CAPO 1st Fret 

intro: Am G E Am F G 

 Am                G 
I've been riding fence all day, 
 E              Am 
Way up on the summer range. 
                   G            E 
Found a place to make my bed 
                  Am 
As the evening shadows spread 
  F           G       Am 
Beyond the campfire light, 
               F      G       Am 
through the stillness of the night, 
          F          G    Am  G 
Came the call of a coyote choir, 
         F 
And the song 
        G           Am 
Of the wind in the wire. 


repeat intro 

Am                   G 
As it strummed the rusted strings, 
E                   Am 
It sang of long-forgotten things. 
                G 
Many moons and many suns 
E               Am 
Of the real Americans. 
           F    G       Am 
When the arrow and the bow 
              F 
Stalked the range 
        G   Am 
Of the buffalo, 
         F            G    Am  G 
And the call of the coyote choir 
     F 
You know song 
        G           F      (right after you play this F chord go straight to instrumental) 
Of the wind in the wire. 


instrumental: G Am F G Am F G Am G F G 

Am              G         E 
As the ghostly balladeer 
               Am 
Hypnotized me, I could hear 
                   G 
Bugle calls, and battle cries. 
             Am 
Broken promises and lies. 
       F     G       Am 
The spirits of the plain 
       F          G    Am 
Still sing their sad refrain 
        F             G   Am  G 
In the call of the coyote choir 
         F 
And the song 
        G           Am 
Of the wind in the wire. 
       F     G       Am 
The spirits of the plain 
       F          G    Am 
Still sing their sad refrain 
        F             G   Am  G 
In the call of the coyote choir 
         F 
And the song 
        G           Am 
Of the wind in the wire. 

Outro: Am G E Am F G Am