Mar302024

Bailey Bigger – Coyote Red Chords on Piano and Ukulele

ChordsCC/GG F D

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These are Coyote Red by Bailey Bigger on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar & Keyboard.

[Intro]
C  C/G   C   C/G

[Verse 1]
C
Coyote red
           G
Why do you lay with me?
You could go anywhere
 you like
             C
See what you wanna see
C
Coyote red
           F
Why do you sleep atop
    D
my bed?
           C
You're the wildest one
    G
I know
       C    G  C
Coyote red

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[Verse 2]
C
Coyote red
              G
Why don't you run away?
You're faster than
time itself
               C
And I couldn't catch
the day
C
Coyote red
          F
I'd never tie you up
    D
instead
            C
You're the wildest one
   G
I know
       C
Coyote red

[Verse 3]
C
Sometimes at night
           G
I feel you next to me
A rare moment of touch
              C
While you are fast asleep
Brings tеars to my eyes
            F
To know you love with
     D
compromisе
    C              G
The wildest howl I know
            C
To match my cries

[Chorus]
C
Coyote red
          G
I'd never tame you,
friend
I couldn't if I tried
                    C
'Cause you know you run
this land
C
Coyote red
         F
You just make me free
    D
instead
           C
You're the wildest one
    G
 I know
       C
Coyote red
            C
You're the wildest
       G
 one I know
       C
Coyote red

How to play Coyote Red: key, chords and progression

Coyote Red by Bailey Bigger is centred on C major (no sharps or flats). The song uses 5 chords: C, C/G, G, F and D.

The progression the song keeps returning to is C – G – C – F (I – V – I – IV in C major). In solfa, that is doh – soh – doh – fah. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 5th fret and play the shapes G, D, C, A (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 75% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.