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Twisted Laurel

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                            "Twisted Laurel" - Performed by Robert Earl Keen
                        From the Album The Happy Prisoner: The Bluegrass Sessions
                           Written by The Red Clay Ramblers' Tommy Thompson
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Tabbed by: JamesS
E-mail: icurheart@verizon.net
Tuning: Standard EADGBE   Capo 3rd Fret   Key of A#
Chords used below indicate form only and not actual notes played
Lyrics taken from REK's version may differ slightly from original version
                   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
************************************
| /   slide up
| \   slide down
| h   hammer-on
| p   pull-off
| ~   vibrato
| +   harmonic
| x   Mute note
| b   Bend
| pb  Pre-bend
| br  Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend
************************************

Twisted Laurel chords and lyrics

Free chords for Twisted Laurel by Robert Earl Keen. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                            "Twisted Laurel" - Performed by Robert Earl Keen
                        From the Album The Happy Prisoner: The Bluegrass Sessions
                           Written by The Red Clay Ramblers' Tommy Thompson
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Tabbed by: JamesS
Tuning: Standard EADGBE   Capo 3rd Fret   Key of A#
Chords used below indicate form only and not actual notes played
Lyrics taken from REK's version may differ slightly from original version
Intro       C   D   G    Em     C   D    G
   C   D   G   Em    C    D     G
************************************
| /   slide up
| \   slide down
| h   hammer-on
| p   pull-off
| ~   vibrato
| +   harmonic
| x   Mute note
| b   Bend
| pb  Pre-bend
| br  Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend
************************************

Twisted Laurel Chords by Robert Earl Keen

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The chords for "Twisted Laurel" show the original chord names (including E, A, G, C, D, D7). Use transpose to move the song into any key that fits your voice or capo.