Chords for Del McCoury Band and Tim O'Brien || The Attic Sessions
Tempo:
62.25 bpm
Chords used:
G
D
C
A
F
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[D] Well, I once had a darling who was kind and true and sweet
Life was so bright and gay [A] and free
But [D] I fell through together with my life's sad sorrow
And I leave
Let the highway of [G] sorrow I'm traveling on
So the first time you came to Nashville was [D] 62, 61 or 62 in there?
[A] To perform, yeah, was 63 actually.
63.
Yeah, the first [D] part of 63 I think, to play with Bill, you know.
And he auditioned me on the guitar [A] and banjo.
Of course [D] I'd played a show with him on banjo before that.
And [G] myself and Bill Keith [D] auditioned up in the National Life and Accident Insurance Building next door [A] to the Clarkson Hotel.
It's just catacombs across the street here, [D] you know.
And [G] he put me on [D] the guitar and he put Bill Keith on banjo and [F#m] recorded that very week.
He had some [D] tunes he wanted Bill to play, you know.
I went back to my darling, I got down on my knees
I begged her with tears in my eyes
So what do you think Bill would think about [A] you singing songs by people like [G] U2 and Tom Petty and Robert Cray and stuff?
[D] Well, you know, he was kind of open-minded himself then.
And he covered a lot of the countries.
He didn't cover any rock songs, I don't think.
Of course, rock and roll was just kind of beginning then.
Rock and roll, when [A] he was on the top of his game, when he was really making his mark, rock and roll [D] was just forming.
And they were studying him, those guys were really.
Actually they were, you know.
Buddy Holly and Ernest Presley and all of them, they were bluegrass fans.
Yeah, but Bill, you know, he covered a lot of the country singers.
[C#] I think he'd like what we do, you know.
Well, in a way, maybe he was doing the same kind of thing you've been doing, you know.
More than likely.
They call this Americana music now.
Yeah, really.
I mean, Bill Monroe, he was pretty danged Americana.
He would play a folk song or a fiddle tune or he'd do a new song that he wrote or, you know, cover somebody else's song.
I mean, there was no boundaries, really.
His music was so specific to him and yet it was very expansive.
[D] And I think that's very similar with what your music is.
It's like your music is through bluegrass you can experience the entire world of music, I think, in [G] America.
[F] [G] [D]
[G] At the valley down below, paper green just as far as I can see.
Let my memory [F] return, [G] oh how my heart would [C] yearn for you and the day that used to be.
Other than a few shows a year, we haven't played much since 1990.
So this is a big thing for us to get a new record out and new material and really get it all.
I mean, it's been like rebuilding an old house.
It's been quite a job to get it together, but I'm really excited about it.
I'm really excited that we're playing some shows with you.
[D#] Now I don't know exactly [G] where we're playing besides here.
I know we're doing Philadelphia, maybe another two, a couple, but I'm really excited [Dm] about this one.
[G]
I'm looking forward to [D] it because, you know, you guys, when you were still [G] playing, you know, together and all like that,
of course you all branched out and did great, you know.
You're such a [F#] great writer, man, and [G] singer, too.
But, you know, [D] at that [G] time, you were one of the top bands in the country, you know,
and I really enjoyed hearing what you guys were doing then.
[D] Of course, you'll be doing [G] new stuff now probably.
We've got some new stuff, and I'm sure we'll be hearing your latest stuff, too, on the show.
[D] [G]
It's a good time, it's a [D] [G] good time.
It was a beautiful, like, summer, but I never got to see you smile.
[C] I thought I'd walk [G] you back to your room, just [D] take my [G] service off.
But I tried rebooting, tried compression, it would [D] not open [G] path.
[C] My custom screen [G] won't even function, it's what [D] makes all the feel [G] good.
[C] My hard drive, it makes all [G] applications call, and I'm running [D] out of memory [G] for you.
Well, I think that one of the good things that Bluegrass continues to do is it keeps updating the old sounds.
You know, you change the word train to [Gm] jet plane or from [G] horse to car, you know, maybe.
But then we had this song, one day I was with some friends and we were,
I made the joke that I'm running out of memory, I couldn't remember where I was supposed to be,
and they said, oh, I'm running out of memory for you, so we wrote this song.
And I wrote it to kind of something like I Got a Letter from My Darling by Bill Monroe,
but it talks about your [D] PC and software crashing and all this stuff.
[C] But it's also just a kind [G] of a blues love song.
Right, it brought it right up to [D] the date, you know.
So, [G] keep trying, you know.
And then I hurried on back to my workplace.
I had my [D] memory module [G] in my hand, [C] and I opened up [G] my PC case.
I thought I knew just what I'd do.
[C] But it was all for naught, [G] there were no expansions, and I'm running out of memory for you.
