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Red Clay Halo
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Red Clay Halo - Gillian Welch / David Rawlings
Time (The Revelator) - song 4
Intro: (G) (x 16) Then Instrumental (x16)
Oh the (G)girls all dance with the boys from the city
And they don't care to dance with (D)me
Now it (G) ain't my fault that the fields are muddy
And the red clay (D) stains my (G)feet
And it's (G) under my nails and it's under my collar
And it shows on my Sunday (D) clothes
Though I (G) do my best with soap and water
But the damned old (D) dirt won't (G) go
Chorus
But (C) when I pass through the (G) pearly gates
Will my (D) gown be gold in(G)stead
Or just a (C) red clay robe with (G) red clay wings
And a (D) red clay halo for my (G) head (G)
- Instrumental (x16)
Now it's (G) mud in the spring and it's dust in the summer
When it blows in a crimson (D)tide
Until the (G) trees and the leaves and the cows are the color
Of the dirt on the (D) mountain(G) side
Chorus end on (G7)
- Capo 7th fret play F C G C (x 2) then intro on C
- Instrumental C G D G (x 2) then intro on G
(Take down next verse and play quietly)
Now (G) Jordan's banks, they're red and muddy
And the rolling water is (D) wide
But I (G) got no boat, so I'll be good and muddy
When I get to the (D) other (G) side
Chorus
And (C) when I pass through the (G) pearly gates
Will my (D) gown be gold in(G)stead
Or just a (C) red clay robe with (G) red clay wings
And a (D) red clay halo for my (G) head
I'll take a (C) red clay robe with (G) red clay wings
And a (D) red clay halo for my (G) head