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Red Dirt Girl

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[Chords]
 ---Verse/Chorus---  ----Fill----  --...Meridian--
e:--G3---C0---D2---Bm2----Em7-3--Cadd9-3----D43---Em7-3--Cadd9-3----D43----|
b:--3---1---3---3-----3---3----3----3---3----3----|
G:--0---0---2---4-------------------0---0----2----|
D:--0---2---0---4-----2--------0----2---2----0----|
A:--2---3-------2---------3---------2---3---------|
E:--3-------------------------------0-------------|
[Tip: I feel it sounds nice, if you play the full chords (Em7,Cadd9,D4) only in the meridian lines!]
     G   Em   Cadd9   D4(Fill)
G     Em Cadd9 D4
G
GMe and my best friend Lillian 
And her Gblue tick hound dog Gideon,
CSittin on the front porch cooling in the shade
GSingin every song the radio played
DWaitin for the Alabama sun to go down
Two Cred dirt girls in a red dirt town
                G   Em7   Cadd9    D4(Fill)
Me and Lillian
Just Em7across the lCadd9ine and a D4little southeast of MerCidian. 
G
She Gloved her brother I remember back when 
He was Gfixin up a '49 Indian
He Ctold her "Little sister, gonna ride the wind
GUp around the moon and back again".
He Dnever got farther than Vietnam,
I was Cstandin' there with her when the telegram come
For GLillian.Em7  Cadd9  D4  
Now he's Em7lyin' someCadd9where about a D4million miles from MeCridian.
G
She said there's Dnot much hope for a red dirt girl 
SomeCwhere out there is a great big world
That's Gwhere I'm bound
And the Dstars might fall on Alabama
But Cone of these days I'm gonna swing 
My hammer Gdown
Away from this Dred dirt town
I'm gonna make a Gjoyful sound
Em7 Cadd9 D4  G
Em7 Cadd9 D4  G
She Ggrew up tall and she grew up thin
GBuried that old dog Gideon
By a Ccrepe myrtle bush at the back of the yard,
Her Gdaddy turned mean and her mama leaned hard
   DGot in trouble with a boy from town
CFigured that she might as well settle down
So she Gdug right inEm7  Cadd9  D4  
Across a Em7red dirt Cadd9line just a D4little southeast of MerCidian
She Bmtried hard to love him but it never did take
It was Cjust another way for the heart to break
So she Glearned to bend. 
But Bmone thing they don't tell you about the blues when you got'em
You Ckeep on falling cause there ain't no bottom
There Gain't no end. 
At least not for DLillianG  
GNobody knows when she started her skid,
She was Gonly twenty seven and she had five kids.
CCould'a been the whiskey, could'a been the pills, 
GCould'a been the dream she was trying to kill.
But there Dwon't be a mention in the news of the world 
About the Clife and the death of a red dirt girl
Named GLillianEm7  Cadd9  D4  
Who never Em7got any Cadd9further acD4ross the line than MeCridian.
Now the Dstars still fall on Alabama
ToCnight she finally laid 
That hammer Gdown
Without a Dsound
In the Gred dirt ground

All chords in this song (8)

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Red Dirt Girl

by Emmylou Harris

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Em7

Cadd9

[Chords]

---Verse/Chorus--- ----Fill---- --...Meridian--

G C D Bm Em7 Cadd9 D4 Em7 Cadd9 D4

e:--3---0---2---2-----3---3----3----3---3----3----|

b:--3---1---3---3-----3---3----3----3---3----3----|

G:--0---0---2---4-------------------0---0----2----|

D:--0---2---0---4-----2--------0----2---2----0----|

A:--2---3-------2---------3---------2---3---------|

E:--3-------------------------------0-------------|

[Tip: I feel it sounds nice, if you play the full chords (Em7,Cadd9,D4) only in the meridian lines!]

G Em Cadd9 D4

(Fill)

G Em Cadd9 D4

Me and my best friend Lillian

And her blue tick hound dog Gideon,

Sittin on the front porch cooling in the shade

Singin every song the radio played

Waitin for the Alabama sun to go down

Two red dirt girls in a red dirt town

G Em7 Cadd9 D4

(Fill)

Me and Lillian

Em7 Cadd9 D4 C

Just across the line and a little southeast of Meridian.

She loved her brother I remember back when

He was fixin up a '49 Indian

He told her "Little sister, gonna ride the wind

Up around the moon and back again".

He never got farther than Vietnam,

I was standin' there with her when the telegram come

G Em7 Cadd9 D4

For Lillian.

Em7 Cadd9 D4 C

Now he's lyin' somewhere about a million miles from Meridian.

She said there's not much hope for a red dirt girl

Somewhere out there is a great big world

That's where I'm bound

And the stars might fall on Alabama

But one of these days I'm gonna swing

My hammer down

Away from this red dirt town

I'm gonna make a joyful sound

Em7 Cadd9 D4 G

She grew up tall and she grew up thin

Buried that old dog Gideon

By a crepe myrtle bush at the back of the yard,

Her daddy turned mean and her mama leaned hard

Got in trouble with a boy from town

Figured that she might as well settle down

G Em7 Cadd9 D4

So she dug right in

Em7 Cadd9 D4 C

Across a red dirt line just a little southeast of Meridian

She tried hard to love him but it never did take

It was just another way for the heart to break

So she learned to bend.

But one thing they don't tell you about the blues when you got'em

You keep on falling cause there ain't no bottom

There ain't no end.

D G

At least not for Lillian

Nobody knows when she started her skid,

She was only twenty seven and she had five kids.

Could'a been the whiskey, could'a been the pills,

Could'a been the dream she was trying to kill.

But there won't be a mention in the news of the world

About the life and the death of a red dirt girl

G Em7 Cadd9 D4

Named Lillian

Em7 Cadd9 D4 C

Who never got any further across the line than Meridian.

Now the stars still fall on Alabama

Tonight she finally laid

That hammer down

Without a sound

In the red dirt ground

About Red Dirt Girl Chords by Emmylou Harris

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