Violent Femmes - Cold Canyon

      
 
 Song: Cold Canyon
 Artist: Violent Femmes
 Album: The Blind Leading The Naked
 
 Transcribed by Wesley Torres <wtorres@bucknell.edu>
 
 Intro:
 Drums
 
 Verse 1:
 A                        
 Travel 'round the country
 Look out for what I can get
 Another blessed highway
 Hey mister you're gonna regret
         D                               
 'Cause you just reminded me of something
             A   
 I long to forget
        E                                
 But no matter how much he drink or smoke
 A                      
 My memory's still clear
 It hurts me dear
 It's sharp today like it was yesterday
 No I don't have much hope
 
 Verse 2:
 A                          
 Just the other night I came
 Face to face with my past
 Came down like a lightning bolt
 Struck me with a flash
        D               
 I was praying all along
                    A  
 That it would not last
    E                              
 Oh stop it stop it stop it stop it
 Y'know the last time you rang
 A                           
 I nearly died I almost cried
 I put my pride in my pockets
 And said you gotta stay cool cool cool
 Y'know some things just gotta hang
 
 Chorus:
 
    D        
 Oh Lord Lord
 A           
 Take me back
      D        
 I'm going back
 A             
 The long track
 E                     
 So do yourself a favor
 And leave me if you please
 D                        
 I'm in a cold cold canyon
                      A        
 With a cold cold canyon breeze
 
 Verse 3:
 A                        
 Woke up in a strange room
 And then I saw a door
 I went right over and opened it
 Though I'd never been there before
            D                      
 Started presiding over the meeting
                              A   
 The chairman said I had the floor
 E                                           
 And when we adjourned everyone was satisfied
 A                   
 We all got our money
 Then went out where it was sunny
 But it was kind of funny
 To find out that I was such a dummy
 But there's no place you can really hide
 
 repeat Chorus:
 
 Verse 4:
 yay yay yay yay (repeatedly over normal verse pattern)