A simplified version of this classic Gillian Welch track.
If you have a friend that can play the David Rawlings parts
..... you will be doing pretty well...... enjoy.

CAPO 1st FRET

[Intro]


[Verse]
            
Caleb Meyer he

              
 lived alone, 

              
In them holler

     
in pines
              
And he made a 

              
little whiskey

             
 for himself s

              
aid it helped 

             
to pass the ti


me
            
Long one eveni

              
ng in back of 

              
my house, Cale

          
b come around
              
And he called 

             
my name till I

              
 went out, Wit

              
h no-one else 

  
around

[Chorus]
            
Caleb Meyer yo

              
ur ghost is go

              
nna wear them 

            
rattling chain

s
              
But when I go 

             
to sleep at ni

              
ght, Don't you

          
 call my name

[Verse]
            
Where's your h

              
usband Nellie 

              
Cane, Wheres y

              
our darlin' go


ne?
              
Did he go on d

             
own the mounta

              
inside, and le

             
ave you all al


one?
            
Yes my husband

              
's gone to Bow

              
ling Green, to

              
 do some busin

      
ess there
              
Then Caleb thr

             
ew that bottle

              
 down, And gra

              
bbed me by my 

 
hair

[Chorus]
            
Caleb Meyer yo

              
ur ghost is go

              
nna wear them 

           
rattling chain

s
              
But when I go 

             
to sleep at ni

              
ght, Don't you

          
 call my name

[Verse]
            
He threw me in

              
 the needle be

              
d, Across my d

         
ress he lay
              
He pinned my h

             
ands above my 

              
head, And I co

            
mmenced to pra

y
            
I cried my God

              
 I am your chi

              
ld, Send your 

        
angels down
              
Then feeling w

             
ith my finger 

              
tips, The bott

           
le neck I foun

d
            
I drew that gl

              
ass across his

              
 neck, Fine as

       
 any blade
              
Then I felt hi

              
s blood pour f

             
ast and hot, A

              
round me where

    
 I laid

[Break]

[Chorus]
            
Caleb Meyer yo

              
ur ghost is go

              
nna wear them 

           
rattling chain

s
              
But when I go 

             
to sleep at ni

              
ght, Don't you

          
 call my name

[Chorus]
            
Caleb Meyer yo

              
ur ghost is go

              
nna wear them 

           
rattling chain

s
              
But when I go 

             
to sleep at ni

              
ght, Don't you

          
 call my name