[C] My code stream won't even [G] function, it's one [D] big solid field.
[G] My hard drive, it went soft, my application called, and I'm running out of memory for you.
Life was so bright and gay [A] and free
But [D] I fell through together with my life's sad sorrow
And I leave
Let the highway of [G] sorrow I'm traveling on
So the first time you came to Nashville was [D] 62, 61 or 62 in there?
[A] To perform, yeah, was 63 actually.
63.
Yeah, the first [D] part of 63 I think, to play with Bill, you know.
And he auditioned me on the guitar [A] and banjo.
Of course [D] I'd played a show with him on banjo before that.
And [G] myself and Bill Keith [D] auditioned up in the National Life and Accident Insurance Building next door [A] to the Clarkson Hotel.
It's just catacombs across the street here, [D] you know.
And [G] he put me on [D] the guitar and he put Bill Keith on banjo and [F#m] recorded that very week.
He had some [D] tunes he wanted Bill to play, you know.
I went back to my darling, I got down on my knees
I begged her with tears in my eyes
So what do you think Bill would think about [A] you singing songs by people like [G] U2 and Tom Petty and Robert Cray and stuff?
[D] Well, you know, he was kind of open-minded himself then.
And he covered a lot of the countries.
He didn't cover any rock songs, I don't think.
Of course, rock and roll was just kind of beginning then.
Rock and roll, when [A] he was on the top of his game, when he was really making his mark, rock and roll [D] was just forming.
And they were studying him, those guys were really.
Actually they were, you know.
Buddy Holly and Ernest Presley and all of them, they were bluegrass fans.
Yeah, but Bill, you know, he covered a lot of the country singers.
[C#] I think he'd like what we do, you know.
Well, in a way, maybe he was doing the same kind of thing you've been doing, you know.
More than likely.
They call this Americana music now.
Yeah, really.
I mean, Bill Monroe, he was pretty danged Americana.
He would play a folk song or a fiddle tune or he'd do a new song that he wrote or, you know, cover somebody else's song.
I mean, there was no boundaries, really.
His music was so specific to him and yet it was very expansive.
[D] And I think that's very similar with what your music is.
It's like your music is through bluegrass you can experience the entire world of music, I think, in [G] America.
[F] [G] [D]
[G] At the valley down below, paper green just as far as I can see.
Let my memory [F] return, [G] oh how my heart would [C] yearn for you and the day that used to be.
Other than a few shows a year, we haven't played much since 1990.
So this is a big thing for us to get a new record out and new material and really get it all.
I mean, it's been like rebuilding an old house.
It's been quite a job to get it together, but I'm really excited about it.
I'm really excited that we're playing some shows with you.
[D#] Now I don't know exactly [G] where we're playing besides here.
I know we're doing Philadelphia, maybe another two, a couple, but I'm really excited [Dm] about this one.
[G]
I'm looking forward to [D] it because, you know, you guys, when you were still [G] playing, you know, together and all like that,
of course you all branched out and did great, you know.
You're such a [F#] great writer, man, and [G] singer, too.
But, you know, [D] at that [G] time, you were one of the top bands in the country, you know,
and I really enjoyed hearing what you guys were doing then.
[D] Of course, you'll be doing [G] new stuff now probably.
We've got some new stuff, and I'm sure we'll be hearing your latest stuff, too, on the show.
[D] [G]
It's a good time, it's a [D] [G] good time.
It was a beautiful, like, summer, but I never got to see you smile.
[C] I thought I'd walk [G] you back to your room, just [D] take my [G] service off.
But I tried rebooting, tried compression, it would [D] not open [G] path.
[C] My custom screen [G] won't even function, it's what [D] makes all the feel [G] good.
[C] My hard drive, it makes all [G] applications call, and I'm running [D] out of memory [G] for you.
Well, I think that one of the good things that Bluegrass continues to do is it keeps updating the old sounds.
You know, you change the word train to [Gm] jet plane or from [G] horse to car, you know, maybe.
But then we had this song, one day I was with some friends and we were,
I made the joke that I'm running out of memory, I couldn't remember where I was supposed to be,
and they said, oh, I'm running out of memory for you, so we wrote this song.
And I wrote it to kind of something like I Got a Letter from My Darling by Bill Monroe,
but it talks about your [D] PC and software crashing and all this stuff.
[C] But it's also just a kind [G] of a blues love song.
Right, it brought it right up to [D] the date, you know.
So, [G] keep trying, you know.
And then I hurried on back to my workplace.
I had my [D] memory module [G] in my hand, [C] and I opened up [G] my PC case.
I thought I knew just what I'd do.
[C] But it was all for naught, [G] there were no expansions, and I'm running out of memory for you.
[C] My code stream won't even [G] function, it's one [D] big solid field.
