Chord Booklet

Gillian Welch

10 songs|22 chords used|Hard

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Chords used

B11

G#m

C/B

D/F

Em7

Cadd9

F#m

C/G

Tennessee

Key: AmCapo 4Hard

B11

I kAmissed you cause I've never bD6een aAn angel B11 A D6 A

I lAmearned to say hosannaD6s on Amy knees B11 A D6 A

But they threwAm me out of Sunday school when I was nine D7 F

And the sisterAms said I did justE as I pleased Am

Even so I try to be a good girl

It's only what I want that makes me weak

I had no desire to be a child of sin

Then you went and pressed your whiskers to my cheek

AFa la la la

GFa la la lee

FNow let me go, my honey oh

CBack to Tennessee G

AIt's beef steak when I'm working

GWhiskey when I'm dry

CSweet heaven when I Gdie A

AmD6AB11AD6A

Now I'veAm tried drinD6king Arye and gamblin'B11 A D6 A

AmDancing with damnatD6ion iAs a ball B11 A D6 A

But of allAm the little ways I've found to hurt mD7yseFlf

Well youAm might be my favorite onEe of all Am

AFa la la la

GFa la la lee

FNow let me go, my honey oh

CBack to Tennessee G

AIt's beef steak when I'm working

GWhiskey when I'm dry

CSweet heaven when I Gdie A

Why can'Amt I go and liveD6 the Alife rightB11ly? A D6 A

Why can'tAm I go back home toD6 applAe pie? B11 A D6 A

Cause your affront toAm my virtue was a touch too much D7 F

But you left aAm little twinkEle in my eye Am

AFa la la la

GFa la la lee

FNow let me go, my honey oh

CBack to Tennessee G

AIt's beef steak when I'm working

GWhiskey when I'm dry

CSweet heaven when I Gdie A

Now some Amwill come confessing oD6f traAnsgressions B11 A D6 A

AmSome will come confessinD6g of Atheir love B11 A D6 A

AmYou were there strumming on your gay guitar D7 F

You were trying tAmo tell me something witEh your thumb Am

AFa la la la

GFa la la lee

FNow let me go, my honey oh

CBack to Tennessee G

AIt's beef steak when I'm working

GWhiskey when I'm dry

CSweet heaven when I Gdie A

AIt's beef steak when I'm working

GWhiskey when I'm dry

CSweet heaven when I Gdie A

AIt's beef steak when I'm working

GWhiskey when I'm dry

CSweet heaven when I Gdie A

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I Dream A Highway

Key: G#mMedium

G#m

The chords basically follow the same :

G#mBE

(G#m) Oh I dream a (B) highway back to (E) you love

(G#m) A winding (B) ribbon with (E) band of gold (B)

(G#m) A silver (B) vision come and (E) rest my soul

(G#m) I dream a (B) highway back to (E) you

Johnny?s kicking out the footlights

The Grand Ol? Opry?s got a brand new band

Lord let me die with a hammer in my hand

I dream a highway back to you

I think I?ll move down into Memphis

And thank the hatchet man who fought my tongue

I lie and wait until the wagons come

And dream a highway back to you

The getaway kicking up cinders

An empty wagon full of rattling bones

Putting the mirror on a three hour Jones (?)

I dream a highway back to you

Oh I dream a highway back to you love

A winding ribbon with band of gold

A silver vision, come and rest my soul

I dream a highway back to you

Which lover are you Jack of Diamonds?

Now you be Emmylou and I?ll be Gram

I sent a letter don?t know who I am (?)

I dream a highway back to you

I?m an indisguisable shade of twilight

Any second now I?m going to turn myself on

In the blue display of the cool cathode ray

I dream a highway back to you

I wish you knew me Jack of Diamonds

Fire eyed and wheeling when I lay down out

Drank whiskey with my water, sugar with my tea,

My sails in rags with the staggers and the jags

I dream a highway back to you

Oh I dream a highway back to you love

A winding ribbon with band of gold

A silver vision come and rest my soul

I dream a highway back to you

I give me some of what you?re having

I?ll take you as a viper into my head

The knife into my bed, arsenic when I?m fed

I dream a highway back to you

Pain overhead from all directions

Radiation from the porcelain light

Blind and blistered by the morning light

I dream a highway back to you

Sunday morning at the diner

Hollywood trembles on the verge of tears

I watch the waitress for a thousand years

Saw a wheel within a wheel, heard a call within a call

I dream a highway back to you

Oh I dream a highway back to you love

A winding river with band of gold

A silver vision come and bless my soul

I dream a highway back to you

Step into the light poor Lazerus

Don?t lie alone behind the window shade

Let me see the mark death made

I dream a highway back to you

What will sustain us through the winter?

