Caleb Meyer - Gillian Welch
Capo: Fret 5
Tuning: , E A D G B E
Thisversion is the one Gillian Welch and Dave Rawlings play in the BBC-4 sessions
in St. Luke's in London.
Capo on the 5th fret
Caleb Meyer
he lived alone
, In them holl
erin pines
And he made
a little whisk
ey for himself
said it helpe
d to pass the
time
Long one eve
ning in back o
f my house, Ca
leb come aroun
d
And he calle
d my name till
I went out, W
ith no-one els
e around
Caleb Meyer
your ghost is
gonna wear the
m rattling cha
ins
But when I g
o to sleep at
night, Don't y
ou call my nam
e
Where's your
husband Nelli
e Cane, Wheres
your darlin'
gone?
Did he go on
down the moun
tainside, and
leave you all
alone?
Yes my husba
nd's gone to B
owling Green,
to do some bus
iness there
Then Caleb t
hrew that bott
le down, And g
rabbed me by m
y hair
Caleb Meyer
your ghost is
gonna wear the
m rattling cha
ins
But when I g
o to sleep at
night, Don't y
ou call my nam
e
He threw me
in the needle
bed, Across my
dress he lay
He pinned my
hands above m
y head, And I
commenced to p
ray
I cried my G
od I am your c
hild, Send you
r angels down
Then feeling
with my finge
r tips, The bo
ttle neck I fo
und
I drew that
glass across h
is neck, Fine
as any blade
Then I felt
his blood pour
fast and hot,
Around me whe
re I laid
Caleb Meyer
your ghost is
gonna wear the
m rattling cha
ins
But when I g
o to sleep at
night, Don't y
ou call my nam
e
Caleb Meyer
your ghost is
gonna wear the
m rattling cha
ins
But when I g
o to sleep at
night, Don't y
ou call my nam
e
have fun playing the song!