Gillian Welch – April The 14Th Part 1 (Guitar)

[Chords]
     Bm   Am  C/G   G    D
e|---2----0----0----3----2----|
B|---3----1----1----0----3----|
G|---4----2----0----0----2----|
D|---4----2----2----0----0----|
A|---2----0----3----2---------|
E|-------------3----3---------|

Bm
When the iceberg hit,

Am
Oh they must have known,

C/G
God moves on the water

     G
Like Casey Jones.

Bm
So I walked downtown

   Am
On my telephone,

    C/G
And took a lazy turn

            G          D
Through the redeye zone.

Bm
It was a five-band bill,

  Am
A two-dollar show.

          C/G
I saw the van out in front

     G
From Idaho,

        Bm
And the girl passed out

Am
In the backseat trash.

          C/G
There was no way they'd make

       G                 D
Even a half a tank of gas.

Bm
They looked sick and stoned

   Am
And strangely dressed.

    C/G
And no one showed

         G
From the local press.

Bm
But I watched them walk

Am
Through the bottom land,

       C/G
And I wished I played

     G               C/G
In a rock & roll band.

D    Am    C/G
...  Hey, hey,

G                     D      Am      C/G  G
It was the fourteenth day in April.

Bm
Well they closed it down,

         Am
With the sails in rags.

         C/G
And they swept up the fags

         G
And the local rags.

Bm
Threw the plastic cups

Am
In the plastic bags,

        C/G
And the cooks cleaned the kitchen

         G                    C/G
With the staggers and the jags.

Bm
Ruination day,

Am
And the sky was red.

       C/G
I went back to work,

    G
And back to bed.

Bm
And the iceberg broke,

        Am
And the Okies fled,

        C/G
And the Great Emancipator

       G                            D
Took a bullet in the back of the head...