Canyons and Caverns by Shawn Mullins

Chords:


       E(022100)  Esus4 (033300)   B (799600)   A (577600)   F#(244300)

       C#m( (x13321@4)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 (022100@1)	  Bit (x2444x@1)was taken in the desert early light
E /Esus4
i look a lot like a leprechaun
E /Esus4
with a mexican vest and a red hippie hat on
              B (x2444x@1)	               D (xx0232@1)  Bmaracas (x2444x@1)in my left hand, stick in my right
   E (022100@1)   	F# (244322@1)     D (xx0232@1) E/Esus4 (022100@1)there are canyons there are caverns
           E (022100@1)    F# (244322@1)D (xx0232@1)     Bthere (x2444x@1)are boarder roadside taverns
            C#m (x13321@4)  B (x2444x@1)   ASUS2          E (022100@1) E/Esus4 (022100@1)   Bi (x2444x@1)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 (022100@1)                     Bi (x2444x@1)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 (022100@1)                      B (x2444x@1)            D (xx0232@1) Bi (x2444x@1)draw and i dream and beat my drums up there
           E (022100@1)   F# (244322@1)           D (xx0232@1)         E/Esus4 (022100@1)there are circus lights and maple leaves
E (022100@1)             F# (244322@1)           D (xx0232@1)  Bthere (x2444x@1)are daffodils and dogwood trees
              C#m (x13321@4) B (x2444x@1)  ASUS2          Ei (022100@1)am held captive by the big blue sky above me


Between here play the following chords (fingerplay):

EADGBE		EADGBE		EADGBE
4xx400		5xx400		7xx800   2X   and play Bat (x2444x@1)last

E /Esus4
now the coffee's strong
E /Esus4
and the fruit's all wrong
E/Esus4 (022100@1)		 Band (x2444x@1)my wakeup call's for somebody else
E /Esus4
and the tv's hoax and neurosis jokes
                 Balways (x2444x@1)keep my laughing at myself
       D (xx0232@1)                      Band (x2444x@1)i laugh a lot that's what i do
       D (xx0232@1)                     Band (x2444x@1)i learn the things i never knew
 E (022100@1)          F# (244322@1)         D (xx0232@1) E/Esus4 (022100@1)and i see canyons i see caverns
      E (022100@1)     F# (244322@1)       D (xx0232@1)      Bi (x2444x@1)see border roadside taverns
              C#m (x13321@4)    B (x2444x@1)   ASUS2         Eand (022100@1)i am held captive by the big blue sky above me
   E (022100@1)         B (x2444x@1)            ASUS2      Ei (022100@1)am held captive only by the big blue sky
  E (022100@1)          B (x2444x@1)        ASUS2          E (022100@1)   ASUS2   B (x2444x@1)    E (022100@1)and fade out
i am held captive by the big blue sky above me


Roger Loftaas
29.08.2001
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