{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":917136,"song":"Caleb Meyer","artist":"Gillian Welch","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11610799-caleb-meyer-chords-by-gillian-welch/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/917136?type=chord","rating":4.69378,"votes":154,"content":"Thisversion is the one Gillian Welch and Dave Rawlings play in the BBC-4 sessions \r\nin St. Luke's in London.\r\n\r\nCapo on the 5th fret\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                              [ch]G[/ch]\r\n  Caleb Meyer he lived alone, In them hollerin pines [/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]D[/ch]                                       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n  And he made a little whiskey for himself said it helped to pass the time[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]                                                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n  Long one evening in back of my house, Caleb come around[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]                                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n  And he called my name till I went out, With no-one else around[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]                                                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\n  Caleb Meyer your ghost is gonna wear them rattling chains [/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]                                  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n  But when I go to sleep at night, Don't you call my name[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]                                                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\n  Where's your husband Nellie Cane, Wheres your darlin' gone? [/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]D[/ch]                               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n  Did he go on down the mountainside, and leave you all alone?[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]                                                             [ch]G[/ch]\r\n  Yes my husband's gone to Bowling Green, to do some business there [/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]                                  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n  Then Caleb threw that bottle down, And grabbed me by my hair [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]                                                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\n  Caleb Meyer your ghost is gonna wear them rattling chains [/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]                                  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n  But when I go to sleep at night, Don't you call my name[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]                                                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n  He threw me in the needle bed, Across my dress he lay  [/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]                                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n  He pinned my hands above my head, And I commenced to pray[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]                                                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n  I cried my God I am your child, Send your angels down[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]                               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n  Then feeling with my finger tips, The bottle neck I found [/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]                                                [ch]G[/ch]\r\n  I drew that glass across his neck, Fine as any blade  [/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]                                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n  Then I felt his blood pour fast and hot, Around me where I laid [/tab]\r\n \r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]                                                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\n  Caleb Meyer your ghost is gonna wear them rattling chains [/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]                                  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n  But when I go to sleep at night, Don't you call my name[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]                                                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\n  Caleb Meyer your ghost is gonna wear them rattling chains [/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]                                  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n  But when I go to sleep at night, Don't you call my name[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nhave fun playing the song!","plain_text":"Thisversion is the one Gillian Welch and Dave Rawlings play in the BBC-4 sessions \nin St. Luke's in London.\n\nCapo on the 5th fret\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nhave fun playing the song!","chords":["Am","G","D"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}