Chords for Emmylou Harris - Red Dirt Girl @ Liseberg 2017
Tempo:
154.9 bpm
Chords used:
G
C
D
Em
Gm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[G] [Em] [C] [D]
[Em] Now he's [C] lying somewhere [D] about a million [C] miles from me.
[G]
The [D] cinders not much for a [G] red dirt girl.
[C] A great big [G] world that's where I'm from.
And the [D] sky is my colony.
[C] But what I used to do to swing [Gm] my [G] hurricane.
Away in the swim.
[D]
Oh [G] make a joyful sound.
[Em] [C] [D]
[G]
[Em] [C] [D] [G]
Grow up tall and let your clothes down.
Bury that old dog.
Get eaten [C] by a craven bush.
Right up the [G] hill.
Daddy turned me in on.
[D] She got in trouble with a boy from town.
[C] But you might as well settle down.
[G] Since you're built around right here.
[C]
[D] Across [Em] the red [C] dirt line.
[D] Just a little south of [C] Staten Island.
[G]
[Bm] Oh she tried hard to love him.
But he never did too.
[C] Just another way for the heart to break.
[G] Since she learned to bend.
[Bm] But one thing they don't tell you about the blues and the blues.
[C] Keep on [G] falling cause there ain't nobody.
Ain't nobody.
At least [D] not me.
[G]
Nobody knows when she started in her skirt.
She was only ten or seven and she had five kids.
[C] Could have been the whisk.
Could have been the [G] tax.
Could have been the dream she was dreaming.
[D] Won't be a mention in the news.
To the world of [C] the life and the death of a red dirt [G] girl.
Ain't nobody.
[Em] [C] [D] Who [C] never got any further [D] across the line.
[Gm]
[C] Than the blue.
[G]
Down a sky road still long.
[C] Tonight she finally laid it in.
[G] That's the way it goes.
[D] Like a sinner.
[G] [D] [G]
In the red dirt.
[Dm] Love.
[G]
Love.
[D] [Em]
[G] Love.
[D] [G]
[Gm]
[N]
[Em] Now he's [C] lying somewhere [D] about a million [C] miles from me.
[G]
The [D] cinders not much for a [G] red dirt girl.
[C] A great big [G] world that's where I'm from.
And the [D] sky is my colony.
[C] But what I used to do to swing [Gm] my [G] hurricane.
Away in the swim.
[D]
Oh [G] make a joyful sound.
[Em] [C] [D]
[G]
[Em] [C] [D] [G]
Grow up tall and let your clothes down.
Bury that old dog.
Get eaten [C] by a craven bush.
Right up the [G] hill.
Daddy turned me in on.
[D] She got in trouble with a boy from town.
[C] But you might as well settle down.
[G] Since you're built around right here.
[C]
[D] Across [Em] the red [C] dirt line.
[D] Just a little south of [C] Staten Island.
[G]
[Bm] Oh she tried hard to love him.
But he never did too.
[C] Just another way for the heart to break.
[G] Since she learned to bend.
[Bm] But one thing they don't tell you about the blues and the blues.
[C] Keep on [G] falling cause there ain't nobody.
Ain't nobody.
At least [D] not me.
[G]
Nobody knows when she started in her skirt.
She was only ten or seven and she had five kids.
[C] Could have been the whisk.
Could have been the [G] tax.
Could have been the dream she was dreaming.
[D] Won't be a mention in the news.
To the world of [C] the life and the death of a red dirt [G] girl.
Ain't nobody.
[Em] [C] [D] Who [C] never got any further [D] across the line.
[Gm]
[C] Than the blue.
[G]
Down a sky road still long.
[C] Tonight she finally laid it in.
[G] That's the way it goes.
[D] Like a sinner.
[G] [D] [G]
In the red dirt.
[Dm] Love.
[G]
Love.
[D] [Em]
[G] Love.
[D] [G]
[Gm]
[N]
Key:
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C
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Em
Gm
G
C
D
[G] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _
_ [Em] Now he's [C] lying somewhere [D] about a million [C] miles from me.
_ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
The [D] cinders not much for a [G] red dirt girl.
[C] _ A _ great big [G] world that's where I'm from. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
And the [D] sky is my colony. _
_ [C] But what I used to do to swing [Gm] my [G] hurricane. _ _ _ _
Away in the swim.
[D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Oh [G] make a joyful _ _ sound. _
_ [Em] _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Grow up tall and let your clothes down. _
Bury that old dog.
Get eaten [C] by a craven bush.
Right up the [G] hill.
Daddy turned me in on. _ _
[D] She got in trouble with a boy from town.
[C] But you might as well settle down.
[G] Since you're built around right here.
_ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ Across [Em] the red [C] dirt line.
[D] Just a little south of [C] Staten Island.
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] Oh she tried hard to love him.
But he never did too.
[C] Just another way for the heart to break.
[G] Since she learned to bend. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] But one thing they don't tell you about the blues and the blues.
[C] Keep on [G] falling cause there ain't nobody.
Ain't nobody. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ At least [D] not me. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
Nobody knows when she started in her skirt.
She was only ten or seven and she had five kids.
[C] Could have been the whisk.
Could have been the [G] tax.
Could have been the dream she was dreaming. _ _
[D] Won't be a mention in the news.
To the world of [C] the life and the death of a red dirt [G] girl.
Ain't nobody. _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ Who [C] never got any further [D] across the line.
[Gm]
[C] Than the blue.
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Down a sky road still long. _ _ _
[C] _ Tonight she finally laid it in.
[G] _ That's the way it goes. _
_ [D] Like a sinner. _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [G]
In the red dirt. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] Love.
_ _ [G] _
_ Love. _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ [G] Love.
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] Now he's [C] lying somewhere [D] about a million [C] miles from me.
_ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
The [D] cinders not much for a [G] red dirt girl.
[C] _ A _ great big [G] world that's where I'm from. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
And the [D] sky is my colony. _
_ [C] But what I used to do to swing [Gm] my [G] hurricane. _ _ _ _
Away in the swim.
[D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Oh [G] make a joyful _ _ sound. _
_ [Em] _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Grow up tall and let your clothes down. _
Bury that old dog.
Get eaten [C] by a craven bush.
Right up the [G] hill.
Daddy turned me in on. _ _
[D] She got in trouble with a boy from town.
[C] But you might as well settle down.
[G] Since you're built around right here.
_ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ Across [Em] the red [C] dirt line.
[D] Just a little south of [C] Staten Island.
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] Oh she tried hard to love him.
But he never did too.
[C] Just another way for the heart to break.
[G] Since she learned to bend. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] But one thing they don't tell you about the blues and the blues.
[C] Keep on [G] falling cause there ain't nobody.
Ain't nobody. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ At least [D] not me. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
Nobody knows when she started in her skirt.
She was only ten or seven and she had five kids.
[C] Could have been the whisk.
Could have been the [G] tax.
Could have been the dream she was dreaming. _ _
[D] Won't be a mention in the news.
To the world of [C] the life and the death of a red dirt [G] girl.
Ain't nobody. _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ Who [C] never got any further [D] across the line.
[Gm]
[C] Than the blue.
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Down a sky road still long. _ _ _
[C] _ Tonight she finally laid it in.
[G] _ That's the way it goes. _
_ [D] Like a sinner. _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [G]
In the red dirt. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] Love.
_ _ [G] _
_ Love. _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ [G] Love.
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _