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Capo VII
Intro: (C)(C7)(F)(C)(G)(C)
The fairest (C)bloom the mountain knows
Just a simple flower so small and plain
(G)(C)(C7)(F)(C)(G)(C)
Well it makes its home mid the rocks and the rills
(C)(C7)(F)(C)(G)(C)
Capo V
Intro: (Em)
We lease twenty acres and (C)one Ginny mule
CHORUS:
We (C)cannot have all things to (G)please us
I had a daughter, (C)called her Annabelle
CHORUS
(Em)When I'm dead and buried
CHORUS
Capo V
Intro: (G)(D)
Oh the (G)night came undone like a party dress
Well she (G)tosses and turns because the sun is unkind
Oh the (D)barroom girls go (G)by your side
Now she (G)rolls to her feet when she can't sleep no more
Capo V
Intro: (G)(D)(C)(G)
When I cross over
CHORUS:
A man of riches
CHORUS
On Calvary Mountain
CHORUS
Give this song its intense, droning vibe by leaving the second string open
on the (Am) chord, and the top string open on the (D) chord. And on the
last chorus, play only the (Am) chord throughout the whole four lines.
Capo VI
Am: 002200
Intro: (Am)
Caleb Meyer he lived alone
Long one evening in back of my house
Caleb Meyer your ghost is gonna
"Where's your husband, Nellie Cane
"Yes my husband's gone to Bowling Green
Caleb Meyer your ghost is gonna
He threw me in the needle bed
I cried my God I am your child
I drew that glass across his neck
Caleb Meyer your ghost is gonna
(Am)Caleb Meyer your ghost is gonna
(F)Balled out wasted and I feel I'm going down
(F)I went walking with a girl as pure as milk
(F)Rocks in my pockets and the devil on my back
(F)Balled out wasted and I feel I'm going down
Capo I
In the (G)black dust towns
I'm (G)down in a hole
(G)Well you search the rain
I'm (G)down in a hole
(G)There's something good
I'm (G)down in a hole
Capo V
Intro: (Am)(G)(F)(G)(C)
A (C)long time ago (G)I left my (C)home
So I (C)sent my wages (G)to my (C)home
CHORUS:
(Am)(G)(F)(G)(C)
No (C)work said the boss (G)at the bunk house (C)door
CHORUS
A (C)long time ago (G)I left my (C)home
(Am)One (G)more (F)dime to (G)show for my (C)day
Capo III
Intro: (C)(F)(G)(C)
(C)There's a hundred bluebirds
(G)But there's only one and (C)only
(C)There's a world of trouble
(G)But there's only one and (C)only
(C)There's a mile of blacktop
(G)But there's only one and (C)only
(C)(F)(G)(C) . . . (C)(F)(G)(C)
Capo I
Intro: (G)
I am an (G)orphan
I have no (G)mother
I have had friendships
I know no (G)mother
But when he calls me
I'll meet my (G)mother
Blessed savior
Be my (G)mother
Intro: (G)
Oh the (G)girls all dance with the boys from the city
And it's (G)under my nails and it's under my collar
But (C)when I pass through the (G)pearly gates
Now it's (G)mud in the spring and it's dust in the summer
But (C)when I pass through the (G)pearly gates
Now (G)Jordan's banks, they're red and muddy
But (C)when I pass through the (G)pearly gates
When playing the (D) chord, rock back and forth by hammering on the (C) note
on the fifth string (third fret) with the middle finger of your fretting hand
(the one that normally frets the second fret on the first string). Do this
for all the (D) chords except the first one in the last line of each
verse . . . play along with the CD and you'll hear what I mean.
