by: Tom Russell

written by: Tom Russell and Ian Tyson - End Of The Trail Music/Slick Fork

(capo 2nd fret)

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

Chorus:

Ai-yi-yi, Katie, shades of red and blue

Ai-yi-yi, Katie

Whatever became of the Navajo rug and you?

G

Well I saw old Jack about a year ago

Am

He said the place burned to the ground

C

And all he saved was an old bear tooth

D

And Katie she left town

G

But Katie she got her a souvenir too

Am

Jack spat out a tabacco plug

C

He said "You shoulda seen her runnin' through the smoke

D

Draggin' that Navajo rug."

Repeat Chorus

G

Now everytime I cross the sacred mountains

Am

And lightning breaks above

C

It always takes me back in time

D

To my long lost Katie love

G

Ah but everything keeps on movin'

Am

And everyone's on the go

C

They don't make things that last anymore

D

Like a double-woven Navajo

Repeat Chorus

Em C D

Katie, shades of red and blue

G Em

Ay-yi-yi, Katie

C G Em C D G

Whatever became of the Navajo rug and you?

From the album Song Of The West - The Cowboy Collection 1997

HMG/Hightone Records. This is a softer acoustic version than found on

previous Tom Russell or Ian Tyson albums

Transcribed by: Greg Yuriy

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