Alison Krauss

Alison Krauss - HEARTSTRINGS guitar tab

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From: Bruce DeBoard

Subject: correction to heartstrings by alison krauss

Date: Thu, 17 Apr 1997 22:35:50 -0400 (EDT)

Heartstrings by Alison Krauss

written by Marshall Wilborn

Album: Every Time You Say Goodbye

Transcribed by Bruce DeBoard (deboard@pa.uky.edu)

This song is played with a capo on the second fret I believe,

although it is by no means a must. Play it in whatever key

you like. However, the chords below are more shapes if you put

a capo on. What I have below is for without a capo. I play it

with the capo on the second fret, but I still play a G shape, or

a D shape, you get it.

Also, the G and Em I have in mind here are not standard G and Em,

although you can use those if you want. I use these:

EADGBE

G xx5433 (this is from open, whether it be headstock or capo)

Em xx2000 (same as above)

I do use the standard G if I am going to go to the chorus

directly after, so I can walk up to the C, but most other places

I do not. You can do whatever you want.

[Verse 1]

G D Em D

Way up north, where the snow flies

C D G D

and the sun don't hardly shine

G D Em D

If it weren't for, my true love

C D

I'd have long ago lost my mind

D G D

I'd have long ago lost my mind

[Verse 2]

There's good folks here and good folks there

most everywhere I go

But the land of my heart is down

where the snow white cotton grows

where the snow white cotton grows

[chorus]

C Bm Am G

When the river runs over from the melting snow

C D G

we will take to the higher ground

C Bm Am G

when the water goes down again, we'll saddle our old paint

C D G

we'll be homeward bound

C Bm D G

me and my love will be homeward bound

[solo] play verse

[verse 3]

Heartstrings hold tighter than the roots of a live oak tree

holding through tornado wind

tougher than timber, stronger than steel

they'll guide me back southward again

they'll guide me back southward again

[repeat chorus]

Please Email me with any comments :)

Thanks to Ellen S. for correction to lyrics "Saddle our old paint" instead

of "Settle our own pain"

--

Bruce A. Deboard

Physics and Astronomy

Homepage: http://www.pa.uky.edu/~deboard

University of Kentucky

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