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Navajo Rug
by:  Tom Russell
written by:  Tom Russell and Ian Tyson - End Of The Trail Music/Slick Fork

(capo 2nd fret)

GG Piano Chord 

Well it's three eggs up on whiskey toast
AmAm Piano Chord 

Homefries on the side
CC Piano Chord 

Wash it down with truckstop coffee
DD Piano Chord 

Burns up your inside
GG Piano Chord 

Just a Canyon, Colorado diner
AmAm Piano Chord 

And a waitress I did love
CC Piano Chord 

We sat in the back  'neath an old stuffed bear
DD Piano Chord 

And a worn out Navajo rug

GG Piano Chord 

Well old Jack the boss he'd close at six
AmAm Piano Chord 

Then it's Katie bar the door
CC Piano Chord 

She'd pull down that Navajo rug
DD Piano Chord 

And she'd spread it 'cross the floor
GG Piano Chord 

Hey I saw lightning in the sacred mountains
AmAm Piano Chord 

Saw the dance of the turtle doves
CC Piano Chord 

Lyin' next to Katie
DD Piano Chord 

On that old Navajo rug

Chorus:

GG Piano Chord 
         EmEm Piano Chord 
     CC Piano Chord 
                 DD Piano Chord 

Ai-yi-yi, Katie, shades of red and blue
GG Piano Chord 
   EmEm Piano Chord 

Ai-yi-yi, Katie
CC Piano Chord 
                                     GG Piano Chord 
    EmEm Piano Chord 
   CC Piano Chord 
   DD Piano Chord 

Whatever became of the Navajo rug and you?

GG Piano Chord 

Well I saw old Jack about a year ago
AmAm Piano Chord 

He said the place burned to the ground
CC Piano Chord 

And all he saved was an old bear tooth
DD Piano Chord 

And Katie she left town
GG Piano Chord 

But Katie she got her a souvenir too
AmAm Piano Chord 

Jack spat out a tabacco plug
CC Piano Chord 

He said "You shoulda seen her runnin' through the smoke
DD Piano Chord 

Draggin' that Navajo rug."

Repeat Chorus

GG Piano Chord 

Now everytime I cross the sacred mountains
AmAm Piano Chord 

And lightning breaks above
CC Piano Chord 

It always takes me back in time
DD Piano Chord 

To my long lost Katie love
GG Piano Chord 

Ah but everything keeps on movin'
AmAm Piano Chord 

And everyone's on the go
CC Piano Chord 

They don't make things that last anymore
DD Piano Chord 

Like a double-woven Navajo

Repeat Chorus

EmEm Piano Chord 
     CC Piano Chord 
                 DD Piano Chord 

Katie, shades of red and blue
GG Piano Chord 
   EmEm Piano Chord 

Ay-yi-yi, Katie
CC Piano Chord 
                                     GG Piano Chord 
    EmEm Piano Chord 
  CC Piano Chord 
   DD Piano Chord 
  GG Piano Chord 

Whatever became of the Navajo rug and you?

HMG/Hightone Records. This is a softer acoustic version than found on
previous Tom Russell or Ian Tyson albums
Transcribed by: Greg Yuriy