Chords for Gillian Welch - Caleb Meyer
Tempo:
65.25 bpm
Chords used:
Dm
C
G
A
Am
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[A]
[Dm]
Caleb my lived alone in them [C] hollering vines
Daddy made a little whiskey [G] for himself
Said it had passed the [Dm] time
Long one evening back at my house
Caleb come [C] around
Daddy called [G] my name till I went out
[A] And no one else arrived
[Dm]
Caleb my your ghost is gonna wear that rattling [C] tree
But when [G] I go to sleep at night
Don't you call my [Am] name
[Dm] Where's your husband Nelly Kane
Where's [C] your darling gone
Did he go on [G] down the mountain side
And leave you all [Am] alone
[Dm] Yes my husband's gone
To Bowling Green to do [C] some business there
Then Caleb [A] threw that bottle down
And [Am] grabbed me by my head
[A] [Dm] Caleb my your ghost is gonna wear [C] that rattling tree
But when I [G] go to [A] sleep at night
Don't you call my [Am] name
[C] [G] [Dm]
He threw me in the new bed
Across my [C] dressy lane
Daddy pinned my [G] hands above my head
And [Dm] I commenced to pray
Well I cried my God I am your child
Send [C] your angels down
Then feeling with [G] my fingertips
The [Am] bottleneck I found
[Dm] I threw that glass across his neck
While [C] he said he'd play
And I felt that [A] blood pour fast and hot
Around me where I lay
[Am]
[C] [G] [Dm]
[Am] [Dm]
[C] [G] [D]
[Dm] Caleb my your ghost is gonna wear that [C] rattling tree
But when I go [A] to sleep at night
Don't [Dm] you call my name
Caleb my your ghost is gonna wear that rattling tree
But when I go to sleep at [D] night
Don't you call my name
[N]
[Dm]
Caleb my lived alone in them [C] hollering vines
Daddy made a little whiskey [G] for himself
Said it had passed the [Dm] time
Long one evening back at my house
Caleb come [C] around
Daddy called [G] my name till I went out
[A] And no one else arrived
[Dm]
Caleb my your ghost is gonna wear that rattling [C] tree
But when [G] I go to sleep at night
Don't you call my [Am] name
[Dm] Where's your husband Nelly Kane
Where's [C] your darling gone
Did he go on [G] down the mountain side
And leave you all [Am] alone
[Dm] Yes my husband's gone
To Bowling Green to do [C] some business there
Then Caleb [A] threw that bottle down
And [Am] grabbed me by my head
[A] [Dm] Caleb my your ghost is gonna wear [C] that rattling tree
But when I [G] go to [A] sleep at night
Don't you call my [Am] name
[C] [G] [Dm]
He threw me in the new bed
Across my [C] dressy lane
Daddy pinned my [G] hands above my head
And [Dm] I commenced to pray
Well I cried my God I am your child
Send [C] your angels down
Then feeling with [G] my fingertips
The [Am] bottleneck I found
[Dm] I threw that glass across his neck
While [C] he said he'd play
And I felt that [A] blood pour fast and hot
Around me where I lay
[Am]
[C] [G] [Dm]
[Am] [Dm]
[C] [G] [D]
[Dm] Caleb my your ghost is gonna wear that [C] rattling tree
But when I go [A] to sleep at night
Don't [Dm] you call my name
Caleb my your ghost is gonna wear that rattling tree
But when I go to sleep at [D] night
Don't you call my name
[N]
Key:
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C
G
A
Am
Dm
C
G
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
Caleb my lived alone in them [C] hollering vines
Daddy made a little whiskey [G] for himself
Said it had passed the [Dm] time
Long one evening back at my house
Caleb come [C] around
Daddy called [G] my name till I went out
[A] And no one else arrived
[Dm]
Caleb my your ghost is gonna wear that rattling [C] tree
But when [G] I go to sleep at night
Don't you call my [Am] name _
_ _ [Dm] Where's your husband Nelly Kane
Where's [C] your darling gone
Did he go on [G] down the mountain side
And leave you all [Am] alone
[Dm] Yes my husband's gone
To Bowling Green to do [C] some business there
Then Caleb [A] threw that bottle down
And [Am] grabbed me by my head
[A] _ [Dm] Caleb my your ghost is gonna wear [C] that rattling tree
But when I [G] go to [A] sleep at night
Don't you call my [Am] name _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [G] _ [Dm] _ _
_ He threw me in the new bed
Across my [C] dressy lane
Daddy pinned my [G] hands above my head
And [Dm] I commenced to pray
Well I cried my God I am your child
Send [C] your angels down
Then feeling with [G] my fingertips
The [Am] bottleneck I found
[Dm] I threw that glass across his neck
While [C] he said he'd play
And I felt that [A] blood pour fast and hot
Around me where I lay
[Am] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [G] _ [Dm] _ _
_ [Am] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _
_ [Dm] Caleb my your ghost is gonna wear that [C] rattling tree
But when I go [A] to sleep at night
Don't [Dm] you call my name
Caleb my your ghost is gonna wear that rattling tree
But when I go to sleep at [D] night
Don't you call my name
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
Caleb my lived alone in them [C] hollering vines
Daddy made a little whiskey [G] for himself
Said it had passed the [Dm] time
Long one evening back at my house
Caleb come [C] around
Daddy called [G] my name till I went out
[A] And no one else arrived
[Dm]
Caleb my your ghost is gonna wear that rattling [C] tree
But when [G] I go to sleep at night
Don't you call my [Am] name _
_ _ [Dm] Where's your husband Nelly Kane
Where's [C] your darling gone
Did he go on [G] down the mountain side
And leave you all [Am] alone
[Dm] Yes my husband's gone
To Bowling Green to do [C] some business there
Then Caleb [A] threw that bottle down
And [Am] grabbed me by my head
[A] _ [Dm] Caleb my your ghost is gonna wear [C] that rattling tree
But when I [G] go to [A] sleep at night
Don't you call my [Am] name _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [G] _ [Dm] _ _
_ He threw me in the new bed
Across my [C] dressy lane
Daddy pinned my [G] hands above my head
And [Dm] I commenced to pray
Well I cried my God I am your child
Send [C] your angels down
Then feeling with [G] my fingertips
The [Am] bottleneck I found
[Dm] I threw that glass across his neck
While [C] he said he'd play
And I felt that [A] blood pour fast and hot
Around me where I lay
[Am] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [G] _ [Dm] _ _
_ [Am] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _
_ [Dm] Caleb my your ghost is gonna wear that [C] rattling tree
But when I go [A] to sleep at night
Don't [Dm] you call my name
Caleb my your ghost is gonna wear that rattling tree
But when I go to sleep at [D] night
Don't you call my name
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _