Joshua James – Coyote Caller (Guitar)

Capo 1
Key
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Chords

From the 2017 album "My Spirit Sister" [CHORDS] All chords are basic open chords except: G/F# - 200003 Bm - x24432
G/B      - x20003
C/B      - x20010 (optional: mute 4th string)
Cadd9#11 - x34030
[Intro]
   Em
e|----------------|
B|-------0--------|
G|----(0)---------| (x4)
D|------------2---|
A|--------0h2-----|
E|-0--------------|
[Verse 1]
Em             C     G  D                    C     G  G/F#
  Mile marker 35 I saw, John can ya hear him howlin?

Em                            C            G
  It must get lonely when the night sky falls

    D                      D7
The coyote calling, I'd sing if my voice could:
[Chorus 1]
C      G    Bm     Em  D C             G              D         Em  D
 Follow his high notes,    down to the bass where the low end goes

C          G        Bm        C             C  G/B Am       Em
 Hungry to hide the killer inside, when the Coyote calls me home

Lead Fill:
   Em
e|----------------|
B|-8p7p5\3/5------|
G|----------------|
D|----------------|
A|----------------|
E|----------------|
[Verse 2]
Em                             C         G
  We wandered aimless till the sun came up

   D                           C    G  G/F#
Oh bring out your trumpets, children

Em                                C           G
  Dance off the daylight till the moon wakes up

         D                           D7
When the king of the prairie sings a dirge to awaken we:
[Chorus 2]
C      G    Bm     Em  D C             G              D         Em  D
 Follow his high notes,    down to the bass where the low end goes

C          G        Bm        C             C  G/B Am       Em
 Hungry to hide the killer inside, when the Coyote calls me home
[Instrumental 1] |C G |D |C G |Em | |C G |D |C G |Em | |Em | [Verse 3]
Em                               C         G
  We caught him bathing, licking at his wounds

  D                        C  G
A face no reaction, just silence

Em                       C         G
  Without a warning he began the tune, singing:
[Refrain 1]
Am          Em     C           G        Am          Em
  Sha-na-na-nanana, Sha-sha-la sha-na-na, Sha-na-na-nana

  Bm      C    C/B
A-WHOO, A-WHOO

Am          Em     C        G        Am          Em
  Sha-na-na-nanana, Sha-sha sha-na-na, Sha-na-na-nana

  Bm
A-WHOO
[Chorus 3]
         C      G    Bm     Em  D C             G              D         Em  D
Yeah just follow his high notes,    down to the bass where the low end goes

C          G        Bm        C             C  G/B Am       Em
 Hungry to hide the killer inside, when the Coyote calls me home
[Instrumental]
|Em  C   |Em     |C         |Em      |C / G Bm|
                  (3/4 time)
[Refrain 2]
Am          Em     C        G        Am          Em
  Sha-na-na-nanana, Sha-sha sha-na-na, Sha-na-na-nana

  Bm      C    C/B
A-WHOO, A-WHOO

Am          Em     C        G        Am          Em
  Sha-na-na-nanana, Sha-sha sha-na-na, Sha-na-na-nana

  Bm      C    G
A-WHOO, A-WHOO

Am          Em              C        G        Am          Em
  Sha-na-na-nanana (sha-na), Sha-sha sha-na-na, Sha-na-na-nana

  Cadd9#11*
A-WHOO, A-WHOO

[Outro]
   C*                  Em
e|-------------------||-0------------------||
B|-------------------||-0------------------||
G|*-----0-------0---*||-0------------------||
D|*---2---2---2---2-*||-2------------------||
A|--3-------3--------||-2------------------||
E|-------------------||-0------------------||
              Play 4x
   (Slow down gradually)
*Note - the full chord here is Cadd9#11, but the guitar is actually playing the C chord pattern in tab above. Strum or pick Cadd9#11 for full effect. Tab above starts at the 2nd half of first "A-WHOO" in last line of Refrain 2 [End] ============================================================== Main Fingerpicking Patterns:
   Em (& G, G/F#)     Bm (& C, Am, G/B)  D (& D7)
e|-----------------||-----------------||-----------------||
B|-------0-------0-||-------3-------3-||-------3-------3-||
G|-----0-------0---||-----4-------4---||-----2-------2---||
D|---------2-------||-----------------||-0-------0-------||
A|-----------------||-2-------2-------||-----------------||
E|-0---------------||-----------------||-----------------||
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