Gillian Welch - Red Clay Halo guitar chord

RED CLAY HALO CAPO IV C G C

C

Well the girls all dance, with the boys from the city

G

But they don't care to dance with me

C

Well it ain't my fault, that the fields are muddy

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And the red clay stains my feet

C

It's under my nails, and it's under my collar,

G

And it shows on my Sunday clothes

C

Though I do my best with soap and water,

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That dammed old dirt won't go

Chorus

F C

But when I pass through the pearly gates

G C

Will my gown be gold instead

F C

Or just a red clay robe with red clay wings

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And a red clay halo for my head

Inst. = verse

C

It's mud in the spring and it's dust in the summer

G

When it rolls in crimson tide

C

Til the trees and leaves and the cows are the colour

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Of the dirt on the mountain side

Chorus

C

Now Jordan's banks are red and muddy,

G

And the rollin water is wide

C

But I got no boat,

C

So I'll be good and muddy

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When I get to the other side

Chorus

Last two lines :-

I'll take a red clay robe and red clay wings

And a red clay halo for my head