Intro: (D)
Put no (D)stone at my head
CHORUS:
Oh (G)tear my stillhouse down
When I was a child
CHORUS
Oh (D)tell all your children
CHORUS
Capo III
(G)Oh little red bird
(C)So long now (G)I've been out
(G)Oh little blue bird
(C)So long now (G)I've been out
(G)Oh little black bird
(C)So long now (G)I've been out
(C)So long now (G)I've been out
Is not an iris or a wild rose(C7)
But the little (F)flower of which I'll (C)tell
Known as the (G)brave acony (C)bell (G)(C)
With pearly hue and a little known name(C7)
But the yellow birds (F)sings when they see it (C)bloom
For they know that (G)spring is coming (C)soon (G)(C)
Where the snow lie deep on the windy hills(C7)
And it tells the (F)world "Why should I (C)wait
This ice and (G)snow is gonna melt a(C)way"
And so I'll (F)sing that yellow bird's (C)song
For the troubled (G)times will soon be gone
ANNABELLE
(B7)From the Alabama (Em)trust
For half of the cotton and a (C)third of the corn
(B7)We get a handful of (Em)dust
No (D)matter how we (Em)try
Until we've (C)all gone to (G)Jesus
We can (D)only wonder (Em)why (C)(D)(Em)
(B7)She's the apple of my (Em)eye
Tried to give her something like (C)I never had
(B7)Didn't want to ever hear her (Em)cry
I'll take a (C)hard life of tears
(B7)From every day I've ever (Em)known
Anna's in the churchyard, she got (C)no life at all
(B7)She only got these words on a (Em)stone
BARROOM GIRLS
And fell at her feet in a beautiful (D)mess
The (G)smoke and the whiskey came home in her (C)curls
And they crept through the (G)dreams of the (D)barroom (G)girls (D)
And the heat of the day is coming in through the (D)blinds
But (G)leave all the blue skies for the rest of the (C)world
Because the neon will (G)shine for the (D)barroom (G)girls
Like the (A)ponies who pass on a (D)carousel ride
And (G)all of the colors go 'round in a (C)swirl
When you dance in the (G)arms of the (D)barroom (G)girls
And looks at her clothes lying out on the (D)floor
(G)Last night's spangles and yesterday's (C)pearls
Are the bright morning (G)stars of the (D)barroom (G)girls
Last night's spangles and yesterday's (C)pearls
Are the bright morning (G)stars of the (D)barroom (G)girls
BY THE MARK
I will (D)shout and sing
I will (G)know my savior
By the (D)mark where the (C)nails have (G)been
By the mark where the nails have been
By the (D)sign upon his (G)precious skin
I will know my savior when I come to him
By the (D)mark where the (C)nails have (G)been (D)(C)(G)
May (D)claim a crown of jewels
But the (G)king of heaven
Can be (D)told from the (C)prince of (G)fools
Where they (D)made him suffer so
All my (G)sin was paid for
A (D)long, long (C)time a(G)go
CALEB MEYER
G: 320033
D: 200230
In them hollering (G)pines
And he made a little whiskey (D)for himself
Said it helped to pass the (Am)time
Caleb come a(G)round
And he called my name 'til (D)I went out
With no one else a(Am)round
Wear them rattling (G)chains
But when I go to (D)sleep at night
Don't you call my (Am)name
Where's your darlin' (G)gone?
Did he go on down the (D)mountainside
And leave you all a(Am)lone?"
To do some business (G)there"
And Caleb threw that (D)bottle down
And grabbed my by my (Am)hair
Wear them rattling (G)chains
But when I go to (D)sleep at night
Don't you call my (Am)name
Across my dress he (G)lay
Then he pinned my hands a(D)bove my head
And I commenced to (Am)pray
Send your angels (G)down
Then feeling with my (D)fingertips
The bottle neck I (Am)found
Fine as any (G)blade
Then I felt his blood pour (D)fast and hot
Around me as I (Am)laid
Wear them rattling (G)chains
But when I go to (D)sleep at night
Don't you call my (Am)name
Wear them rattling chains
But when I go to sleep at night
Don't you call my name
GOOD 'TIL NOW
(Bb)Balled out wasted and I feel I'm going (F)down
(C)Good bye darling, (Bb)I've been good 'til (F)now
(Bb)I went walking with a girl as pure as (F)milk
(C)Standing on the corner (Bb)sweating through her yellow (F)silk
(Bb)Rocks in my pockets and the devil on my (F)back
(C)You won't even (Bb)come across the (F)tracks
(Bb)Balled out wasted and I feel I'm going (F)down
(C)Good bye darling, (Bb)I've been good 'til (F)now
MINER'S REFRAIN
Of East Tennessee
All the work's a(D)bout the (G)same
He may not go
To a job in the ground
But he'll learn the (D)miner's re(G)frain
I'm down in a hole
Down in a (D)deep dark (G)hole
I'm down in a hole
I'm down in a hole
(D)Down in a deep dark (G)hole
For the silver cloud
And you wait on (D)days of (G)gold
When you're pitched to the bottom
And the dirt comes down
You'll cry "So (D)cold, so (G)cold"
I'm down in a hole
(D)Down in a deep dark (G)hole
In a worried song
For the trouble (D)in your (G)soul
Cause a worried man's
Been a long way down
Down in a (D)deep dark (G)hole
I'm down in a hole
Down in a (D)deep dark (G)hole
I'm down in a hole
