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Step 1 / 44Position: 3
1 index2 middle3 ring4 pinkyO open
[Intro]
e|-G------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|
A|----5-----5-----5-----5--|
E|-3-----3-----3-----3-----| x2
[Main riff]
e|-G---------------------5--------G7----------------G-------------------|
B|-------------------------------6----------------------------------|
G|-------------4---------------------------------4---------------4--|
D|----5---------------------------------3---------------5-----------|
A|----------5-------------------------------5----------------5------|
E|-3---------------3-------3-------3---------------3----------------| x2
e|-C----------------------------------0--| e|--------------------------3---------1--|
B|---------------1----------------------| B|----------------1----------------------|
G|-----0------------------0-------------| G|------0--------------------------------|
D|----------2------------------2--------| D|-----------2---------------------------|
A|-3------------------3-----------------| A|--3------------------3--------3--------|
E|--------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------|
Just some variants of the C chord, I’m sure he plays a few more different ones.
[Verse 1]
Play main riff over verses and between verses
There’s Galways the creaks and the strangest sounds
John Brown’s body was never found
But the Clocals see him walkin’ round
[Main riff]
[Verse 2]
There’s a ‘Gfor sale’ sign on the old farm roads
There’s a silo empty and done for
The Cplace just ain’t the same no more
G
[Chorus]
Now it’s Cshinin’ all them different ways
DCrimson blues and yellow shades
There’s Csnow up in the way
And those clouds still full of Grain
[Verse 3]
There’s Gwork in town or so they say
Just blessed to fill our hands today
God Cknows if it will ever pay
G
[Chorus]
And we Cfill our hands with wood and steel
DAnd grace is a woman we all long to feel
You Cknow someday we will
You know someday we Gwill
[Violin Solo]
[Verse 4]
There’s Galways the creaks and the strangest sounds
John Brown’s body’s up and walkin’ round
Countin’ Call the riches that he’s found
G
[Chorus]
And he Cthrows it all in that wishing well
DMade it home in the morning hail
There’s Csnow up in the way
Something’s gotta give
And those clouds still full a Grain
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