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Russell - Navajo Rug guitar tab

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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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