Coyote Caller chords by Joshua James

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 1st

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: F minorFm

Difficulty: Novice

From the 2017 album "My Spirit Sister"

Capo 1st fret for original key of FF minor

CHORDS:
All chords are basic open chords except:

G/F#   - 200003
B minorBm    - x24432
G/BG/B   - x20003
C/BC/B   - x20010 (optional: mute 4th string)
Cadd9#11 - x34030

Intro:
  E minorEm
e|----------------|
BB|-------0--------|
G+G|----(0)---------| (x4)
D MajorD|------------2---|
A augmentedA|--------0h2-----|
E MajorE|-0--------------|

Verse 1:
E minorEm       C majorC   G+G D MajorD          C majorC   G+G G/F#
 Mile marker 35 I saw, John can ya hear him howlin?
E minorEm              C majorC      G+G
 It must get lonely when the night sky falls
  D MajorD           D7D7
The coyote calling, I'd sing if my voice could:


Chorus 1:
C majorC   G+G  B minorBm   E minorEm D MajorD C majorC       G+G       D MajorD     E minorEm D MajorD
 Follow his high notes,  down to the bass where the low end goes
C majorC     G+G    B minorBm    C majorC       C majorC G/BG/B A minorAm    E minorEm
 Hungry to hide the killer inside, when the Coyote calls me home

Lead Fill:
  E minorEm
e|----------------|
BB|-8p7p5\3/5------|
G+G|----------------|
D MajorD|----------------|
A augmentedA|----------------|
E MajorE|----------------|

Verse 2:
E minorEm               C majorC     G+G
 We wandered aimless till the sun came up
  D MajorD              C majorC  G+G G/F#
Oh bring out your trumpets, children
E minorEm                C majorC      G+G
 Dance off the daylight till the moon wakes up
     D MajorD              D7D7
When the king of the prairie sings a dirge to awaken we:

Chorus 2:
C majorC   G+G  B minorBm   E minorEm D MajorD C majorC       G+G       D MajorD     E minorEm D MajorD
 Follow his high notes,  down to the bass where the low end goes
C majorC     G+G    B minorBm    C majorC       C majorC G/BG/B A minorAm    E minorEm
 Hungry to hide the killer inside, when the Coyote calls me home

Instrumental 1:
|C majorC G+G |D MajorD   |C majorC G+G |E minorEm  |
|C majorC G+G |D MajorD   |C majorC G+G |E minorEm  |
|E minorEm  |

Verse 3:
E minorEm                C majorC     G+G
 We caught him bathing, licking at his wounds
 D MajorD            C majorC G+G
A augmentedA face no reaction, just silence
E minorEm            C majorC     G+G
 Without a warning he began the tune, singing:

Refrain 1:
A minorAm     E minorEm   C majorC      G+G    A minorAm     E minorEm
 Sha-na-na-nanana, Sha-sha-la sha-na-na, Sha-na-na-nana
 B minorBm   C majorC  C/BC/B
A-WHOO, A-WHOO
A minorAm     E minorEm   C majorC    G+G    A minorAm     E minorEm
 Sha-na-na-nanana, Sha-sha sha-na-na, Sha-na-na-nana
 B minorBm
A-WHOO

Chorus 3:
     C majorC   G+G  B minorBm   E minorEm D MajorD C majorC       G+G       D MajorD     E minorEm D MajorD
Yeah just follow his high notes,  down to the bass where the low end goes
C majorC     G+G    B minorBm    C majorC       C majorC G/BG/B A minorAm    E minorEm
 Hungry to hide the killer inside, when the Coyote calls me home

Instrumental:
|E minorEm C majorC  |E minorEm   |C majorC     |E minorEm   |C majorC / G+G B minorBm|
         (3/4 time)
Refrain 2:
A minorAm     E minorEm   C majorC    G+G    A minorAm     E minorEm
 Sha-na-na-nanana, Sha-sha sha-na-na, Sha-na-na-nana
 B minorBm   C majorC  C/BC/B
A-WHOO, A-WHOO
A minorAm     E minorEm   C majorC    G+G    A minorAm     E minorEm
 Sha-na-na-nanana, Sha-sha sha-na-na, Sha-na-na-nana
 B minorBm   C majorC  G+G
A-WHOO, A-WHOO
A minorAm     E minorEm       C majorC    G+G    A minorAm     E minorEm
 Sha-na-na-nanana (sha-na), Sha-sha sha-na-na, Sha-na-na-nana
 Cadd9#11*
A-WHOO, A-WHOO

Outro:
  C*         E minorEm
e|-------------------||-0------------------||
BB|-------------------||-0------------------||
G+G|*-----0-------0---*||-0------------------||
D MajorD|*---2---2---2---2-*||-2------------------||
A augmentedA|--3-------3--------||-2------------------||
E MajorE|-------------------||-0------------------||
       Play 4x
  (Slow down gradually)

 *Note - the full chord here is Cadd9#11, but the
 guitar is actually playing the C majorC chord pattern
 in tab above. Strum or pick Cadd9#11 for full effect.
 Tab above starts at the 2nd half of first "A-WHOO"
 in last line of Refrain 2

End:

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Main Fingerpicking Patterns:

  E minorEm (& G, G/F#)   B minorBm (& C, Am, G/BG/B) D MajorD (& D7D7)
e|-----------------||-----------------||-----------------||
BB|-------0-------0-||-------3-------3-||-------3-------3-||
G+G|-----0-------0---||-----4-------4---||-----2-------2---||
D MajorD|---------2-------||-----------------||-0-------0-------||
A augmentedA|-----------------||-2-------2-------||-----------------||
E MajorE|-0---------------||-----------------||-----------------||

End:

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| (n) Ghost note
| h  Hammer-on
| p  Pull-off
| /  Slide up
| \  Slide down

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