Red Clay Halo Chords by Gillian Welch

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Oh the girls all dance with the boys from the city
And they don't care to dance [D] with me _
[G] Now it ain't my fault that the fields are muddy
And the red [D] clay stains [G] my feet
[Am]
[G] And it's under my nails and it's under my collar
And it shows on my Sunday [Dm] _ [D]
clothes
[G] I do my best with the soap and the water
But the damned [D] old dirt [G] won't go
But [C] when I pass [G] through the pearly gate
[D] Will my gown be [G] gold instead
_ Or [C] just a red clay [G] robe with a red clay waist
[D] And a red [G] clay halo for my head _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ Now it's mud in the spring and it's dust in the summer
When it blows in the crimson [D] tide
_ [G] Until the trees and the leaves and the cows are the color
Of the dirt on [D] the _
[G] mountainside
_ [C] But when I [G] pass through the pearly gate
[D] Will my gown be gold [G] instead
Or [C] just a red clay robe [G] with a red clay waist
[D] And a red clay [G] halo for my head
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_ _ Now Jordan's banks they're red and muddy
And the rolling water is [D] wide
[G] But I got no boat so I'll be good and muddy
When I get to [A] the [D] other [G] side
_ [C] And when I [G] pass through the pearly gate
Will [D] my gown be gold [G] instead
Or [C] just a red clay [G] robe with a red clay waist
[D] And a red clay halo [G] for my head
_ [C] I'll take a red clay [G] robe with a red clay waist
[D] And a red clay halo for [G] my head _ _ _ _ _ _
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