Dave Rawlings Machine - Knuckleball Catcher 
Gillian Welch - Knuckleball Catcher

                               { ** Capo on 3rd fret ** }


Tab by Avi 
Israel, July 29, 2014


~ Based on a recording from October 4, 2007 - Los Angeles ~

I have a few recordings of this amazing song, and the above-mentioned (DRM show) is by far 
the best to my ears - Dave’s solo is super-amazing.

If anyone wants it, just send me an email and I’ll have it your way asap...


Since it’s yet to be released, I’m putting it under Gillian Welch as well, because who knows what 
record they’d release it on. I believe this is one of their very best tunes (and I believe it 
actually sounds better with Dave singing lead).



Intro / “Thing” in between verses:

         
e|---3-----2--
B|---0-----0--
G|---0-----2--
D|---0-----1--
A|---2-----2--
E|---3-----2--

#      
----0-----0---
----0-----1---
----0-----0---
----2-----2---
----2-----3---
----0-----3---

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Verse:

            

e|--3--------0
B|--0/1------1
G|--0--------0
D|--0--------2
A|--2--------3
E|--3--------3

-----------|   
-----------|
-----------|
-----------|   
-----------|
-----------|



             
Caught my eye 

              
when a flash o

              
f lightning hi

    
t the land
             
Out in the dar

              
kness, with a 

              
banjo in your 

    
hand

             
You came into 

              
the firelight,

              
 to the circle

           
 from the gloo

      
m
             
I was standing

             
 childlike, wh

              
ile you got yo

            
urself in tune


             
Now a bricklay

              
er can be an o

           
ld-time player

        
 too
             
But a knuckleb

              
all catcher, o

           
nly gets one j

        
ob to do



             
You played you

              
r melody, it w

              
as too much to

    
 believe
             
Froze my flesh

              
 down to minus

       
 nine degrees

             
Like I was pas

              
sing a graveya

              
rd full of flo

              
wers on mother

         
’s day
             
Now that’s the

              
 last time I l

              
et a stranger 

             
break my heart

       
 this way


             
Now a den moth

              
er can be a da

           
shboard drumme

  
r too
             
But a knuckleb

              
all catcher, o

           
nly gets one j

      
ob to do

   C/G     D           G               the move from C/G to D is
He only gets on job to do             a slide of the whole form
                                      two frets up
“Thing” - Tu-do-do

                         *Notice, D is usually C/G, two frets up


Solo also play
         
e|---3----3---
B|---0----0---
G|---0----0---
D|---0----0---
A|---2----0---
E|---3----2---

ed while Gillian plays the “Thing”:
#      
-0----0---|
-0----1---|
-0----0---|
-2----2---|
-2----3---|
-0----3---|


             
When the jam w

              
as finished, a

              
nd you slipped

              
 out of the ch

 
oir
             
I tried to fol

              
low, but my sh

              
oes just caugh

    
t on fire
             
so I searched 

              
the campfire, 

              
I never saw yo

                 
ur face again
             
You ain't a de

             
vil woman, jus

              
t a bluegrass 

   
fan

             
‘Cause a left-

              
winger can be 

           
a bluegrass si

      
nger too
             
and some hard 

              
liquor can mak

           
e a guitar pic

            
ker out of you
             
but a knuckleb

              
all catcher on

             
ly gets one jo

   
b to do

   C/G     D           G               the move from C/G to D is
He only gets on job to do             a slide of the whole form
                                      two frets up
“Thing” - Tu-do-do





D chord, is usually (relative to capo):

e|---0----|
B|---3----|
G|---0----|
D|---4----|
A|---5----|
E|---5----|




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