[G] My hard drive, it went soft, my application called, and I'm running out of memory for you.
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[D] _ _ _ _ Well, I once had a darling who was kind and true and sweet
Life was so bright and gay [A] and free
But [D] I fell through together with my life's _ sad sorrow
And I leave
Let the highway of [G] sorrow I'm traveling on
So the first time you came to Nashville was [D] 62, 61 or 62 in there?
[A] To perform, yeah, was 63 actually.
63.
Yeah, the first [D] part of 63 I think, to play with Bill, you know.
And he auditioned me on the guitar [A] and banjo.
Of course [D] I'd played a show with him on banjo before that.
And [G] myself and Bill Keith [D] auditioned up in the National Life and Accident Insurance Building next door [A] to the Clarkson Hotel.
It's just catacombs across the street here, [D] you know.
And [G] he put me on [D] the guitar and he put Bill Keith on banjo and [F#m] recorded that very week.
He had some [D] tunes he wanted Bill to play, you know.
I went back to my darling, I got down on my knees
I begged her with tears in my eyes
So what do you think Bill would think about [A] you singing songs by people like [G] U2 and Tom Petty and Robert Cray and stuff?
[D] Well, you know, he was kind of open-minded himself then.
And he covered a lot of the countries.
He didn't cover any rock songs, I don't think.
Of course, rock and roll was just kind of beginning then.
Rock and roll, when [A] he was on the top of his game, when he was really making his mark, rock and roll [D] was just forming.
And they were studying him, those guys were really.
Actually they were, you know.
Buddy Holly and Ernest Presley and all of them, they were bluegrass fans.
Yeah, but Bill, you know, he covered a lot of the country singers.
[C#] I think he'd like what we do, you know.
Well, in a way, maybe he was doing the same kind of thing you've been doing, you know.
More than likely.
They call this Americana music now.
Yeah, really.
I mean, Bill Monroe, he was pretty danged Americana.
He would play a folk song or a fiddle tune or he'd do a new song that he wrote or, you know, cover somebody else's song.
I mean, there was no boundaries, really.
His music was so specific to him and yet it was very expansive.
[D] And I think that's very similar with what your music is.
It's like your music is through bluegrass you can experience the entire world of music, I think, in [G] America. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ At the valley down below, paper green just as far as I can see.
Let my memory [F] return, [G] oh how my heart would [C] yearn for you and the day that used to be.
Other than a few shows a year, we haven't played much since 1990.
So this is a big thing for us to get a new record out and new material and really get it all.
I mean, it's been like rebuilding an old house.
It's been quite a job to get it together, but I'm really excited about it.
I'm really excited that we're playing some shows with you.
[D#] Now I don't know exactly [G] where we're playing besides here.
I know we're doing Philadelphia, maybe another two, a couple, but I'm really excited [Dm] about this one.
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ I'm looking forward to [D] it because, you know, you guys, when you were still [G] playing, you know, together and all like that,
of course you all branched out and did great, you know.
You're such a [F#] great writer, man, and [G] singer, too.
But, you know, [D] at that [G] time, you were one of the top bands in the country, you know,
and I really enjoyed hearing what you guys were doing then.
[D] Of course, you'll be doing [G] new stuff now probably.
We've got some new stuff, and I'm sure we'll be hearing your latest stuff, too, on the show. _
[D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ It's a good time, it's a [D] [G] good time.
It was a beautiful, like, summer, but I never got to see you smile.
_ [C] I thought I'd walk [G] you back to your room, just [D] take my [G] service off.
But _ I tried rebooting, tried compression, it would [D] not open [G] path.
_ [C] My custom screen [G] won't even function, it's what [D] makes all the feel [G] good.
[C] My hard drive, it makes all [G] applications call, and I'm running [D] out of memory [G] for you.
_ Well, I think that one of the good things that Bluegrass continues to do is it keeps updating the old sounds.
You know, you change the word train to [Gm] jet plane or from [G] horse to car, you know, maybe.
But then we had this song, one day I was with some friends and we were,
I made the joke that I'm running out of memory, I couldn't remember where I was supposed to be,
and they said, oh, I'm running out of memory for you, so we wrote this song.
And I wrote it to kind of something like I Got a Letter from My Darling by Bill Monroe,
but it talks about your [D] PC and software crashing and all this stuff.
[C] But it's also just a kind [G] of a blues love song.
Right, it brought it right up to [D] the date, you know.
So, [G] keep trying, you know.
And then I hurried on back to my workplace.
I had my [D] memory module [G] in my hand, [C] and I opened up [G] my PC case.
I thought I knew just what I'd do.
[C] But it was all for naught, [G] there were no expansions, and I'm running out of memory for you.
[C] My code stream won't even [G] function, it's one [D] big solid field.
