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Knuckleball Catcher
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Knuckleball Catcher - Gillian Welch/David Rawlings
8/3/2008 - Newport Folk Festival
Capo 4 B7/F# 3x01202
Intro Open with 2-3 on top E
G B7/F# Em C (x2)
G You caught my eye
When a flash of lightning hit the C/G land
G Out in the darkness
With a banjo in your D hand
You came G into the firelight
Into the circle from the C/G gloom A
I was G standing childlike D
While you got yourself in G tune B7/F# Em C/G
G B7/F# Em C/G
Now a D bricklayer can be an C/G all-time player, G too
But a D knuckleball catcher C/G only gets one job to A do
C Only gets D one job to G do B7/F# Em C/G
G B7/F# Em C/G
G You played your melody
It was too much to C/G believe
G It froze my flesh down
To minus nine D degrees
Like I was G passing a graveyard
Filled with flowers on Mother's C/G Day, A hey
Now that's the G last time I let a D stranger
Break my heart this G way, B7/F# hey, Em hey C/G
Now a D den Mother can be a dashboard drummer, G too
But a D knuckleball catcher C/G only gets one job to A do
C Only gets D one job to G do B7/F# Em C/G
Instrumental Intro (x4)
G When the jam had finished
You slipped out of the C/G choir
G I tried to follow, but my shoes just caught on D fire
So I G searched the campground
I never saw your face C/G again, A mmmm
Were you a G devil, woman
D Or just a bluegrass fan?
G B7/F# Em C/G
'Cause D left-winger can be a C/G bluegrass singer, G too
And some D hard liquor
Could make a C/G guitar picker out of A you
But a C/G knuckleball catcher D only gets one job to
G do do B7/F# dodo Em do do do do C/G do
G do do B7/F# dodo Em do do do do C/G do
Instrumental Intro/Outro
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