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E-mail: [email protected]
Tuning: Standard EADGBE   Capo 3rd Fret   Key of A#
Chords used below indicate form only and not actual notes played
  Capo                   G       C     D     D7      A  Em  
    3 --------|----3------0-----2---2----0-----0-----|
    3 --------|----0------1-----3---1----2-----0------|
    3 --------|----0------0-----2---2----2-----0-------|
    3 --------|----0------2-----0---0----2-----2--------|
    3 --------|----2------3-----x---x----0-----2---------|
    3 --------|----3------x-----x---x----x-----0----------|
Intro          C     D      G       Em     C      D  G  
Just  ACcross  the Blue RDidge   Where the HGigh   Meadows    EmLay
And the CGalax   Spreads TDhrough   The New Mown GHay
There's a RCusty   Iron BDridge   'Cross a GShady   RavEmine
Where the AHard Road   Ends  and  Turns  to DClay
With  a CSuitcase   in His Hand    The  LGonesome  Boy  SEmtands
AGazin' at   the River Slidin' Dby  Beneath his  FD7eet 
But  the CDark Water SDprings   through the GBlack  Rocks  and EmFlows 
Outta' sCight       Where the DTwisted  Laurel  GGrows
   C   D   G   Em    C    D     G
Past the CCoal-tipple  TDowns    in the CGold   December  REmain
Into CCharleston Runs  the DNew   River TGrain
Where the HCillsides  are BDrown,   and the BGroad   Valleys  SEmtained
By a AHundred Thousand Lives  of Work and DPain
In a TCar-paper Shack   out of GTown   Across the EmTrack
Stands an AOld   Used-up Man  Trying to DCall   Something   D7Back
But his COld   Memories SDtained Like the CGity   in  the   EmHaze 
And Chis Days have Run  TDogether   Like the GRain
And the CDark  Water DSprings   Through the GBlack  Rocks   and EmFlows
Out of SCight  Where the TDwisted  Laurel  GGrows
| h   hammer-on
| p   pull-off
| pb  Pre-bend
| pbr Pre-bend release
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Twisted Laurel

by Robert Earl Keen

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E-mail: [email protected]

Tuning: Standard EADGBE Capo 3rd Fret Key of A#

Chords used below indicate form only and not actual notes played

G C D D7 A Em

Capo

3 --------|----3------0-----2---2----0-----0-----|

3 --------|----0------1-----3---1----2-----0------|

3 --------|----0------0-----2---2----2-----0-------|

3 --------|----0------2-----0---0----2-----2--------|

3 --------|----2------3-----x---x----0-----2---------|

3 --------|----3------x-----x---x----x-----0----------|

C D G Em C D G

Intro

C D G Em

Just Across the Blue Ridge Where the High Meadows Lay

C D G

And the Galax Spreads Through The New Mown Hay

C D G Em

There's a Rusty Iron Bridge 'Cross a Shady Ravine

A D

Where the Hard Road Ends and Turns to Clay

C G Em

With a Suitcase in His Hand The Lonesome Boy Stands

A D D7

Gazin' at the River Slidin' by Beneath his Feet

C D G Em

But the Dark Water Springs through the Black Rocks and Flows

C D G

Outta' sight Where the Twisted Laurel Grows

C D G Em C D G

C D G Em

Past the Coal-tipple Towns in the Cold December Rain

C D G

Into Charleston Runs the New River Train

C D G Em

Where the Hillsides are Brown, and the Broad Valleys Stained

A D

By a Hundred Thousand Lives of Work and Pain

C G Em

In a Tar-paper Shack out of Town Across the Track

A D D7

Stands an Old Used-up Man Trying to Call Something Back

C D G Em

But his Old Memories Stained Like the City in the Haze

C D G

And his Days have Run Together Like the Rain

C D G Em

And the Dark Water Springs Through the Black Rocks and Flows

C D G

Out of Sight Where the Twisted Laurel Grows

| h hammer-on

| p pull-off

| pb Pre-bend

| pbr Pre-bend release

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About Twisted Laurel Chords by Robert Earl Keen

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