Chords for Let Him Roll
Tempo:
141.5 bpm
Chords used:
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[G] [D] Let him roll, Lord let [G] him roll.
[A] He always said that heaven [G] was just a [D] Dallas hole.
He was a wino, tried and true.
everything he is to do.
he worked in bars, [G] he worked on farms [D] and he worked on cars.
was quite poor to put that look in his eye [G] that grown men get when they need to cry.
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[G] [D] Let him roll, Lord let [G] him roll.
[A] He always said that heaven [G] was just a [D] Dallas hole.
He was a wino, tried and true.
everything he is to do.
he worked in bars, [G] he worked on farms [D] and he worked on cars.
was quite poor to put that look in his eye [G] that grown men get when they need to cry.
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[G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ Let him roll, _ _ Lord let [G] him roll. _ _ _ _ _
[A] He always said that heaven _ [G] was just a [D] Dallas hole. _ _
_ _ _ _ He was a wino, tried and true.
[G] Done about everything he is to do.
[A] He worked on freighters and he worked in bars, [G] he worked on farms [D] and he worked on cars.
_ _ It was quite poor to put that look in his eye [G] that grown men get when they need to cry.
[A] We sat down on the curb to rest and [G] his head just fell [D] down on his chest. _
_ _ He says every single day it gets [G] just a little bit harder to handle and yet,
[A] and he lost the thread, the mind got cluttered [G] and the words just rolled [A] off down the [D] gutter.
_ _ He was [D] elevator man in a cheap hotel [G] in exchange for the rent on a one room cell.
And [A] he was old and years beyond his time, [G] no thanks to the world [D] and the white port wine.
_ _ He says son, he always called me son, he [G] said life for you has just begun.
[A] Then he told me the story I'd heard before, [G] how he fell in love [D] with a Dallas whore.
_ _ He could cut through the years to the very night [G] that it all ended in a whorehouse fight
and [A] she turned his last proposal down [G] in favor of being [D] a girl about town.
_ _ Now it's been 17 years right in line.
[G] He ain't been straight none of the time.
[A] It's too many _ years of fighting the weather [G] and too many nights of [D] not being together.
_ _ So he died. _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ And when they went through all his personal effects [G] in among the stubs
when the welfare checks was [A] a crumbling picture of a girl in a door and [G] an address in [D] Dalit and nothing more.
_ _ _ The welfare people provided the priest and the [G] couple from the mission down the street sang [A] Amazing Grace.
No one cried [G] except some lady in black [D] way off to the side.
_ _ _ We all left and she's standing there, [G] black veil covering her silver hair.
And old [A] one-eyed John said her name was Alice.
[G] She used to be a whore [D] in Dallas.
_ _ _ Let him _ roll, _ Lord let him roll. _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] I bet he's gone to Dallas, rest his [D] soul.
_ _ _ Let him roll, _ _ _ let him [G] roll. _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] He always said that heaven _ [G] was just a Dallas [D] hole.
_ Let him [A] roll, _ [D] _ Lord let [G] him roll.
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[A] bet he's gone to Dallas, rest his [D] soul. _ _ _ _ _ _
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[G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ Let him roll, _ _ Lord let [G] him roll. _ _ _ _ _
[A] He always said that heaven _ [G] was just a [D] Dallas hole. _ _
_ _ _ _ He was a wino, tried and true.
[G] Done about everything he is to do.
[A] He worked on freighters and he worked in bars, [G] he worked on farms [D] and he worked on cars.
_ _ It was quite poor to put that look in his eye [G] that grown men get when they need to cry.
[A] We sat down on the curb to rest and [G] his head just fell [D] down on his chest. _
_ _ He says every single day it gets [G] just a little bit harder to handle and yet,
[A] and he lost the thread, the mind got cluttered [G] and the words just rolled [A] off down the [D] gutter.
_ _ He was [D] elevator man in a cheap hotel [G] in exchange for the rent on a one room cell.
And [A] he was old and years beyond his time, [G] no thanks to the world [D] and the white port wine.
_ _ He says son, he always called me son, he [G] said life for you has just begun.
[A] Then he told me the story I'd heard before, [G] how he fell in love [D] with a Dallas whore.
_ _ He could cut through the years to the very night [G] that it all ended in a whorehouse fight
and [A] she turned his last proposal down [G] in favor of being [D] a girl about town.
_ _ Now it's been 17 years right in line.
[G] He ain't been straight none of the time.
[A] It's too many _ years of fighting the weather [G] and too many nights of [D] not being together.
_ _ So he died. _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ And when they went through all his personal effects [G] in among the stubs
when the welfare checks was [A] a crumbling picture of a girl in a door and [G] an address in [D] Dalit and nothing more.
_ _ _ The welfare people provided the priest and the [G] couple from the mission down the street sang [A] Amazing Grace.
No one cried [G] except some lady in black [D] way off to the side.
_ _ _ We all left and she's standing there, [G] black veil covering her silver hair.
And old [A] one-eyed John said her name was Alice.
[G] She used to be a whore [D] in Dallas.
_ _ _ Let him _ roll, _ Lord let him roll. _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] I bet he's gone to Dallas, rest his [D] soul.
_ _ _ Let him roll, _ _ _ let him [G] roll. _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] He always said that heaven _ [G] was just a Dallas [D] hole.
_ Let him [A] roll, _ [D] _ Lord let [G] him roll.
I _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] bet he's gone to Dallas, rest his [D] soul. _ _ _ _ _ _
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