Coyote Caller chords by Joshua James

• Capo on 1st

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: Fm

Difficulty: Novice

From the 2017 album "My Spirit Sister"

Capo 1st fret for original key of F minor

CHORDS:
All chords are basic open chords except:

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

Intro:
   Em
e|----------------|
B|-------0--------|
G|----(0)---------| (x4)
D|------------2---|
A|--------0h2-----|
E|-0--------------|


Verse 1:
Em             C     G  D                    C     G  G/F#
  Mile marker 35 I saw, John can ya hear him howlin?
Em                            C            G
  It must get lonely when the night sky falls
    D                      D7
The coyote calling, I'd sing if my voice could:


Chorus 1:
C      G    Bm     Em  D C             G              D         Em  D
 Follow his high notes,    down to the bass where the low end goes
C          G        Bm        C             C  G/B Am       Em
 Hungry to hide the killer inside, when the Coyote calls me home

Lead Fill:
   Em
e|----------------|
B|-8p7p5\3/5------|
G|----------------|
D|----------------|
A|----------------|
E|----------------|

Verse 2:
Em                             C         G
  We wandered aimless till the sun came up
   D                           C    G  G/F#
Oh bring out your trumpets, children
Em                                C           G
  Dance off the daylight till the moon wakes up
         D                           D7
When the king of the prairie sings a dirge to awaken we:

Chorus 2:
C      G    Bm     Em  D C             G              D         Em  D
 Follow his high notes,    down to the bass where the low end goes
C          G        Bm        C             C  G/B Am       Em
 Hungry to hide the killer inside, when the Coyote calls me home

Instrumental 1:
|C  G  |D     |C  G  |Em    |
|C  G  |D     |C  G  |Em    |
|Em    |

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

Refrain 1:
Am          Em     C           G        Am          Em
  Sha-na-na-nanana, Sha-sha-la sha-na-na, Sha-na-na-nana
  Bm      C    C/B
A-WHOO, A-WHOO
Am          Em     C        G        Am          Em
  Sha-na-na-nanana, Sha-sha sha-na-na, Sha-na-na-nana
  Bm
A-WHOO

Chorus 3:
         C      G    Bm     Em  D C             G              D         Em  D
Yeah just follow his high notes,    down to the bass where the low end goes
C          G        Bm        C             C  G/B Am       Em
 Hungry to hide the killer inside, when the Coyote calls me home

Instrumental:
|Em  C   |Em     |C         |Em      |C / G Bm|
                  (3/4 time)
Refrain 2:
Am          Em     C        G        Am          Em
  Sha-na-na-nanana, Sha-sha sha-na-na, Sha-na-na-nana
  Bm      C    C/B
A-WHOO, A-WHOO
Am          Em     C        G        Am          Em
  Sha-na-na-nanana, Sha-sha sha-na-na, Sha-na-na-nana
  Bm      C    G
A-WHOO, A-WHOO
Am          Em              C        G        Am          Em
  Sha-na-na-nanana (sha-na), Sha-sha sha-na-na, Sha-na-na-nana
  Cadd9#11*
A-WHOO, A-WHOO

Outro:
   C*                  Em
e|-------------------||-0------------------||
B|-------------------||-0------------------||
G|*-----0-------0---*||-0------------------||
D|*---2---2---2---2-*||-2------------------||
A|--3-------3--------||-2------------------||
E|-------------------||-0------------------||
              Play 4x
   (Slow down gradually)

 *Note - the full chord here is Cadd9#11, but the
  guitar is actually playing the C 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:

   Em (& G, G/F#)     Bm (& C, Am, G/B)  D (& D7)
e|-----------------||-----------------||-----------------||
B|-------0-------0-||-------3-------3-||-------3-------3-||
G|-----0-------0---||-----4-------4---||-----2-------2---||
D|---------2-------||-----------------||-0-------0-------||
A|-----------------||-2-------2-------||-----------------||
E|-0---------------||-----------------||-----------------||

End:

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

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