Gillian Welch : Time (The Revelator)

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Darling remember when you come to me

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I'm the pretender, and not what I'm supposed to be

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But who could know if I'm a traitor

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Time's the revelator They caught the Katy and left me a mule to ride The fortune lady came along and she walked beside But every word seemed to date her Time's the revelator

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The revelator

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Up in the morning, up and on the ride Drive into corning and all the spindles whine And every day is getting straighter Time's the revelator, the revelator

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Leaving the valley and fucking out of sight I'll go back to Cali where I can sleep out every night And watch the waves and move the fader Time's the revelator, the revelator

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Queen of fakes and imitators

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Time's the revelator

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Capo:

II

The main melody note is the

D

played on the 2nd string, 1st fret.

This note needs to be bent a quarter tone for a blues feel.

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My first lover My first lover

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He was tall and breezy with his long hair down But he gets a little hazy when I think of him now My first lover My first lover He was always talking tryin' to bring me down But I was not waiting for a white wedding gown

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From my first lover

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I do not remember any goin' wrong Just a record playin' that old Steve Miller song

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Quicksilver girl Quicksilver girl

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At a surfer party with the whiskey pourin' And the bottle rollin' I was on the floor

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With my first lover My first lover

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I do not remember any fights or fits Just a shaky morning after callin' it quits

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With my first lover

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Quicksilver girl Quicksilver girl Quicksilver girl and she's free

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Tuning: ADGBD (Banjo: standard, with raised 5th string)

Capo:

IV

Intro Repeat

D|-0----0---0-----0---(0)-0---|-----0---0--0-------0--(0)-0------|

B|-0--3-0---0-0h3-3----0--0---|-----0---0--0---0h3-3---0--0------|

G|-0----0---0-0h3-3----0--0---|(0)--0---0--0---0h3-3---0--0------|

D|-0----0-3-0-----0----0--0---|-3--(3)--0--0-------0---0--0------|

A|------------------0-------0-|-------0------0-------0------0----|

Little instrumental bit after chorus, and the same for the end of the song:

D|------0-0-------0------0------|

B|----3-1-1---1h3-3----0-0------|

G|--------0---0h3-3----0-0------|

D|-0------0-------0------0------|

A|----------0-------0------0----|

Capo:

III

G

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I want to go all over the world

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G7

And start living free

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I know that there's somebody who

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C

Is waiting for me

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I'll build a boat, steady and true

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As soon as it's done

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I'm going to sail along in the dreams

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Of my dear someone

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One little star, smiling tonight

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Knows where you are

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Stay, little star, steady and bright

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To guide me afar

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Rush, little wind, over the deep

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For now I've begun

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C7

Ab

Hurry and take me straight into the arms

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Of my dear someone

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Hurry and take me into the arms

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Of my dear someone

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All the girls all dance with the boys from the city

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And they don't care to dance with me

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Now it ain't my fault that the fields are muddy

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And the red clay stains my feet And it's under my nails and it's under my collar And it shows on my Sunday clothes Though I do my best with the soap and the water But the darned old dirt won't go

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But when I pass through the pearly gate

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Will my gown be gold instead?

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Or just a red clay robe with red clay wings

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And a red clay halo for my head? Now it's mud in the spring and it's dust in the summer When it blows in a crimson tide Until trees and leaves and the cows are the colour Of the dirt on the mountainside But when I pass through the pearly gate Will my gown be gold instead? Or just a red clay robe with red clay wings And a red clay halo for my head?

Solo over chorus chords

Now Jordan's banks they're red and muddy And the rolling water is wide But I got no boat, so I'll be good and muddy When I get to the other side But when I pass through the pearly gate Will my gown be gold instead? Or just a red clay robe with red clay wings And a red clay halo for my head? I'll take the red clay robe with the red clay wings And a red clay halo for my head

Capo:

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When the iceberg hit, oh they must have known

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God moves on the water like Casey Jones

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So I walked downtown on my telephone

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Took a lazy turn through the redeye zone It was a five band bill, a two dollar show I saw the van out in front from Idaho And the girl passed out in the backseat trash There was no way they'd make even a half a tank of gas They looked sick and stoned and strangely dressed And no one showed from the local press But I watched them walk through the bottom land

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And I wished I played in a rock and roll band |

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Hey, hey

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It was the fourteenth day in April Well they closed it down, with the sails in rags And they swept up the fags and the local rags Threw the plastic cups in the plastic bags

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And the cooks cleaned the kitchen with the staggers and the jags |

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| Ruination day, and the sky was red I went back to work, and back to bed And the iceberg broke, and the Okies fled

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And the Great Emancipator took a bullet in the back of the head

Capo:

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I want to sing that rock and roll

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I want to electrify my soul

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'Cause everybody been making a shout

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So big and loud, been drownin' me out

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I want to sing that rock and roll

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I want to reach that Glory Land

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I want to shake my Savior's hand I want to sing that rock and roll I want to electrify my soul 'Cause everybody been making a shout So big and loud, been drownin' me out I want to sing that rock and roll

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I been a-traveling near and far

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But I want to lay down my old guitar I want to sing that rock and roll I want to electrify my soul 'Cause everybody been making a shout So big and loud, been drownin' me out I want to sing that rock and roll

Instrumental over chorus chords

Em

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I been a-traveling near and far

