Navajo Rug
Tom Russell BandVersion1
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
Well it's three eggs up on whiskey toast
Homefries on the side
Wash it down with truckstop coffee
Burns up your inside
Just a Canyon, Colorado diner
And a waitress I did love
We sat in the back 'neath an old stuffed bear
And a worn out Navajo rug
Well old Jack the boss he'd close at six
Then it's Katie bar the door
She'd pull down that Navajo rug
And she'd spread it 'cross the floor
Hey I saw lightning in the sacred mountains
Saw the dance of the turtle doves
Lyin' next to Katie
On that old Navajo rug
Ai-yi-yi, Katie, shades of red and blue
Ai-yi-yi, Katie
Whatever became of the Navajo rug and you?
Well I saw old Jack about a year ago
He said the place burned to the ground
And all he saved was an old bear tooth
And Katie she left town
But Katie she got her a souvenir too
Jack spat out a tabacco plug
He said "You shoulda seen her runnin' through the smoke
Draggin' that Navajo rug."
Repeat Chorus
Now everytime I cross the sacred mountains
And lightning breaks above
It always takes me back in time
To my long lost Katie love
Ah but everything keeps on movin'
And everyone's on the go
They don't make things that last anymore
Like a double-woven Navajo
Repeat Chorus
Katie, shades of red and blue
Ay-yi-yi, Katie
Whatever became of the Navajo rug and you?
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Readable chord sheet for Navajo Rug by Tom Russell Band
W[G]ell it's three eggs up on whiskey toast H[Am]omefries on the side W[C]ash it down with truckstop coffee B[D]urns up your inside J[G]ust a Canyon, Colorado diner A[Am]nd a waitress I did love W[C]e sat in the back 'neath an old stuffed bear A[D]nd a worn out Navajo rug W[G]ell old Jack the boss he'd close at six T[Am]hen it's Katie bar the door S[C]he'd pull down that Navajo rug A[D]nd she'd spread it 'cross the floor H[G]ey I saw lightning in the sacred mountains S[Am]aw the dance of the turtle doves L[C]yin' next to Katie O[D]n that old Navajo rug A[G]i-yi-yi, Ka[Em]tie, sha[C]des of red and blue[D] A[G]i-yi-[Em]yi, Katie W[C]hatever became of the Navajo rug and yo[G]u? [Em] [C] [D] W[G]ell I saw old Jack about a year ago H[Am]e said the place burned to the ground A[C]nd all he saved was an old bear tooth A[D]nd Katie she left town B[G]ut Katie she got her a souvenir too J[Am]ack spat out a tabacco plug H[C]e said "You shoulda seen her runnin' through the smoke D[D]raggin' that Navajo rug." Repeat Chorus N[G]ow everytime I cross the sacred mountains A[Am]nd lightning breaks above I[C]t always takes me back in time T[D]o my long lost Katie love A[G]h but everything keeps on movin' A[Am]nd everyone's on the go T[C]hey don't make things that last anymore L[D]ike a double-woven Navajo Repeat Chorus K[Em]atie, sh[C]ades of red and blu[D]e A[G]y-yi-[Em]yi, Katie W[C]hatever became of the Navajo rug and yo[G]u? [Em] [C] [D] [G]