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Gillian Welch : Hell Among The Yearlings
1998

  1. Caleb Meyer
  2. Good 'Til Now
  3. The Devil Had A Hold Of Me
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  4. My Morphine
  5. One Morning
    +1
  6. Miner's Refrain

  7. Honey Now
  8. I'm Not Afraid To Die
  9. Rock Of Ages
  10. Whiskey Girl
  11. Winter's Come And Gone

Caleb Meyer

Capo:
VI
Some say the tuning is EADGAE, but that seems unnecessary.
Am
G
Caleb Meyer, he lived alone in them hollerin' pines
G
Am
And he made a little whiskey for himself, said it helped to pass the time Long one evening in back of my house, Caleb come around And he called my name 'til I came out with no one else around
Am
G
Caleb Meyer, your ghost is gonna wear them rattlin' chains
G
Am
But when I go to sleep at night, don't you call my name Where's your husband, Nellie Kane? Where's your darling gone? Did he go on down the mountainside and leave you all alone? Yes, my husband's gone to Bowling Green to do some business there Then Caleb threw that bottle down and grabbed me by my hair Caleb Meyer, your ghost is gonna wear them rattlin' chains But when I go to sleep at night, don't you call my name He threw me in a needle bed, across my dress he lay Then he pinned my hands above my head and I commenced to pray I cried, "My God, I am your child, send your angels down" Then feelin' with my fingertips the bottle neck I found I drew that glass across his neck, as fine as any blade Then I felt his blood pour fast and hot, around me where I lay Caleb Meyer, your ghost is gonna wear them rattlin' chains But when I go to sleep at night, don't you call my name Caleb Meyer, your ghost is gonna wear them rattlin' chains But when I go to sleep at night, don't you call my name

Good 'Til Now

Capo:
V
C
Balled out, wasted and I feel I'm going down
F
C
Balled out, wasted and I feel I'm going down
G
F
C
Goodbye, darling, I been good till now I went walking with a girl as pure as milk I went walking with a girl pure as milk Standing on the corner, sweating through a yellow silk Rocks in my pockets and a devil on my back Rocks in my pockets and a devil on my back You won't even come across the tracks
Instrumental verse
Balled out, wasted and I feel I'm going down Balled out, wasted and I feel I'm going down
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Fm
C
Goodbye, darling, I been good till now |
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The Devil Had A Hold Of Me

Capo:
I
Am
Now I was just a girl of two
Am
Dsus2
Now I was just a girl of two
Am
With a golden heart and a button shoe
Am
The devil had a hold of me
Am
The devil had a hold of me
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Dsus2
I turned my head and I could see
Am
Em
Am
The devil had a hold of me There was something wrong with the butcher's boy Was something wrong with the butcher's boy He trembled in his hand and voice The devil had a hold of me The devil had a hold of me The others knew to let him be But the devil had a hold of me Now the tailpipe spit and the engine roared The tailpipe spit and the engine roared I's waving out the Plymouth door And the devil had a hold of me The devil had a hold of me The old folks saw the last they'd see The devil had a hold of me
Instrumental verse
I dreamed last night that my time was done I dreamed last night that my time was done And my soul flew up to the holy son But the devil had a hold of me The devil had a hold of me I snapped back down when he pulled my lead The devil had a hold of me
Instrumental verse
There are those who'll laugh and not believe There are those who'll laugh and not believe Until you feel that touch upon your sleeve The devil had a hold of me The devil had a hold of me I turned my head and I could see The devil had a hold of me I turned my head and I could see The devil had a hold of me

My Morphine

Capo:
IV
G
I looked around, been all up and down
G
C
And I never wasted time on two or three
G
D
There's only one girl for me There was a time she used to treat me fine But lately she's been acting awful stoned Makes a man weep and moan
C
Eye dee oh lay ee tee
G
Eye dee leedle odle ay oo ee tee
D
Eye dee oh lay ee tee lee tee
G
Deedle odle lee tee
D
G
My morphine be the death of me You should have seen me and my morphine When we used to go dancing in the war Spin me right off the floor Eye dee oh lay ee tee Eye dee leedle odle ay oo ee tee Eye dee oh lay ee tee lee tee Deedle odle lee tee My morphine be the death of me Morphine, Morphine, what made you so mean? You never used to do me like you do Where's that sweet gal I knew? Eye dee oh lay ee tee Eye dee leedle odle ay oo ee tee Eye dee oh lay ee tee lee tee Deedle odle lee tee My morphine be the death of me My morphine

