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)