Gillian Welch – Wrecking Ball (Guitar)

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Soul Journey [Intro] F C | G | F C | F | C | | Am G | F | Am G | C | [Verse 1]
C                    F        C
Well now boys, I'm a rollin' stone

G                        F          C
That's what I was when I first left home

F                            C
I took every secret that I'd ever known

    Am     G        F
and headed for the wall

Am      G           C
   Like a wrecking ball
[Verse 2]
C                F            C
Started down the holy road of sin

G                    F      C
Playin' bass under a pseudonym

F                            C
The days were rough and it's all quite dim

       Am         G         F
but my mind cuts through it all

Am      G           C
   Like a wrecking ball
[Chorus]
F C     Am                     G
 I  was just a little deadhead

F        C       F       C
  Who's watching, who is watching

F C     Am                     G
 I  was just a little deadhead
[Verse 3]
F         C       F             C
  Fallen daughter on a scholarship

G                            F     C
  Well, I got tired and let my average slip

F                     C
  Then I's a farmer in the Pogonip

     Am            G   F
with the weed that I recall

Am            G         C
   was like a wrecking ball
[Verse 4]
C                          F             C
 I met a lovesick daughter of the San Joaquin

G                          F     C
  She showed me colors I'd never seen

F                          C
  Drank the bottom out of my canteen

Am        G      F
then left in the fall

Am      G           C
   like a wrecking ball
[Verse 5]
C               F               C
  Standin' there in the morning mist

G                      F         C
  Jack and Coke at the end of my wrist

F                    C
Yes, I remember when first we kissed

Am            G          F
though it was nothing at all

Am      G           C
   like a wrecking ball
[Chorus]
F     C     Am                   G
 Hey boys,     a little deadhead

F        C       F        C
  Who's watching, who is watching

F  C     Am                      G
 I   was just a little deadhead
[Verse 6]
F           C      F           C
  Too much trouble  for me to shake

G                       F        C
Oh, the weather and the blindin' ache

F                         C
was riding high till the '89 quake

Am            G           F
hit the Santa Cruz Garden Mall

Am      G           C
   like a wrecking ball