Where did last years lessons go?

Walk me out into the rain and snow

I dream a highway back to you

Oh I dream a highway back to you love

A winding ribbon with band of gold

A silver vision come and bless my soul

I dream a highway back to you

Oh I dream a highway back to you love

A winding ribbon with band of gold

A silver vision come and bless my soul

I dream a highway back to you

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Lua

Key: CCapo 2Medium

CI know that it is freezing but I think we have to Fwalk

I just Ckeep waving at the taxis, they keep turning their lights Foff

But DmJulie knows a party at some actor's west side Gloft

Supplies are Dmendless in the Fevening, by the Dmmorning tGhey'll be Cgone

CWhen everything is lonely, I can be my own best Ffriend

I'll get a Ccoffee and the paper, have my own conversatioFns

With the Dmsidewalk and the pigeons and my window reflectiGon

The mask I Dmpolish in the Fevening, by the Dmmorning Glooks like Cshit

And I Fknow you have a heavy heart, I can Cfeel it when we kiss

So Fmany men stronger than me have thrown their Cbacks out trying to Dmlift Git

But Amme I'm not a gamble, you can Ccount on me to sFplit

The love I Dmsell you in the Fevening, by the Dmmorning Gwon't Cexist

CYou're looking skinny like a model with your eyes all painted Fblack

You just keep Cgoing to the bathroom, always say you'll be right Fback

Well, it Dmtakes one to know one, kid, I think you've got it Gbad

But what's so Dmeasy in the Fevening, by the Dmmorning's Gsuch a Cdrag

CI got a flask inside my pocket, we can share it on the Ftrain

And if you Cpromise to stay conscious, I will try and do the Fsame

We might Dmdie from medication but we sure killed all the Gpain

What was Dmnormal in the Fevening, by the Dmmorning sGeems inCsane

And I'm not Fsure what the trouble was that sCtarted all of this

The Freasons all have run away but the feCeling never dDmid G

It's not Amsomething I would recommend but it Cis one way to lFive

'Cause what isDm simple in the Fmoonlight, by the Dmmorning nGever iCs

It was so Dmsimple in the Fmoonlight, now it's Dmso complGicatedAm

It was so Dmsimple in the moonlight, Dmso simple in the moonlight

It was so simple in the moConlight

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The Way It Goes

Key: EmCapo 1Medium

EmBecky Johnson bought the farm

EmPut a needle in her arm

That's the B7way that it goes

That's the Emway

EmAnd her brother laid her down

EmIn the cold Kentucky ground

That's the B7way that it goes

That's the Emway

That's the Gway that it Emgoes

EveryCbody's buying little baby Gclothes D

That's the Gway that it Emends

Though there Cwas a time whenB7 she and I were fEmriends

EmWell, Miranda ran away

EmTook her cat and left LA

That's the B7way that it goes

That's the Emway

EmShe was busted, broke and flat

EmHad to sell that pussy cat

That's the B7way that it goes

That's the Emway

That's the Gway that it Emgoes

EveryCbody's buying little baby Gclothes D

That's the Gway that it Emends

Though there Cwas a time whenB7 he and I were frEmiends

EmSee the brightest ones of all

EmEarly in October fall

That's the B7way that it goes

That's the Emway

EmWhile the dark ones go to bed

EmWith good whiskey in their head

That's the B7way that it goes

That's the Emway

EmNow Billy Joe's back in the tank

EmYou tell Russo, I'll tell Frank

That's the B7way that it goes

That's the Emway

EmDid he throw her down a well?

EmDid she leave him for that swell?

That's the B7way that it goes

That's the Emway

That's the Gway that it Emgoes

EveryCbody's buying little baby Gclothes D

That's the Gway that it Emends

Though there Cwas a time whenB7 all of us were fEmriends

EmWhen you lay me down to rest

EmLeave a pistol in my vest

That's the B7way that it goes

That's the Emway

EmDo you miss my gentle touch?

EmDid I hurt you very much?

