This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.
intro
D(9) D(9)/F# G D/F# Em7
E ----------0-----|------0---------|----------------|------0---------| B ----3-----------|--3-------3-----|0---------------|--0-------0-----| G --------------2-|----------------|------0---2---0-|----------------| D ----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---| A ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| D 0-------0-------|4-------4-------|5-------4-------|2-------2-------|
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1. Last Sunday we got in the car and we drove
2. Your grandmother owned a gun in 1932
A7sus4 A7 Asus9 D G/B A7sus4
E ------0---------|----------------|----------------|----------------| B 3---------3-----|0=2-------0-----|3---------------|--3-------3-----| G ----------------|------0-------2-|----------2---0-|------0-------0-| D ----2-------2---|----2-------2---|----0-------0---|----0-------2---| A 0-------0-------|0-------0-------|----------------|2-------0-------| D ----------------|----------------|0-------0-------|----------------|
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1. To the town you were raised in, your boyhood home
2. When times were bad just everywhere, you said she used it too
D(9) D(9)/F# G5 D/F# Em7
E ----------0-----|------0---------|----------------|------0---------| B ----------------|--3-------3-----|3---------------|--0-------0-----| G ------2-------2-|--------------0-|------0---2---0-|--------------0-| D ----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---| A ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| D 0-------0-------|4-------4-------|5-------4-------|2-------2-------|
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1. The trees were just turning, up on the ridge
2. And the life and times of everyone are traced inside their palms
A7sus4 A7 Asus9 D(9) G/B A7sus4
E ------0---------|----------------|------0---------|----------------| B 3---------3-----|2---------0-----|----------3-----|----------------| G --------------0-|------0-------2-|--------------2-|------0-------0-| D ----2-------2---|----2-------2---|----0-------0---|----0-------2---| A 0-------0-------|0-------0-------|----------------|0=2-----0-------| D ----------------|----------------|0-------0-------|----------------|
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1. And this was your valley when you were a kid
2. Her skin may be so weathered, but her grip is still so strong
D(9) D(9)/F# G D/F# Em7
E ----------0-----|------0---------|----------------|------0---------| B ----3-----------|--3-------3-----|0---------------|--0-------0-----| G --------------2-|--------------0-|------0---2---0-|----------------| D ----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---| A ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| D 0-------0-------|4-------4-------|5-------4-------|2-------2-------|
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1. You showed me the railroad that your daddy worked on
2. And I see your eyes belong to her and too your mama too
3. And a rich man you might never be, they'd love you just the same
A7sus4 A7sus4 Asus9 D(9) G/B A7sus4
E ------0---------|----------------|------0---------|3=2-------------| B 3---------3-----|2=3-------0-----|3---------3-----|----------------| G ----------------|------0-------2-|--------------0-|------0---0-----| D ----2-------2---|----2-------2---|----0-------0---|----0-------2---| A 0-------0-------|0-------0-------|----------------|2-------0-------| D ----------------|----------------|0-------0-------|----------------|
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1. As we neared the old house where your granny lives on
2. A slice of Virginia sky, the clearest shade of blue
3. They've handed down so much to you besides your Christian name
D(9) D(9)/F# G5 D/F# Em7
E ----------0-----|------0---------|----------------|------0---------| B ----3-----------|--3-------3-----|0---------------|--0-------0-----| G --------------2-|----------------|------0---2---0-|--------------0-| D ----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---| A ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| D 0-------0-------|4-------4-------|5-------4-------|2-------2-------|
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1. She's nearing ninety years now, with her daughters by her side
2. [acoustic guitar solo]
3. And the spoken word won't heal you like the laying on of hands
A7sus4 A9 A7 Asus4 D(9) D D/C#
E ----------------|----------0-----|2-----3=2-----0-|----------------| B 3---------0-----|0=2---3---------|----------3-----|--3-------3-----| G ------0-------0-|--------------2-|----------------|------2-------0-| D ----2-------2---|----2-------2---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---| A 0-------0-------|0-------0-------|----------------|--------4-------| D ----------------|----------------|0---------------|0---------------|
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1. Who tend the places in the heart where loneliness can hide
2. [acoustic guitar solo]
3. Belonging to the ones who raised you to a man
Bm7 Asus9 G A7sus4 D(9) D(9)/C#
E ----------------|----------------|----------------|------0---------| B ----3-----3-----|------0---------|----------3-----|----------3-----| G ------2-------2-|----------2---0-|------0-------0-|--------------0-| D ----4-------4---|----2-------2---|----0-------2---|----0-------0---| A 2-------2-------|0-------0-------|--------0-------|--------4-------| D ----------------|----------------|5---------------|0---------------|
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1,2,3. Raised by the women who are stronger than you know
Bm7 Asus9 Em7 A Asus4
E ----------------|----------------|------0---------|----------0-----| B ----3-----3-----|------0---------|----------0-----|2-----3---------| G ------2-------2-|----------2---0-|--------------0-|--2-----------2-| D ----4-------4---|----2-------2---|----0-------0---|----2-------2---| A 2-------2-------|0-------0-------|----------------|0-------0-------| D ----------------|----------------|2-------2-------|----------------|
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1,2,3. A patchwork quilt of memory only women could have sewn
D D(9) D(9)/C# D9/C G6/B
E 2-----0---------|------0---------|------0---------|------0---------| B ----------3-----|--3-------3-----|----------3-----|--3-------3-----| G --------------2-|--------------2-|--------------2-|--------------0-| D ----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---| A ----------------|4-------4-------|3-------3-------|2-------2-------| D 0-------0-------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
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1,2,3. The threads were stitched by family hands, protected from the moth
Em7 D/F# G A7
E ----------------|----------------|----------------| B 0---------------|0---------0-----|----------2-----| G ------0---2---0-|------0-------0-|------0-------0-| D ----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----2-------2---| A ----------------|----------------|0-------0-------| D 2-------4-------|5-------5-------|----------------| (3rd time to Coda)
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1,2,3. By your mother and her mother, the weavers of your cloth
D D(9)/C# G6/B A7 Asus4
E ----------2-----|0---------------|------0---------|----------0-----| B ----------------|----------------|----------3-----|2-----3---------| G ------2-------2-|----------2---0-|--------------0-|--0-----------2-| D ----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----2-------2---| A ----------------|4-------4-------|2-------2-------|0-------0-------| D 0-------0-------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
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1. [instrumental] (1st time: go back to beginning of verse.)
