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Canyonland by Kaia Kater
Canyonland
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: 5th fret
Key: G
Kaia plays this on a 5-string Banjo in G modal tuning (gDGCD) with capo on the 5th fret (no 5th string capo).
It's also playable in standard open G tuning, without capo, and/or in 3-finger style, though.
She picks most of the song in her typical syncopated drop-thumb pattern, but the 1st verse is different.
M is for finger you hit with (I use mostly middle), T is for thumb. x is for not hitting a string on a beat.
Banjo Picking pattern A (only 1st verse):
D|M---M---|M---M---|
C|-T---T--|-T---T--|
G|--M---M-|--M---M-|
D|--------|--------|
g|---T---T|---T---T|
Picking pattern B (rest of the song)
This is Kaia's standard roll I think; the exact strings hit depend on the melody,
but the thumb almost always rests on the first offbeat and then follows the hand down to the lower string,
while the middle or index finger leaves out the third beat, making a rhythmic pattern like X-XX-XXX.
D|------M-|------M-|
C|----x--T|----x--T|
G|M-M--T--|M-M--T--|
D|--------|--------|
g|-x-T----|-x-T----|
Chords on 5-String Banjo in G modal tuning:
Chord names are guesswork due to missing or additional notes, but frettings are simple.
I ignore the capo here so all frets are counted from zero and names refer to the actual sounding tones.
[Verse]
G Eb F(add9) Am6/7
D|--12--|--12--|---8--|--10--| |--7--|
C|--11--|--11--|---7--|---9--| |--7--|
G|--12--|--12--|---8--|--10--| |--5--|
D|------|------|------|------| |--7--|
g|---5--|---5--|---5--|---5--| |--5--|
[Chorus]
C5 F(add9) Bb G5
D|---5--|--5--|---5--|---5--| |--7--|
C|---7--|--5--|---5--|---7--| |--7--|
G|---5--|--5--|---7--|---7--| |--5--|
D|---5--|--7--|---8--|---5--| |--7--|
g|---5--|--5--|---5--|---5--| |--5--|
[Bridge]
F(add9) D(add4) F(add9) G5 G7
D|---5--|---5--|---5--|---5--|---5--|
C|---5--|---6--|---5--|---7--|---7--|
G|---5--|---7--|---5--|---7--|---7--|
D|---7--|---5--|---7--|---5--|---9--|
g|---5--|---5--|---5--|---5--|---5--|
[Verse]
G Eb F(add9)
In a freeway trailer the horses flash golden manes,
G Eb F(add9)
you puff the vapor and blow it off the window pane
G Eb F(add9)
My heavy braids fall like ropes pulling softly at you,
G Eb F(add9)
urging you to look in my direction
G Eb F(add9)
The dark-haired dusk flaunts her coral lips at sunset
G Eb F(add9)
you are fussing with the tape deck
G Eb F(add9)
I am teetering, pacing at the edge of you,
G Am6/7
mining for a breach in your inflection
[Chorus]
G5 C5 F(add9)
In the Canyonland of rock
Bb G5
where the twitching jackal hides
C5 F(add9)
and the woman takes her time
Bb G5
takes her time
C5 F(add9)
In the Canyonland of stone
Bb G5
you can size me up and run
C5 F(add9)
Come on, cleave me from your rib
Bb(6) Am6/7
I’ll be gone
[Verse]
G Eb F(add9)
There was a time when all I knew was all I wanted
G Eb F(add9)
When every crop was set ablaze.
G Eb F(add9)
Like the bird I have turned and pulled you into me,
G Eb F(add9)
whistling all the themes to your resentment
G Eb F(add9)
Steady baby, steady on the hazard lights
G Eb F(add9)
The lizard crosses on the road
G Eb F(add9)
My broken oath is hanging from the dashboard face
G Am6/7
and you are waiting to reload
[Chorus]
G5 C5 F(add9)
In the Canyonland of rock
Bb G5
where the twitching jackal hides
C5 F(add9)
and the woman takes her time
Bb G5
takes her time
C5 F(add9)
In the Canyonland of stone
Bb G5
you can size me up and run
C5 F(add9)
Come on, cleave me from your rib
Bb(6) Am6/7
I’ll be gone
[Bridge]
F(add9)
I see you breaking.
D(add4) F(add9)
Baby what for?
D(add4) F(add9)
Baby what for?
G5 G7
Maybe for me
F(add9)
I see you breaking.
D(add4) F(add9)
Baby what for?
D(add4) F(add9)
Baby what for?
G5 G7 G5
Maybe for me
[Chorus]
G5 C5 F(add9)
In the Canyonland of rock
Bb G5
where the twitching jackal hides
C5 F(add9)
and the woman takes her time
Bb G5
takes her time
C5 F(add9)
In the Canyonland of stone
Bb G5
you can size me up and run
C5 F(add9)
Come on, cleave me from your rib
Bb(6) Am6/7
I’ll be gone
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