I'm down in a hole
(D)Down in a deep dark (G)hole
I'm (D)down in a deep dark (G)hole (Em)(G)(Em)(D)(G)
ONE MORE DOLLAR
For a (F)job in the (C)fruit trees
But I missed those hills with the (G)windy (C)pines
For their (F)song seemed to (C)suit me
And said we'd (F)soon be to(C)gether
For the next good crop (G)would pay my (C)way
And I would (F)come home for(C)ever
(Am)One (G)more (F)dime to (G)show for my (C)day
(Am)One (G)more (F)dollar and (G)I'm on my (C)way
When I (Am)reach (G)those (F)hills, boys, (G)I'll never (C)roam
(Am)One (G)more (F)dollar and (G)I'm going (C)home
There's a (F)freeze on the (C)branches
So when the dice came out at the (G)bar down(C)town
I (F)rolled and I took my (C)chances
Just a (F)boy passing (C)twenty
Could you spare a coin and a (G)Christian (C)prayer
For my (F)luck has turned a(C)gainst me
(Am)One (G)more (F)dollar and (G)I'm on my (C)way
When I (Am)reach (G)those (F)hills, boys, (G)I'll never (C)roam
(Am)One (G)more (F)dollar and (G)I'm going (C)home
(Am)One (G)more (F)dollar, boys, (G)I'm going (C)home
ONLY ONE AND ONLY
(F)Up above the clouds
(G)Putting all the color in the (C)sky
And twice as many tear drops
(F)there to wash it down
(G)Every one's another lulla(C)by
(G)Who could go and leave me (F)lone(G)ly
(F)Trying to take its turn
(G)I can hear it shaking under(C)ground
And half a dozen lessons
(F)I might never learn
(G)Not until them troubles come a(C)round
(G)Who could go and leave me (F)lone(G)ly
(F)Where the road begins
(G)It takes a time or two to recog(C)nize
Growing at the roadside
(F)Scattered by the wind
(G)Are everybody's unsaid sad good(C)byes
(G)Who could go and leave me (F)lone(G)ly
You're the only one and (C)only
(G)Why'd you go and leave me (F)lone(G)ly
ORPHAN GIRL
On God's (D)highway
But I'll share my (G)troubles
If you'll go (C)my way
No (D)father, no (G)sister
No (C)brother
(G)I am an (D)orphan (G)girl
Pure and (D)golden
But the ties of (G)kinship
I have not (C)known them
No (D)father, no (G)sister
No (C)brother
(G)I am an (D)orphan (G)girl
I will be (D)able
To meet my (G)family
At God's (C)table
My (D)father, my (G)sister
My (C)brother
(G)No more an (D)orphan (G)girl
Make me (D)willing
And walk be(G)side me
Until I'm (C)with them
My (D)father, my (G)sister
My (C)brother
(G)I am an (D)orphan (G)girl
I am an (D)orphan (C)girl (G)
RED CLAY HALO
And they don't care to dance with (D)me
Now it (G)ain't my fault that the fields are muddy
And the red clay (D)stains my (G)feet
And it shows on my Sunday (D)clothes
I (G)do my best with soap and water
But the damned old (D)dirt won't (G)go
Will my (D)gown be gold in(G)stead
Or just a (C)red clay robe with (G)red clay wings
And a (D)red clay halo for my (G)head
When it blows in a crimson (D)tide
Until the (G)trees and the leaves and the cows are the color
Of the dirt on the (D)mountain(G)side
Will my (D)gown be gold in(G)stead
Or just a (C)red clay robe with (G)red clay wings
And a (D)red clay halo for my (G)head
And the rolling water is (D)wide
But I (G)got no boat so I'll be good and muddy
When I get to the (D)other (G)side
Will my (D)gown be gold in(G)stead
Or just a (C)red clay robe with (G)red clay wings
And a (D)red clay halo for my (G)head
I'll take a (C)red clay robe with (G)red clay wings
And a (D)red clay halo for my (G)head
TEAR MY STILLHOUSE DOWN
No (G)flowers on my tomb
No (D)gold plated sign
In a (A)marble pillared room
The (D)one thing I want
When they (G)lay me in the ground
When I (D)die (A)tear my stillhouse (D)down
Let it go to rust
Don't (D)leave no trace of the hiding place
Where I made that evil stuff
For (G)all my time and money
No profit did I see
That (D)old copper kettle was the (A)death of (D)me
Way (G)back in the hills
I (D)laughed at the men
Who (A)tended those stills
But that (D)old mountain shine
It (G)caught me somehow
When I (D)die (A)tear my stillhouse (D)down
That (G)Hell ain't no dream
'Cause (D)Satan he lives
In my (A)whiskey machine
And (D)in my time of dying
I (G)know where I'm bound
So when I (D)die (A)tear my stillhouse (D)down
WINTER'S COME AND GONE
Come to my window sill
Been so lonesome
Shaking that morning (Em)chill
(G)Oh little red bird
Open your mouth and say
Been so lonesome
Just about flown away
In the rain and snow
But winter's come and gone
A little bird told me so
Pearly feather breast
Five cold nickels all I got (Em)left
(G)Oh little blue bird
What am I gonna do
Five cold nickels
Ain't gonna see me through
In the rain and snow
But winter's come and gone
A little bird told me so
On my wire line
Dark as trouble
In this heart of (Em)mine
(G)Poor little black bird
Sings a worried song
Dark as trouble
'Til winter's come and gone
In the rain and snow
But winter's come and gone
A little bird told me so
In the rain and snow
But winter's come and gone
A little bird told me so