Canyons and Caverns Shawn Mullins
Canyons and Caverns by Shawn Mullins
Chords:
E(022100) Esus4 (033300) B (799600) A (577600) F#(244300)
C#m ( 446654 ) ASUS2 ( 002200 )
As you see you play the Barre? chords with open BE- strings. I don?t know if the chords have other name.
It?s a little bit difficult to play the E and ESUS4 chords like Shawn do. Listen to the song and you
it out.
This way to play the song is close to the original.
INTRO:
Play E /ESUS4 B
E /ESUS4
on a mantle made of oakwood
E /ESUS4
there's a photograph from my childhood
[E]it was taken in the desert[B] early light
E /ESUS4
i look a lot like a leprechaun
E /ESUS4
with a mexican vest and a red hippie hat on
maracas in my [B]left hand, stick in my right[D] [B]
E F# D E /ESUS4
there are canyons there are caverns
there are b[E]oarder [F#]roadside taver[D]ns[B]
C#m B ASUS2 E E /ESUS4 B
i am held captive by the big blue sky above me
E /ESUS4
she naps with the tv on
E /ESUS4
i smell the june cut grass from my pappy's lawn
E /ESUS4 B
i play alone in the little room upstairs
E /ESUS4
there are lincoln logs and cookie tins
E /ESUS4
colored blocks and wars to win
E /ESUS4 B D B
i draw and i dream and beat my drums up there
E F# D E /ESUS4
there are circus lights and maple leaves
[E]there are daffod[F#]ils and dogwood[D] tree[B]s
C#m B ASUS2 E
i am held captive by the big blue sky above me
Between here play the following chords (fingerplay):
[EADGBE]4xx400 [EADGBE]5xx400 [EADGBE]7xx800 2X and play B at last
E /ESUS4
now the coffee's strong
E /ESUS4
and the fruit's all wrong
E /ESUS4 B
and my wakeup call's for somebody else
E /ESUS4
and the tv's hoax and neurosis jokes
always keep my la[B]ughing at myself
and i l[D]augh a lot that's what i [B]do
and i l[D]earn the things i never [B]knew
E F# D E /ESUS4
and i see canyons i see caverns
i see [E]border r[F#]oadside tav[D]erns[B]
C#m B ASUS2 E
and i am held captive by the big blue sky above me
E B ASUS2 E
i am held captive only by the big blue sky
E B ASUS2 E ASUS2 B E and fade out
i am held captive by the big blue sky above me
Roger Loftaas
29.08.2001
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