That's the B7way that it goes

That's the Emway

That's the Gway that it Emgoes

EveryCbody's buying little baby Gclothes D

That's the Gway that it Emends

Though there Cwas a time whenB7 you and I were fEmriends

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One More Dollar

Key: ACapo 3Medium

A Dlong time agoA I left my Dhome

For a GjobA in the Dfruit trees

But I Dmiss those hills with the Awindy Dpines

GTheAir song seemDed to suit me

So I Dsent my wagesA to my Dhome

Said we'd GsooAn be toDgether

For the Dnext good crop wouldA pay my Dway

And I'd GcomAe home forDever

BmOne Amore GdimeA to show for my Dday

BmOne Amore GdollarA and I'm on my Dway

When I Bmreach those Ahills, boys, GI'll never Droam

'Cause Bmone Amore Gdollar and AI'm going Dhome

No Dwork said the bossA at the bunkhouse Ddoor

There's a GfreezeA on the Dbranches

So when the Ddice came out at the Abar downDtown

I GrolledA and I took my Dchances

BmOne Amore GdimeA to show for my Dday

BmOne Amore GdollarA and I'm on my Dway

When I Bmreach those Ahills, boys, GI'll never Droam

'Cause Bmone Amore Gdollar and AI'm going Dhome

DADGADDADGAD

A Dlong time agoA I left my Dhome

Just a GboyA passing Dtwenty

Could you Dspare a coin and a AChristian Dprayer

For my GluckA has turned aDgainst me

BmOne Amore GdimeA to show for my Dday

BmOne Amore GdollarA and I'm on my Dway

When I Bmreach those Ahills, boys, GI'll never Droam

'Cause Bmone Amore Gdollar and AI'm going Dhome

BmOne Amore Gdollar, boys, AI'm going Dhome

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Gamblin Man

Key: GCapo 3Easy

I met a gGamblin? man, I cooled him wCith my fan

He?d jEmust come in from Carroll, but oDnly for a night or tCwo

And he was Gon a roll, shining like PCharaoh?s gold. He said

Why don?cha Emput your little hand in the hDand of the Gamblin? MGan

Now if I lEmose, if I lCose, let me lGose, let me lDose. If I Emlose, if I lCose, let me lDose. C

So I went to MGama?s house, yeah she tried to tCalk me out

As she bEmroke down hard ?bout the hoDuses in New OrleCans

She said you gotta lGisten Pearl, Hey you?re just a JaCckson girl

Now don?t you pEmut your little hand in the hDand of the Gamblin? MGan

Now if I lEmose, if I lCose, let me lGose, let me lDose. If I Emlose, if I lCose, let me lDose. C

And when my DGad got home, and gathered what was goCing on

There was soEmmething in the color of his eDyes went from sky to sCea

He said he?s going to tGreat you sweet and then he?ll leave you on BCourbon Street

Now don?t you Emput your little hand in the hDand of the Gamblin? MGan

But if I lEmose, if I lCose, let me lGose, let me lDose. If I lEmose, if I lCose, let me lDose.

