Chord/Tab song: Caleb Meyer

CALEB MEYER (Gillian Welch and David Rawlings)
performed by Gillian Welch on HELL AMONG THE YEARLINGS (1998)
transcribed by Mark Albert [email protected]

SUGGESTED CHORD FINGERINGS (capo 6, modal chords):

[Am] [G] [D]

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CHORD CHART
[Am] [Am] [Am] [G] [G] [D] [D] [Am]

[Am]Caleb Meyer he lived alone
In them hollering [G]pines
And he made a little whiskey f[D]or himself
Said it helped to pass the [Am]time

[Am]Long one evening in back of my house
Caleb come [G]around
And he called my name till [D]I went out
With no one else [Am]around

CHORUS:
[Am]Caleb Meyer your ghost is gonna
Wear them rattling [G]chains
But when I go to [D]sleep at night
Don't you call my [Am]name

[Am]"Where's your husband Nellie Cane
Where's your darling [G]gone?
Did he go on down the [D]mountainside
And leave you all [Am]alone?"

[Am]"Yes my husband's gone to Bowling Green
To do some business [G]there."
Then Caleb threw that [D]bottle down
And grabbed me by my [Am]hair

(CHORUS)

He [Am]threw me in the needle bed
Across my dress he [G]lay
Then he pinned my hands a[D]bove my head
And I commenced to [Am]pray

I [Am]cried my God I am your child
Send your angels [G]down
Then feeling with my [D]finger tips
The bottle neck I [Am]found

I d[Am]rew that glass across his neck
Fine as any [G]blade
Then I felt his blood pour [D]fast and hot
Around me where I l[Am]aid

(CHORUS)