Caledonia Mission

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Caledonia Mission chords *
The Band 1968 (Robbie Robertson) from Big Pink
https://beatcrave.com/the-meaning-behind-the-song-caledonia-mission-by-the-band/
[Intro]
G7 G C
G7 G C
[Verse 1]
G C
She reads the leaves and she leads the life
G D
That she learned so well from the old wives
Em D C
It's so strange to arrange it, you know I
D
wouldn't change it
Em D C
But hear me if you're near me, can I just
D
rearrange it?
G7
The watchman covers me
With his remedy
D
I can't see and it's hard to feel
C G
I think his magic might be real
[Musical Interlulde]
G7 G C
G7 G C
[Verse 2]
G G7 C
I can't get to you from your garden gate
G D
You know it's always locked by the magistrate
Em D C
Now he don't care why you cry, he thinks it's
D
just a lie
Em D C D
To get out, I don't doubt that you'd make a try
G7
If the good times get you through
I know the dogs won't bother you
D
We'll be gone in moonshine time
C G
I've got a place they'll never find
[Musical Interlude]
G7 G C
G7 G C
[Verse 3]
G C
You know I do believe in your hexagram
G D
But can you tell me how they all knew the plan?
Em D C
Did you trip or slip on their gifts you know were
D
just a con?
Em D C D
You knew it, why d'you do it, I've been hiding in the dawn
G7
Now I must be on my way
I guess you really have to stay
Inside the mission walls
D C G
Down in Modark, Arkansas
[Outro]
G7 G C
G7 G C
* Alternate:
Capo III
G7 E7
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G E
=
C A
=
Em C#m
=
D B
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Caledonia Mission chords *
The Band  1968  (Robbie Robertson) from Big Pink
https://beatcrave.com/the-meaning-behind-the-song-caledonia-mission-by-the-band/
[Intro]
G7 G C
G7 G C
[Verse 1]
With his remedy 
[Musical Interlulde]
G7 G C
G7 G C
[Verse 2]
I know the dogs won't bother you 
[Musical Interlude]
G7 G C
G7 G C
[Verse 3]
I guess you really have to stay  
Inside the mission walls  
[Outro]
G7 G C
G7 G C
* Alternate:
Capo III
G7 = E7
G  = E
C  = A
Em = C#m
D  = B
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Caledonia Mission Chords by The Band

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