Charley Pride – Millers Cave (Guitar)

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*My interpretation of Charley Pride's version of Miller's Cave originally written by Jack Clement*
 [Intro]
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|

G|----------0---0-2-0------------2-0-------------| C
D|------0-2---2----------------------2-0---------|
A|--3-3------------------0-2-3-3---------3---0-2-|
E|--------------------3-3------------------3-----|
[Verse 1]
         C  G            C                   G                        C C7
Way down in the state of Georgia through the swamps and the everglades

                  F             C       Am
There's a big ol' hole in Tiger Mountain

             C            G                C
God help the man who gets lost in Miller's Cave
[Verse 2]
           C   G            C               G              C  C7
I had me a girl in waycross Georgia but she had unfaithful way

            F             C   Am         C            G                 C
She made me feel I was unwanted like the bats and the bears in Miller's Cave
[Verse 3]
           C     G           C               G                C   C7
I couldn't stand the way she did me couldn't take her lowdown ways

            F                      C  Am             C             G                 C
Before I'll stay with the cheatin' woman I'll go and live with the bears in Miller's Cave

 [Key Change]
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B|-----------|

G|-----------| A
D|-----------|
A|--3-2-1-0--|
E|-----------|
[Verse 4]
           D  A       D                 A                 D   D7
Caught her out Sunday morning with some guy they call Big Dave

            G               D     Bm           D                A                D
The meanest man in waycross Georgia I'd rather fight a mountain lion in Miller's Cave
[Verse 5]
              D  A             D                A               D   D7
I said you'll pay both you and Davy I'm a gonna see you in your grave

                G             D        Bm
They laughed at me and then I shot 'em

             D                 A                 D
I took their cheatin' schemin' bones to Miller's Cave
[Verse 6]
           D   A           D                   A                D     D7
That woman made me feel unwanted but I guess I showed her I was brave

                G                   D       Bm
The most wanted man in the state of Georgia

                        D                 A *              D
But they'll never gonna find me cause I'm lost in Miller's Cave
[Outro] D Bm G A D