#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# Navajo Rug By Ian Tyson as played by Jerry Jeff with *capo on 2nd fret* Intro: G Em C D (2x) G It's two eggs up on whisky toast Am Home fries on the side C* *I like C here, but JJW stays on Am Wash em down with the road house coffee live. Pick what you like best. D That burns up your insides G Just a Canyon, Colorado diner Am And a waitress I did love C We sat in the back 'Neith and old stuffed bear D And a worn out Navajo rug CHORUS: G Em Aye-yi-yi Katie C D Shades of red and blue G Em Aye-yi-yi Katie C G Whatever became of the Navajo rug and you Well, old Jack the boss, he left at six And it's Katie bar the door She pulled down that Navajo rug And we spread it 'cross the floor I saw lightning frame the Sacred Mountains Saw the wooing of a turtle dove Just lying next to Katie On that old Navajo rug REPEAT CHORUS Well, I saw old Jack about a year ago He said the place burned to the ground All he'd saved was an old bear tooth And Katie, she left town Well Katie got a souvenir, too Jack smiled as he spit out a big old plug Well, you should have seen her comin' through the smoke She was draggin' that Navajo rug REPEAT CHORUS So everytime I cross the Sacred Mountains And lightning jumps above It always takes me back in time To my long lost Katie love You know, everything keeps on a-movin' Hell, everybody's on the go You don't find things that last anymore Like a hand-woven Navajo REPEAT CHORUS TWICE ----- Ok, the little fill thing is pretty easy to play. I don't have the patience to type out the tab, so I'll just explain it. It goes over the two bars of A F#m D E (fingered as G Em C D with the capo on the 2nd fret) It starts on E and works backwards down the A-major scale. The first phrase goes from E straight down the scale to A. (over the A chord) The next phrase starts on C# and ends on F# (over the F#m chord and, again, straight down the scale). The next phrase is a little trickier. It starts on A and goes straight down almost an octive to B (over the D chord) then you have to fill something in over the E chord that ends on A. John does it a little different every time. Listen to the album. The next time through you do the same exact thing except you just end on a sustained B note and then go into the verse. I hope that gives you an idea.