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Scarlet Town

  • JasonK
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    September 28, 2015 1:16 AM PDT

    Scarlet Town - Gillian Welch / David Rawlings

    Track 1 HARROW & THE HARVEST

    Cap 7 Double dropped D

    Key Am/Bbm

    D7 then hold down B on 1st fret

    Intro D7 riff

     

    Buddy I went down to Scarlet Town 

    Ain’t never been there before

    Well you slept on a feather bed 

    And I slept on the floor

     

    Now I don’t mind a lean old time

    Or drinking my coffee cold

    But the things I’ve seen in Scarlet Town 

    Did mortify my soul

    Chorus D7 with C-B G-E pull off

    Well look at that deep well

    Look at that dark\dug grave

    Ringin' that iron bell

    In Scarlet Town today

     

    I spent some time in New Orleans

    And in Cairo on a bend,

    But Scarlet Town brought me down

    Low as I ever been

    Chorus   D7 then D C B G (x3) D

    On the day I came to Scarlet Town

    You promised I’d be your bride

    But you left me here to rot away

    Like Polly on the mountain side

    Chorus    D7 then D C B G (x3) D

    Now you may hide in Scarlet Town

    For a hundred years or more

    But the man who knows what time it is 

    Is knocking at the door

     

    So fare you well my own true love

    If you ever see me around

    I’ll be lookin through a telescope 

    From hell to Scarlet Town

    Chorus   D C B G (x3) D7