Ian Tyson - Navajo Rug2 guitar chord

Navajo Rug

Sung By: Ian Tyson

CD: Cowboyography and All the Good Uns

Written By: Ian Tyson/Tom Russell

Transcribed By: Deacon Dave

(My version of this great Ian Tyson song)

(Capo 2nd Fret)

Intro: G Em C D

Verse 1.

D G Am

Well it's two eggs up on whiskey toast * And home fries on the side

C Am7 D

Wash it down with the truck coffee * Burns up your insides

G Am

Just a Canyon-Colorado Diner * And a waitress I did love

C

We sat in the back 'neath an old stuffed bear

D (stop)

On a worn out Navajo rug

Verse 2.

G Am

Well Old Jack, the boss, he closed at six * And it was Katie bar the door

Am7 D

She'd pull down that Navajo rug * And she'd spread it 'cross the floor

G

Hey, I saw lightning in the sacred mountains

Am C

Saw the dance of turtle doves * sittin' next to Katie

D

On that old Navajo rug

(Chorus)

D G Em C D

Aye, Aye, Aye, Katie * Shades of red and blue

G Em C G

Aye, Aye, Aye, Katie * Whatever became of the Navajo rug and you

Em C D

Katie, shades of red and blue

Verse 3.

Well I saw old Jack about a year ago

He said the place burned to the ground

And all I saved was an old bear tooth

And Katie, she'd left town

Ah, but Katie, she got her souvenir too

Jack spat a tobacco plug

Well you should have seen her a-coming through the smoke

Draggin' that Navajo rug

(Repeat Chorus)

Verse 4.

Now every time I cross those sacred mountains

And lightning breaks from above

It always takes me back in time

To my long lost Katie love

But everything keeps on a-movin'

Yeah, an' everybody's on the go

You don't find things that last anymore

Like an old woven Navajo

(Repeat Chorus twice and fade)