Chord Navajo Rug by Ian Tyson

capo 2nd fret intro : G Em C due verse 1 . sa D G amoi well it’s two eggs up on whiskey toast * and home fries on the side C Am7 D wash it down with the truck coffee * burns up your insides G Am just a canyon - colorado diner * and a waitress i did love C we sat in the back ’neath an old stuffed bear D stop on a worn out navajo rug verse 2 . G Am well old jack , the boss , he closed at six * and it was katie bar the door Am7 D she’d pull down that navajo rug * and she’d spread it ’cross the floor G hey , i saw lightning in the sacred mountains Am C saw the dance of turtle doves * sittin’ 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 an old bear tooth and katie , she’d left town ah , but katie , she got her souvenir too jack spat a tobacco plug well you should have seen her A - coming through the smoke draggin’ that navajo rug repeat chorus verse 4 . now every time i cross those sacred mountains and lightning breaks from above it always takes me back in time to my long lost katie love but everything keeps on A - movin’ yeah , an’ everybody’s on the go you don’t find things that last anymore like an old woven navajo repeat chorus twice and fade