But mCaybe I?m a gambler tGoo D

And that?s why I love the GGamblin? man, I love to cool him wCith my fan

There ain?t nEmothing in this world makes a gDirl feel like a qCueen Yeahhh

And when he?s Gon a roll, and shining like PhCaraoh?s gold

I?m gonna Emput my little hand in the hDand of the Gamblin? MCan Heyyyyyy

I?m gonna Emput my little hand in the hDand of the Gamblin? MGan

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The Way It Will Be

Key: EmCapo 3Hard

C/B

Em I lost you a while ago,Am But still I don't know Emwhy

Em I can't say your name, Am Without a crow flying Emby

C Got to watch my back,Bm Now that you've turned me a-Eround

Am Got me walking backwards, In my home-tEmown

ThGrow me a rCope, On the rolGling tiCde

Am What did you C/Bwant me to Cbe, Am He said it's C/Bhim or Cme

The Amway you made it, C That's the way it will Gbe D C

It was sEmeven years on the burnin' shoreAm, With gatling guns and pEmaint

WoEmrking the lowlands door-to-door, Am Like a latter day sEmaint

C Then you turn me Bmout, At the top of the stEairs

Am You took all the glory, That you just couldn't sEmhare

IEm've never been so disabused,Am I've never been so Emmad

IEm've never been served anything, Am That tasted so Embad

C You might need a frBmiend, Any day now any dEay

Am Oh my brother be careful, You are driftin' aEmway

ThGrow me a rCope, On the roGlling tCide

Am What did you C/Bwant me to Cbe, Am He said it's C/Bhim or Cme

The wAmay you made it,C That's the way it will Gbe D C

The wAmay you made it,C That's the way it will Gbe

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In Tall Buildings

Key: GCapo 3Medium

D/F

Em7

Cadd9

GSomeday D/Fbaby, when Em7I am a mGan,

and Cadd9others have taDught me

the Gbest that they cDan

They'll sGell me a D/Fsuit

Em7cut off my Ghair

and Cadd9send me to wDork in tall Gbuildings D

And it's Ggoodbye to the D/Fsunshine

goodEm7bye to the dGew

Cadd9goodbye to the Dflowers

and Ggoodbye to yDou

I'm Goff to the suD/Fbway

I Em7must not be lGate

I`m Cadd9going to wDork in tall bGuildings D

(Instrumental - 8 Bars)

GD/FEm7GCadd9DGD

Now Gwhen I`m reD/Ftired

And my Em7life is my Gown

I mCadd9ade all the pDayments

It's Gtime to go Dhome

and Gwonder what D/Fhappened

beEm7twixt and bGetween

whenCadd9 I went to wDork in tall Gbuildings D

And it's Ggoodbye to the D/Fsunshine

goodEm7bye to the dGew

Cadd9goodbye to the Dflowers

and Ggoodbye to yDou

I'mG off to the sD/Fubway

I Em7mustn't be laGte

Cadd9Going to wDork in tall bGuildings D

(Instrumental - 16 Bars)

GD/FEm7GCadd9DGD

GD/F

Em7GCadd9DG

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Wrecking Ball

Key: AMedium

F#m

AWell now Aboys, I'm a Drollin' Astone

Ethat's what EI was when I fDirst left Ahome

DTook every Dsecret that AI ever Aknown

F#mand headed Efor the Dwall D

F#mLike a wErecking Aball A

AStarted Adown on tDhe holy road Aof sin

EPlayin' bEass unDder a pAseudonym

DThe days wDere rough aAnd it's alAl quite dim

F#mbut my mEind cuts tDhrough iDt all

F#mLike a wErecking Aball A

DI was jDust a lAittle F#mdeadhead

DWho's waAtching, WDho is wAatching

F#mI's justF#m a littleD deadheDad

Fallen daughter on a scholarship

Well I got tired and let my average slip

Then I's a farmer in the Pogonip

where the weed that I recall

was like a wrecking ball

Met a lovesick daughter of the San Joaquin

she showed me colors I'd never seen

drank the bottom out of my canteen

then left me in the fall

like a wrecking ball

Standin' there in the autum mist

Jack and Coke at the end of my wrist

yes I remember when first we kissed

though it was nothing at all

like a wrecking ball

DHey boys jDust a lAittle F#mdeadhead

DWho's waAtching, WDho is wAatching

F#mI was justF#m a littleD deadheDad

With too much trouble for me to shake

Oh, the weather and the blindin' ache

was riding high untill the '89 quake

hit the Santa Cruz Garden Mall

like a wrecking ball

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10.

Knuckleball Catcher

Key: GCapo 3Medium

C/G

GC/G

GCaught my eye, in a flash of lightning in the C/Grain

GOut in the darkness, with a banjo in your handDs

GYou came into the firelight, to the circle from theC/G gloom A

GI was standing child like, while you got yoursDelf in tune

And a bDridge player, could be C/Gan all-time player tGoo

But a kDnuckleball catcher, onlC/Gy gets one job to doA

C/G D the move from C/G to D is

He only gets on job to do a slide of the whole form

two frets up

?Thing? - Tu-do-do

GYou played your melody, it was too much for meC/G

GIt froze my flesh down, to minus nine degrees D

GI was passing a grave yard, full of flowers on mothC/Ger?s day A

GThat?s the last time I let a stranger rip my hDeart this way

Thing?:

Now a gDood mother, could be a C/Gdashboard drummer toG

And a bDridge player, be an allC/G time player when heA?s through

C/GBut a knDuckleball catcher, only gets one job to do

*Notice, D is usually C/G, two frets up

When your trial was finished, you slipped out in the quiet

Not trying to follow, my shoes just caught on fire

So I... searched the camp ground, I never saw your face again

Well you had, a devil woman, just a bluegrass friend

Cause a left-winger, could be a bluegrass singer too, and that?s a hard lonesome truth

And some hard liquor, could make a guitar picker out of you

But a knuckleball catcher, only gets one job to do

Tu-do-do

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