Biography:
Joshua James is an American singer-songwriter currently based out of American Fork, Utah and Lincoln, Nebraska.
On his second album, Build Me This, the follow-up to his critically acclaimed The Sun is Always Brighter, produced by industry veteran Shannon Edgar, James expands his musical palette to foreboding doom-laden hard rock. Progressing from folkish harmonies, to country twang, world beats and southern home rock while further exploring themes of spiritual searching and heartbreaking loss.
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Other songs:
- Fm Radio
- Abbie Martin
- Annabelle
- Benediction
- Beware
- Black July
- Broken Tongue
- Cheyenne Wyoming
- Coal War
- Colbys Song
- Cowboys And Indians
- Coyote Caller
- Crash This Train
- Crooked Arrow
- Daniel
- Dear Darcy
- Doctor Oh Doctor
- Esperanza Live
- Feel The Same
- Geese
- Ghost In The Town
- Lawn Full Of Marigolds
- Lord Devil And Him
- Lovers Without Love
- Magazine
- Meet Me In The Middle
- My Confessionary Hymn
- Mystic
- New Love Song
- Old Best Friend
- One Nation Under God
- Queen Of The City
- Ribbon Bows
- Sister
- Soul The Sea
- Surrender
- Tell My Pa
- Today
- Weeds
- Willamette Mountain
- Wilted Daisies
- Winter Storm
- Wolves
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From the 2017 album "My Spirit Sister"
Capo 1st fret for original key of F minor
[CHORDS]
All chords are basic open chords except:
G/F# - 200003
Bm - x24432
G/B - x20003
C/B - x20010 (optional: mute 4th string)
Cadd9#11 - x34030
[Intro]
Em
e|----------------|
B|-------0--------|
G|----(0)---------| (x4)
D|------------2---|
A|--------0h2-----|
E|-0--------------|
[Verse 1]
Em C G D C G G/F#
Mile marker 35 I saw, John can ya hear him howlin?
Em C G
It must get lonely when the night sky falls
D D7
The coyote calling, I'd sing if my voice could:
[Chorus 1]
C G Bm Em D C G D Em D
Follow his high notes, down to the bass where the low end goes
C G Bm C C G/B Am Em
Hungry to hide the killer inside, when the Coyote calls me home
Lead Fill:
Em
e|----------------|
B|-8p7p53/5------|
G|----------------|
D|----------------|
A|----------------|
E|----------------|
[Verse 2]
Em C G
We wandered aimless till the sun came up
D C G G/F#
Oh bring out your trumpets, children
Em C G
Dance off the daylight till the moon wakes up
D D7
When the king of the prairie sings a dirge to awaken we:
[Chorus 2]
C G Bm Em D C G D Em D
Follow his high notes, down to the bass where the low end goes
C G Bm C C G/B Am Em
Hungry to hide the killer inside, when the Coyote calls me home
[Instrumental 1]
|C G |D |C G |Em |
|C G |D |C G |Em |
|Em |
[Verse 3]
Em C G
We caught him bathing, licking at his wounds
D C G
A face no reaction, just silence
Em C G
Without a warning he began the tune, singing:
[Refrain 1]
Am Em C G Am Em
Sha-na-na-nanana, Sha-sha-la sha-na-na, Sha-na-na-nana
Bm C C/B
A-WHOO, A-WHOO
Am Em C G Am Em
Sha-na-na-nanana, Sha-sha sha-na-na, Sha-na-na-nana
Bm
A-WHOO
[Chorus 3]
C G Bm Em D C G D Em D
Yeah just follow his high notes, down to the bass where the low end goes
C G Bm C C G/B Am Em
Hungry to hide the killer inside, when the Coyote calls me home
[Instrumental]
|Em C |Em |C |Em |C / G Bm|
(3/4 time)
[Refrain 2]
Am Em C G Am Em
Sha-na-na-nanana, Sha-sha sha-na-na, Sha-na-na-nana
Bm C C/B
A-WHOO, A-WHOO
Am Em C G Am Em
Sha-na-na-nanana, Sha-sha sha-na-na, Sha-na-na-nana
Bm C G
A-WHOO, A-WHOO
Am Em C G Am Em
Sha-na-na-nanana (sha-na), Sha-sha sha-na-na, Sha-na-na-nana
Cadd9#11*
A-WHOO, A-WHOO
[Outro]
C* Em
e|-------------------||-0------------------||
B|-------------------||-0------------------||
G|*-----0-------0---*||-0------------------||
D|*---2---2---2---2-*||-2------------------||
A|--3-------3--------||-2------------------||
E|-------------------||-0------------------||
Play 4x
(Slow down gradually)
*Note - the full chord here is Cadd9#11, but the
guitar is actually playing the C chord pattern
in tab above. Strum or pick Cadd9#11 for full effect.
