Gillian Welch – Caleb Myer (Guitar)

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A simplified version of this classic Gillian Welch track. If you have a friend that can play the David Rawlings parts ..... you will be doing pretty well...... enjoy. [Intro] Dm [Verse]
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Caleb Meyer he lived alone, In them hollerin pines

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And he made a little whiskey for himself said it helped to pass the time

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Long one evening in back of my house, Caleb come around

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And he called my name till I went out, With no-one else around
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Caleb Meyer your ghost is gonna wear them rattling chains

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But when I go to sleep at night, Don't you call my name
[Verse]
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Where's your husband Nellie Cane, Wheres your darlin' gone?

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Did he go on down the mountainside, and leave you all alone?

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Yes my husband's gone to Bowling Green, to do some business there

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Then Caleb threw that bottle down, And grabbed me by my hair
[Chorus]
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Caleb Meyer your ghost is gonna wear them rattling chains

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But when I go to sleep at night, Don't you call my name
[Verse]
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He threw me in the needle bed, Across my dress he lay

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He pinned my hands above my head, And I commenced to pray

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I cried my God I am your child, Send your angels down

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Then feeling with my finger tips, The bottle neck I found

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I drew that glass across his neck, Fine as any blade

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Then I felt his blood pour fast and hot, Around me where I laid
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Caleb Meyer your ghost is gonna wear them rattling chains

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But when I go to sleep at night, Don't you call my name
[Chorus]
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Caleb Meyer your ghost is gonna wear them rattling chains

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But when I go to sleep at night, Don't you call my name