From the album of the same name. Chords used: C: X32010 Em: 022000 F: 133210 G: 320010 Am: X02210 The picking pattern is relatively simple for the most part. There are a couple of minor variations on the chords used. For example sometimes the intro and going into the verse uses a variation on the G: e|----------------------------3---| B|-------1----------1-------------| G|-----0----0-------0---0---0-----| D|---2--------0p2---0-----0-------| A|--------------------------------| G|-3--------------3---------------| Sometimes notes are added or taken out, but if you stick to the chord shapes you can't really go wrong. For the verse in general: e|---------------------------------------------------------------| B|-------1-------------0--------------1----------------1---------| G|-----0--0--0------0----0--0------2----2---2------0-----0---0---| D|----2-2---2-----2--2-----2-----3---3----3------0---0-----0-----| A|--3------------------------------------------------------------| E|--------------0--------------1---------------3-----------------| e|----------------------------------------------------------------3-| B|-------1--------------1------------1--------1-------1-------2-----| G|-----2---2--2------2----2---2--------0--------2-------0-------3---| D|----2-2---2------3---3----3------2--------2-------0--------3------| A|--0----------------------------3--------0-------------------------| E|---------------1--------------------------------3--------1--------| Intro: Verse: Well I live in the canyon where the old coyotes howl They come down from the mountains and the dogs begin to growl And they meet up in the darkness, and they fight until the death When the morning sun is rising I will bury who is left e|-----------------------------------| B|-----1--------0h1------1-------1---| G|-------0-----------------2-------0-| D|---0--------2--------3-------2-----| A|----------0----------------3-------| G|-3-----------------1---------------| Oh-------- Oh They call me Canyon Joe And I stay in the cabin Where I work my hands to bleed Swing the hammer to the nail And I swing the axe onto the tree And I once cleared these woods -yeah there used to be a path And now the trees have overgrown just to prove that nothing lasts And Oh-------- Oh They call me Canyon Joe The old man went crazy He lives high up on the ridge He used to tell me all the stories of the church house and the bridge But the bridge, she washed away your sin The church house- it got burned 'Cause this world has gone angry and some people never learn And Oh-------- Oh They call me Canyon Joe And I once loved a woman Georgia was her name And we met out in the foothills of the Ozark Mountain Range And we saw the world together And these sparks that we love most She still comes to me in dreams I am still haunted with her ghost And Oh-------- Oh (x3) They call me Canyon Joe And all my thoughts are heavy My beard, it has grown long And I search the face of six-strings for an old familiar song But the chords, they all sound foreign like the places I have been So I will close my eyes to sleep Tomorrow I will try again And Oh-------- Oh They call me Canyon Joe Oh-------- Oh They call me Canyon Joe Singing (Oh-------- Oh) (x3) They call me Canyon Joe