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But I want to lay down my old guitar And I want to sing that rock and roll I want to electrify my soul 'Cause everybody been making a shout So big and loud, been drownin' me out I want to sing that rock and roll I want to sing that rock and roll

Capo:

VII

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I was thinking that night about Elvis Day that he died, day that he died I was thinking that night about Elvis Day that he died, day that he died

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Just a country boy that combed his hair

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And put on a shirt his mother made and went on the air

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And he shook it like a chorus girl

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And he shook it like a Harlem queen

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He shook it like a midnight rambler, baby

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Like you never seen, like you never seen, never seen I was thinking that night about Elvis... How he took it all out of black and white Grabbed his wand in the other hand and he held on tight And he shook it like a hurricane He shook it like to make it break And he shook it like a holy roller, baby With his soul at stake, with his soul at stake, soul at stake I was thinking that night about Elvis... He was all alone in a long decline Thinking how happy John Henry was that he fell down and died When he shook it and he rang like silver He shook it and he shine like gold He shook it and he beat that steam drill, baby Well bless my soul, bless my soul He shook it and he beat that steam drill, baby Well bless my soul, what's wrong with me? I was thinking that night about Elvis... Just a country boy that combed his hair Put on a shirt his mother made and he went on the air And he shook it like a chorus girl He shook it like a Harlem queen He shook it like a midnight rambler, baby Like he never seen, like he never seen, like he never seen

Capo:

II

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And the great boat sank and the Okies fled And the Great Emancipator took a bullet in the head In the head Took a bullet in the back of the head It was not December and it was not in May It was the fourteenth of April that is Ruination Day That's the day The day that is Ruination Day They were one, they were two They were three, they were four They were five hundred miles from their home From their home They were five hundred miles from their home When the iceberg hit then they must have known That God moves on the water, Casey Jones Casey Jones God moves on the water, Casey Jones It was not December and it was not May It was the fourteenth of April that is Ruination Day That's the day The day that is Ruination Day

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Everything is free now

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That's what they say

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Everything I ever done

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I'm going to give it away Someone hit the big score They figured it out That we're gonna do it anyway Even if doesn't pay I can get a tip jar Gas up the car And try to make a little change Down at the bar Or I can get a straight job I've done it before I never minded working hard It's who I'm working for Everything is free now That's what they say Everything I ever done I'm going to give it away Someone hit the big score They figured it out That we're gonna do it anyway Even if doesn't pay Every day I wake up Hummin' a song But I don't need to run around I just stay home And sing a little love song My love, to myself If there's something that you want to hear You can sing it yourself 'Cause everything is free now That what I say No one's got to listen to The words in my head Someone hit the big score And I figured it out That we're gonna do it anyway Even if doesn't pay

Capo:

IV

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Oh, I dream a highway back to you, love A winding ribbon with a band of gold A silver vision come and rest my soul I dream a highway back to you John he's kicking out the footlights The Grand Ole 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 forked my tongue I lie and wait until the wagons come And dream a highway back to you |

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| The getaway kicking up cinders An empty wagon full of rattling bones Moon in 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 a band of gold A silver vision come arrest my soul I dream a highway back to you |

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| Which lover are you, Jack of Diamonds? Now you be Emmylou and I'll be Gram I send a letter, don't know who I am I dream a highway back to you |

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| I'm an indisguisable shade of twilight Any second now I'm gonna turn myself on In the blue display of the cool cathode ray I dream a highway back to you

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I wish you knew me, Jack of Diamonds

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Fire riding, wheeling when I lead 'em up

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Drank whiskey with my water, sugar with my tea

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My sails in rags with the staggers and the jags

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I dream a highway back to you Oh, I dream a highway back to you, love A winding ribbon with a band of gold A silver vision come molest my soul I dream a highway back to you |

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| Now give me some of what you're having I'll take you as a viper into my head A knife into my bed, arsenic when I'm fed I dream a highway back to you Hang overhead from all directions Radiation from the porcelain light Blind and blistered by the morning white I dream a highway back to you |

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Sunday morning at the diner

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Hollywood trembles on the verge of tears

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I watched the waitress for a thousand years

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

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And I dreamed a highway back to you

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Oh, I dream a highway back to you, love

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A winding ribbon with a band of gold

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A silver vision convalesced my soul

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I dream a highway back to you |

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| Step into the light, poor Lazarus Don't lie alone behind the window shade Let me see the mark death made I dream a highway back to you I dream a highway back to you What will sustain us through the winter? Where did last year's 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 a band of gold A silver vision come and bless my soul I dream a highway back to you I dream a highway back to you

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Oh I dream a highway back to you, love

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A winding ribbon with a band of gold

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A silver vision come and bless my soul

Em7

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I dream a highway back to you

Gillian Welch : Time (The Revelator)
2001

Revelator

My First Lover

Dear Someone

Red Clay Halo

April The 14th, Part 1

I Want To Sing That Rock And Roll

Elvis Presley Blues

Ruination Day, Part 2

Everything Is Free

I Dream A Highway

Gillian Welch : Time (The Revelator) 2001

Revelator

My First Lover

Dear Someone

Red Clay Halo

April The 14th, Part 1

I Want To Sing That Rock And Roll

Elvis Presley Blues

Ruination Day, Part 2

Everything Is Free

I Dream A Highway

Gillian Welch : Time (The Revelator)
2001