Caleb Meyer - Gillian Welch

Capo: Fret 5
Tuning: , E A D G B E

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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



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