[G] _ My hard drive, it went soft, my application called, and I'm running out of memory for you. _ _ _
Life was so bright and gay [A] and free
But [D] I fell through together with my life's _ sad sorrow
And I leave
Let the highway of [G] sorrow I'm traveling on
So the first time you came to Nashville was [D] 62, 61 or 62 in there?
[A] To perform, yeah, was 63 actually.
63.
Yeah, the first [D] part of 63 I think, to play with Bill, you know.
And he auditioned me on the guitar [A] and banjo.
Of course [D] I'd played a show with him on banjo before that.
And [G] myself and Bill Keith [D] auditioned up in the National Life and Accident Insurance Building next door [A] to the Clarkson Hotel.
It's just catacombs across the street here, [D] you know.
And [G] he put me on [D] the guitar and he put Bill Keith on banjo and [F#m] recorded that very week.
He had some [D] tunes he wanted Bill to play, you know.
I went back to my darling, I got down on my knees
I begged her with tears in my eyes
So what do you think Bill would think about [A] you singing songs by people like [G] U2 and Tom Petty and Robert Cray and stuff?
[D] Well, you know, he was kind of open-minded himself then.
And he covered a lot of the countries.
He didn't cover any rock songs, I don't think.
Of course, rock and roll was just kind of beginning then.
Rock and roll, when [A] he was on the top of his game, when he was really making his mark, rock and roll [D] was just forming.
And they were studying him, those guys were really.
Actually they were, you know.
Buddy Holly and Ernest Presley and all of them, they were bluegrass fans.
Yeah, but Bill, you know, he covered a lot of the country singers.
[C#] I think he'd like what we do, you know.
Well, in a way, maybe he was doing the same kind of thing you've been doing, you know.
More than likely.
They call this Americana music now.
Yeah, really.
I mean, Bill Monroe, he was pretty danged Americana.
He would play a folk song or a fiddle tune or he'd do a new song that he wrote or, you know, cover somebody else's song.
I mean, there was no boundaries, really.
His music was so specific to him and yet it was very expansive.
[D] And I think that's very similar with what your music is.
It's like your music is through bluegrass you can experience the entire world of music, I think, in [G] America. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ At the valley down below, paper green just as far as I can see.
Let my memory [F] return, [G] oh how my heart would [C] yearn for you and the day that used to be.
Other than a few shows a year, we haven't played much since 1990.
So this is a big thing for us to get a new record out and new material and really get it all.
I mean, it's been like rebuilding an old house.
It's been quite a job to get it together, but I'm really excited about it.
I'm really excited that we're playing some shows with you.
[D#] Now I don't know exactly [G] where we're playing besides here.
I know we're doing Philadelphia, maybe another two, a couple, but I'm really excited [Dm] about this one.
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ I'm looking forward to [D] it because, you know, you guys, when you were still [G] playing, you know, together and all like that,
of course you all branched out and did great, you know.
You're such a [F#] great writer, man, and [G] singer, too.
But, you know, [D] at that [G] time, you were one of the top bands in the country, you know,
and I really enjoyed hearing what you guys were doing then.
[D] Of course, you'll be doing [G] new stuff now probably.
We've got some new stuff, and I'm sure we'll be hearing your latest stuff, too, on the show. _
[D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ It's a good time, it's a [D] [G] good time.
It was a beautiful, like, summer, but I never got to see you smile.
_ [C] I thought I'd walk [G] you back to your room, just [D] take my [G] service off.
But _ I tried rebooting, tried compression, it would [D] not open [G] path.
_ [C] My custom screen [G] won't even function, it's what [D] makes all the feel [G] good.
[C] My hard drive, it makes all [G] applications call, and I'm running [D] out of memory [G] for you.
_ Well, I think that one of the good things that Bluegrass continues to do is it keeps updating the old sounds.
You know, you change the word train to [Gm] jet plane or from [G] horse to car, you know, maybe.
But then we had this song, one day I was with some friends and we were,
I made the joke that I'm running out of memory, I couldn't remember where I was supposed to be,
and they said, oh, I'm running out of memory for you, so we wrote this song.
And I wrote it to kind of something like I Got a Letter from My Darling by Bill Monroe,
but it talks about your [D] PC and software crashing and all this stuff.
[C] But it's also just a kind [G] of a blues love song.
Right, it brought it right up to [D] the date, you know.
So, [G] keep trying, you know.
And then I hurried on back to my workplace.
I had my [D] memory module [G] in my hand, [C] and I opened up [G] my PC case.
I thought I knew just what I'd do.
[C] But it was all for naught, [G] there were no expansions, and I'm running out of memory for you.
[C] My code stream won't even [G] function, it's one [D] big solid field.
[G] _ My hard drive, it went soft, my application called, and I'm running out of memory for you. _ _ _