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Caleb Meyer
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Caleb Meyer - Gillian Welch/David Rawlings
Hell Among The Yearlings - song 1
Drop B - A Play 002200 x00202
Capo V or DmCG
Intro: Asus 2A sus 4 (x3)Am
(Am) Caleb Meyer he lived alone,
In them hollering (G) pines
And he made a little whiskey (D) for himself,
(D7) Said it helped to pass the (Am) time
Long one evening in the of my house,
Caleb come a(G)round
And he called my name 'til (D) I went out
With (D7) no one else a(Asus4)round
Chorus
(Am) Caleb Meyer your ghost is gonna
Wear them rattling (G) chains
But when I go to (D) sleep at night
(D7) Don't you call my (Am) name
(Am) "Where's your husband, Nellie Cane,
Where's your darlin' (G) gone?
Did he go on down the (D) mountainside
And (D7) leave you all a(Am)lone?"
"Yes my husband's gone to Bowling Green,
To do some business (G) there"
Then Caleb threw that (D) bottle down
And (D7) grabbed my by my (Am) hair
ChorusInstrumental verse
(Am) He threw me in the needle bed,
Across my dress he (G) lay
Then he pinned my hands a(D)bove my head
And (D7) I commenced to (Am) pray
Well, I (Am) cried my God I am your child,
Send your angels (G) down
Then feeling with my (D) fingertips,
A (D7) bottle neck I (Am) found
I (Am) drew that glass across his neck
As fine as any (G) blade
Then I felt his blood pour (D) fast and hot
A(D7)round me where I (Am) lay
InstrumentalChorus
(Am) Caleb Meyer your ghost is gonna
Wear them rattling chains
But when I go to sleep at night don't you call my name