Russell Tom

Russell Tom - Navajo Rug guitar chord

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Date: Mon, 20 Oct 1997 13:32:03 -0400

From: Greg Yuriy

To: acoustic@olga.net, guitar@olga.net

Subject: CRD: Navajo Rug by Tom Russell

Navajo Rug

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by:  Tom Russell

written by:  Tom Russell and Ian Tyson - End Of The Trail Music/Slick Fork

(capo 2nd fret)

G

Well it's three eggs up on whiskey toast

Am

Homefries on the side

C

Wash it down with truckstop coffee

D  

Burns up your inside

       G

Just a Canyon, Colorado diner

      Am

And a waitress I did love

   C

We sat in the back  'neath an old stuffed bear

      D

And a worn out Navajo rug

         G

Well old Jack the boss he'd close at six

          Am

Then it's Katie bar the door

C

She'd pull down that Navajo rug

          D

And she'd spread it 'cross the floor

           G

Hey I saw lightning in the sacred mountains

        Am              

Saw the dance of the turtle doves

C

Lyin' next to Katie

   D

On that old Navajo rug

Chorus:

G         Em     C                 D

Ai-yi-yi, Katie, shades of red and blue

      G   Em

Ai-yi-yi, Katie

C                                     G    Em   C   D

Whatever became of the Navajo rug and you?

       G

Well I saw old Jack about a year ago

            Am

He said the place burned to the ground

    C

And all he saved was an old bear tooth

    D

And Katie she left town

    G

But Katie she got her a souvenir too

     Am

Jack spat out a tabacco plug

             C

He said "You shoulda seen her runnin' through the smoke

D

Draggin' that Navajo rug."

Repeat Chorus

    G

Now everytime I cross the sacred mountains

    Am

And lightning breaks above

   C

It always takes me back in time

      D

To my long lost Katie love

       G

Ah but everything keeps on movin'

    Am

And everyone's on the go

     C

They don't make things that last anymore

       D

Like a double-woven Navajo

Repeat Chorus

Em     C                 D

Katie, shades of red and blue

      G   Em

Ay-yi-yi, Katie

C                                     G    Em  C   D  G

Whatever became of the Navajo rug and you?

>From the album Song Of The West - The Cowboy Collection 1997  

HMG/Hightone Records. This is a softer acoustic version than found on

previous Tom Russell or Ian Tyson albums

Transcribed by: Greg Yuriy

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