Tab above starts at the 2nd half of first "A-WHOO"
in last line of Refrain 2
[End]
==============================================================
Main Fingerpicking Patterns:
Em (& G, G/F#) Bm (& C, Am, G/B) D (& D7)
e|-----------------||-----------------||-----------------||
B|-------0-------0-||-------3-------3-||-------3-------3-||
G|-----0-------0---||-----4-------4---||-----2-------2---||
D|---------2-------||-----------------||-0-------0-------||
A|-----------------||-2-------2-------||-----------------||
E|-0---------------||-----------------||-----------------||
[End]
************************************
| (n) Ghost note
| h Hammer-on
| p Pull-off
| / Slide up
| Slide down
************************************
Capo 1st fret for original key of F minor
[CHORDS]
All chords are basic open chords except:
G/F# - 200003
Bm - x24432
G/B - x20003
C/B - x20010 (optional: mute 4th string)
Cadd9#11 - x34030
[Intro]
Em
e|----------------|
B|-------0--------|
G|----(0)---------| (x4)
D|------------2---|
A|--------0h2-----|
E|-0--------------|
[Verse 1]
Em C G D C G G/F#
Mile marker 35 I saw, John can ya hear him howlin?
Em C G
It must get lonely when the night sky falls
D D7
The coyote calling, I'd sing if my voice could:
[Chorus 1]
C G Bm Em D C G D Em D
Follow his high notes, down to the bass where the low end goes
C G Bm C C G/B Am Em
Hungry to hide the killer inside, when the Coyote calls me home
Lead Fill:
Em
e|----------------|
B|-8p7p53/5------|
G|----------------|
D|----------------|
A|----------------|
E|----------------|
[Verse 2]
Em C G
We wandered aimless till the sun came up
D C G G/F#
Oh bring out your trumpets, children
Em C G
Dance off the daylight till the moon wakes up
D D7
When the king of the prairie sings a dirge to awaken we:
[Chorus 2]
C G Bm Em D C G D Em D
Follow his high notes, down to the bass where the low end goes
C G Bm C C G/B Am Em
Hungry to hide the killer inside, when the Coyote calls me home
[Instrumental 1]
|C G |D |C G |Em |
|C G |D |C G |Em |
|Em |
[Verse 3]
Em C G
We caught him bathing, licking at his wounds
D C G
A face no reaction, just silence
Em C G
Without a warning he began the tune, singing:
[Refrain 1]
Am Em C G Am Em
Sha-na-na-nanana, Sha-sha-la sha-na-na, Sha-na-na-nana
Bm C C/B
A-WHOO, A-WHOO
Am Em C G Am Em
Sha-na-na-nanana, Sha-sha sha-na-na, Sha-na-na-nana
Bm
A-WHOO
[Chorus 3]
C G Bm Em D C G D Em D
Yeah just follow his high notes, down to the bass where the low end goes
C G Bm C C G/B Am Em
Hungry to hide the killer inside, when the Coyote calls me home
[Instrumental]
|Em C |Em |C |Em |C / G Bm|
(3/4 time)
[Refrain 2]
Am Em C G Am Em
Sha-na-na-nanana, Sha-sha sha-na-na, Sha-na-na-nana
Bm C C/B
A-WHOO, A-WHOO
Am Em C G Am Em
Sha-na-na-nanana, Sha-sha sha-na-na, Sha-na-na-nana
Bm C G
A-WHOO, A-WHOO
Am Em C G Am Em
Sha-na-na-nanana (sha-na), Sha-sha sha-na-na, Sha-na-na-nana
Cadd9#11*
A-WHOO, A-WHOO
[Outro]
C* Em
e|-------------------||-0------------------||
B|-------------------||-0------------------||
G|*-----0-------0---*||-0------------------||
D|*---2---2---2---2-*||-2------------------||
A|--3-------3--------||-2------------------||
E|-------------------||-0------------------||
Play 4x
(Slow down gradually)
*Note - the full chord here is Cadd9#11, but the
guitar is actually playing the C chord pattern
in tab above. Strum or pick Cadd9#11 for full effect.
Tab above starts at the 2nd half of first "A-WHOO"
in last line of Refrain 2
[End]
==============================================================
Main Fingerpicking Patterns:
Em (& G, G/F#) Bm (& C, Am, G/B) D (& D7)
e|-----------------||-----------------||-----------------||
B|-------0-------0-||-------3-------3-||-------3-------3-||
G|-----0-------0---||-----4-------4---||-----2-------2---||
D|---------2-------||-----------------||-0-------0-------||
A|-----------------||-2-------2-------||-----------------||
E|-0---------------||-----------------||-----------------||
[End]
************************************
| (n) Ghost note
| h Hammer-on
| p Pull-off
| / Slide up
| Slide down
************************************
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