One Morning

Capo:
II
Em
One mornin', one mornin' as work I begun
D
Em
What did I see ridin' out of the sun
D
Em
On the road from Lexington One rider, one rider beatin' the breeze Down on his saddle, low to his knees Comin' through my willow trees Now closer, the terrible work of the gun Was stiffened and black where his blood all had run But I knew my wayward son One mornin', one mornin' the boy of my breast Came to my door unable to rest Even in the arms of death

Miner's Refrain

Capo:
I
G
In the black dust towns of east Tennessee
G
D
G
All the work's about the same
G
And you may not go to a job in the ground
G
D
G
But you learn the miner's refrain
G
I'm down in a hole, I'm down in a hole
G
D
G
Down in a deep, dark hole
G
I'm down in a hole, I'm down in a hole
D
G
Down in a deep, dark hole When you search the rain for the silver cloud And you wait on days of gold When you pitch to the bottom and the dirt comes down You cry so cold, so cold I'm down in a hole, I'm down in a hole Down in a deep, dark hole I'm down in a hole, I'm down in a hole Down in a deep, dark hole Now there's something good in a worried song For the trouble in your soul 'Cause a worried man who's been a long way down Down in a deep dark hole I'm down in a hole, I'm down in a hole Down in a deep, dark hole I'm down in a hole, I'm down in a hole Down in a deep, dark hole I'm down in a deep, dark hole

Honey Now

Capo:
II
E
I can't be called, begged, or bought If you want to be my Johnny on the spot
A
Honey now now now
E
Honey now now now
B7
A7
You know later won't do me no good anyhow
E
Honey now now now The front door's shut, back door too Blinds pulled down, what you gonna do? Honey now now now Honey now now now You know later won't do me no good anyhow Honey now now now You take your time and get me sore Tell me what you wanna keep waiting for Honey now now now Honey now now now You know later won't do me no good anyhow Honey now now now
E
Now now now Now now now Now now now Now now now
B7
D7
You know later won't do me no good anyhow
E
Honey now now now

I'm Not Afraid To Die

Capo:
II
G
Nobody knows what waits ahead
C
G
D
Beyond the earth and sky
C
G
D
G
La-la-la, I'm not afraid to die And let the work of my own hand Be broken by and by La-la-la, I'm not afraid to die Sometimes it finds me fast asleep And wakes me where I lie La-la-la, I'm not afraid to die Forget my sins upon the wind My hobo soul will rise La-la-la, I'm not afraid to die La-la-la, I'm not afraid to die

Rock Of Ages

Tuning: GDGCD (banjo: sawmill)
Capo:
III
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 Round, round, wanna go round Wanna see the rock of ages When my body gives out Gonna read the final pages Oh, my mother is gone She told me I should meet her Someday streets of gold Gonna guide me on to greet her Once my father sat down And told me of the prophets Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John They're gone but not forgotten Round, round, wanna go round Wanna see the rock of ages Till my body gives out Gonna read the gospel pages Moses heard a voice It called him up the mountain Forty days had set When Moses come a shoutin' Round, round, wanna go round Wanna see the rock of ages When my body gives out Gonna read the final pages Round, round, wanna go round Wanna see the rock of ages Till my body gives out Gonna read the gospel pages Round, round, wanna go round Wanna see the rock of ages When my body gives out Gonna read the final pages

Whiskey Girl

C
F
Nowhere man and the whiskey girl
G
C
Nowhere man and the whiskey girl
G
F
C
They loaded up for a weekend in the underworld I'd take you down, honey, if I could I'd take you down, honey, if I could We'd find a place in the sunshine, we'd be feeling good Don't you know that it ain't a crime Don't you know that it ain't a crime If all the squares and the junkmen think you're out of line Nowhere man and the whiskey girl Nowhere man and the whiskey girl They loaded up for a weekend in the underworld

Winter's Come And Gone

Capo:
III
G
Oh little redbird, come to my window sill
G
Em
Been so lonesome, shaking that morning chill
G
Oh little redbird, open your mouth and say
G
Been so lonesome, just about flown away
C
G
So long now, I've been out in the rain and snow
Em
G
But winter's come and gone, a little bird told me so Oh little bluebird, pearly feather breast Five cold nickels all I got left Oh little bluebird, what am I gonna do? Five cold nickels ain't gonna see me through So long now, I've been out in the rain and snow But winter's come and gone, a little bird told me so Oh little blackbird on my wire line Dark as trouble in this heart of mine Poor little blackbird sings a worried song Dark as trouble till winter's come and gone So long now, I've been out in the rain and snow But winter's come and gone, a little bird told me so So long now, I've been out in the rain and snow But winter's come and gone, a little bird told me so