Song: Navajo Rug
Sung By: Ian Tyson
CD: ãCowboyographyä and ãAll the Good ÎUnsä
Written By: Ian Tyson/Tom Russell
Transcribed By: M. Lawrence
(My version of this great Ian Tyson song)
(Capo 2nd Fret)
Intro: G Em C D
Verse 1.
D G Am
Well itâs two eggs up on whiskey toast * And home fries on the side
Am7 D
Wash it down with the road house coffee * Burns up your insides
G Am
Just a Canyon-Colorado Diner * And a waitress I did love
C
I sat in the back Îneath an old stuffed bear
D (stop)
And a worn out Navajo rug
Verse 2.
G Am
Well Old Jack, the boss, he left at six * And itâs Katie bar the door
Am7 D
Sheâd pull down that Navajo rug * And sheâd spread it across the floor
G
Hey, I saw lightning Îcross the sacred mountains
Am C
Saw woven turtle doves * I was sittinâ 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 this old bear tooth
And Katie, sheâs left town
Oh, but Katie, she got her souvenir too
Jack spat a tobacco plug
Well you should have seen her a-coming through the smoke
Dragginâ that Navajo rug
(Repeat Chorus)
Verse 4.
So every time I cross the sacred mountains
And lightning breaks above
It always takes me back in time
To my long lost Katie love
But everything keeps on a-moving
Yeah, everybodyâs on the go
You donât find things that last anymore
Like an old woven Navajo
(Repeat Chorus twice and fade)