2. [first 4 bars of solo] (2nd time: continue with solo)
Lead guitar solo
| Gmaj7 | D | Em7 | A Asus9 |
| 5x403x | 0x023x | 2x0000 | x0222x x0220x |
| G/B A/C# | D | G A7 | Bm7(4) |
| 5x003x x4222x | 0x0232 | 5x003x x0202x | x2023x |
| E7 | E7 | Em7 | A7 |
| 2x0100 | 2x0100 | 2x0000 | x0202x |
| A7sus4 | A7 |
| x0203x | x0202x | [Now go back to middle of verse]
Coda
| D | Gmaj7/B | D | Gmaj7/B |
| 0x023x | x20032 | 2x0000 | x20032 |
| D A/C# | Bm7 A7 | G A7 | D ||
| 0x023x x4222x | x2023x x0202x | 5x000x x0202x | 000232 ||
LEAD GUITAR (John Jennings):
[Remember, this is written in C because Jennings has a 5th fret capo.]
First solo (end of second verse)
C C/E F C/E Dm7
E --|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| B --|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------------1-| G --|------0-0-------|----------------|--------2=0-----|----------0=2---| D 03|3--2------------|----------------|-----3-------2--|0-----2=3-------| A --|triplet---------|----------2-3-2-|0-3-------------|----------------| E --|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
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G7sus4 G7 C C C/B Am
E ----------------|------0=1-------|----------------|----------------|--| B 0-----3---------|0--------------3|----------------|----------------|--| G --2=0-----2-----|----------0---4-|5---------------|----------------|--| D ----------------|----------------|--------3-------|0=2-----0-------|--| A ----------------|----------------|----------------|------------3=2-|0-| E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|--|
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Longer solo (before third verse)
C G/B F/A G7
E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| B ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| G ----------------|----------------|------0-2-------|----------------| D -----------3--2-|2/5-----------2-|3-------------32|0---------------| A --------triplet-|----------------|----------------|----------23--2-| E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
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Fmaj7 C Dm7 G
E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| B ----------------|------1---3/5-5/|6~~~--------1-31|0---------------| G --------------2=|0---------------|----------2-----|----------------| D ------------3---|--3=2-----------|----------------|----------------| A 0-------0-3-----|----------------|----------------|----------------| E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
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F/A G/B C F G7 Am7
E --1=0-----------|--3-------------|---3--1-0-------|----------------| B ------1-3-0=1-3-|5---------------|-----------3--0-|1-----0-1-------| G ----------------|----------------|triplet-0-------|--------------0-| D ----------------|----------------|-----------3--0-|2-----0-2-------| A ----------------|----------------|--------triplet-|--------------2-| E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
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D7 D7 Dm7 G7
E ----------------|----------------|-----------0----|----------------| B ----------------|----------------|------1-1--1--3-|0-----------1=0=| G ----------------|----------0-2=0-|---2--2-2-------|0---------------|
D 4---------------|----------------|3-------triplet-|----------------|
A 0---------------|----------------|triplet---------|----------------|
E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
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G7sus4 G7
E ----------------|----------------| B 1-1=0-----------|----------------| G ------0---------|----------------| D --------0---3---|----------------| A ----------3---3-|/5--------------| E ----------------|----------------|
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Coda
C Fmaj7 D Fmaj7
E --|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| B --|3/5-------------|1---------------|----------------|----------------| G 0-|--------------0-|2---------0=2---|0---------------|--------------0-| D --|----------------|--------------3-|-----------2--0-|----------------| A --|----------------|----------------|-----------3----|3---------------|
D --|----------------|----------------|--------triplet-|5---------------|
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C G/B Am7 G7 F G7 C
E --------------3-|------3---------|---3--1-0-------|----------------|| B 3/5-----3-------|1-------0-------|-----------3----|1---------------|| G -----(0)---(0)--|---(0)----------|triplet-0-----0-|0---------------||
D ----------------|----------------|--------triplet-|2---------------||
A ----------------|----------------|----------------|3---------------|| D ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
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- Adam Schneider, schneider@pobox.com
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