Welch Gillian - Caleb Meyer guitar tab

CALEB MEYER (Gillian Welch and David Rawlings)

performed by Gillian Welch on HELL AMONG THE YEARLINGS (1998)

transcribed by Mark Albert markalbert@pipeline.com

SUGGESTED CHORD FINGERINGS (capo 6, modal chords):

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CHORD CHART

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Am

Caleb Meyer he lived alone

G

In them hollering pines

D

And he made a little whiskey for himself

Am

Said it helped to pass the time

Am

Long one evening in back of my house

G

Caleb come around

D

And he called my name till I went out

Am

With no one else around

CHORUS:

Am

Caleb Meyer your ghost is gonna

G

Wear them rattling chains

D

But when I go to sleep at night

Am

Don't you call my name

Am

"Where's your husband Nellie Cane

G

Where's your darling gone?

D

Did he go on down the mountainside

Am

And leave you all alone?"

Am

"Yes my husband's gone to Bowling Green

G

To do some business there."

D

Then Caleb threw that bottle down

Am

And grabbed me by my hair

(CHORUS)

Am

He threw me in the needle bed

G

Across my dress he lay

D

Then he pinned my hands above my head

Am

And I commenced to pray

Am

I cried my God I am your child

G

Send your angels down

D

Then feeling with my finger tips

Am

The bottle neck I found

Am

I drew that glass across his neck

G

Fine as any blade

D

Then I felt his blood pour fast and hot

Am

Around me where I laid

(CHORUS)