon Joe
C
And all my thoughts are heavy
Em
My beard, it has grown long
FG
And I search the face of six-strings for an old familiar song
AmF
But the chords, they all sound foreign like the places I have been
CAm
So I will close my eyes to sleep
GF
Tomorrow I will try again
GAm
And Oh-------- Oh
FCG
They call me Canyon Joe
GAm
Oh-------- Oh
FCG
They call me Canyon Joe
GAm
Singing (Oh-------- Oh)
FCG (x3)
They call me Canyon Joe