Carlisles Haul chords by James Mcmurtry

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

G: 320033 Cadd9: x32033 Em: 022033


e|--3-------------3-3-----------------------------------------------|
BB|--3-------------3-3-----------------------------------------------|
G+G|--0-------------0-0-----------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|--0---------0--h2-2-----------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|--x-----0h2----h3-3-----------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|--3---3-----------------------------------------------------------|

This little ditty he kind of repeats throughout the whole song. When strumming the chords make sure to
emphasize the base line first, then strum the bottom couple of strings, then the base line, then the bottom
strings. It helps the song roll in the way that he plays it.

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| h Hammer-on
| x Dead note

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Verse 1:
Cadd9Cadd9          G+G
Old Carlisle needs some money
Cadd9Cadd9               G+G
He's runnin' a seine out off the point
Cadd9Cadd9
We'll all go help him though
 G+G
Commercial season's closed
E minorEm              G+G
We might all wind up in the joint

Cadd9Cadd9               G+G
There's bright lights out on the sand bar
Cadd9Cadd9          G+G
Hear the donkey motor whine
Cadd9Cadd9           G+G
The donkey man minds his business
E minorEm          G+G
I know to be mindin' mine
           Cadd9Cadd9
I learned from the best

Cadd9Cadd9    G+G

Cadd9Cadd9            G+G
Hear them crabbers cuss the weather
Cadd9Cadd9             G+G
And they cuss the government too
Cadd9Cadd9
'Cause nowadays crabbin' and fishin'
G+G
Hangin' on to a pot to piss in
E minorEm                G+G
Is just about the best a man can do

Chorus 1:
A minorAm      C/BC/B    C majorC
It's hard not to cry and cuss
A minorAm         C/BC/B   C majorC
When this old world is just bigger than us
A minorAm       C/BC/B C majorC     D MajorD      G+G
And all we got is pride and trust in our kind

Verse 2:
Cadd9Cadd9          G+G
Old Carlisle and Uncle Freddy
Cadd9Cadd9               G+G
Don't you know they've seen some times
Cadd9Cadd9
They remember gas light
G+G
Oyster war machine gun fights
E minorEm                G+G
I wished I'd known 'em in their prime

Cadd9Cadd9
Now they stare out past the lights
G+G
To the darkness on the water
Cadd9Cadd9                  G+G
I don't think they're likin' what they see
Cadd9Cadd9               G+G
Long before that seine can make a circle
E minorEm                  G+G
They'll know what the outcome's gonna be
            C majorC
They learned from the best
            G+G
They learned from the best

  Cadd9Cadd9           G+G
So, haul that seine up in the long boat
Cadd9Cadd9           G+G
We get to keep whatever's gilled
Cadd9Cadd9
We'll take a bag of bunkers home
G+G
For crab bait and blue fish chum
E minorEm                 G+G
A augmentedA string of croaker for the Sunday meal
Cadd9Cadd9           G+G
String of croaker makes a meal

Chorus 1:
A minorAm      C/BC/B    C majorC
It's hard not to cry and cuss
A minorAm         C/BC/B   C majorC
When this old world is just bigger than us
A minorAm       C/BC/B C majorC     D MajorD      G+G
And all we got is pride and trust in our kind

G+G

Chorus 2:
A minorAm      C/BC/B  C majorC
Staring down that long, steep slope
A minorAm        C/BC/B   C majorC
We gather 'round and we hold out hope
        A minorAm
Because at the end of the rope
  C/BC/B   C majorC      D MajorD     G+G
There's a little more rope most times

Solo:
A minorAm C/BC/B C majorC
A minorAm C/BC/B C majorC
A minorAm C/BC/B C majorC D MajorD G+G

Verse 3:
Cadd9Cadd9            G+G
Uncle Freddy said we did a good job
Cadd9Cadd9                  G+G
He's sendin' us home with a nine-pound blue
Cadd9Cadd9                G+G
But I don't see a truckload for the market
E minorEm             G+G
What's old Carlisle gonna do?

Cadd9Cadd9               G+G
'Cept haul them lights in off the sandbar
Cadd9Cadd9         G+G
Shut the donkey motor down
Cadd9Cadd9           G+G
Tow them longboats up the river
E minorEm            G+G
Let's all get on back to town
             Cadd9Cadd9            G+G
Let's all get on back to town before the warden comes

Cadd9Cadd9                G+G
He knows better than get here before dawn
Cadd9Cadd9
He's got that green uniform
     G+G
And the kids think he's a jerk
          E minorEm
But you know he's somebody's cousin
               G+G
And we can't have a hometown boy out of work

Chorus 1:
A minorAm      C/BC/B    C majorC
It's hard not to cry and cuss
A minorAm         C/BC/B   C majorC
When this old world is just bigger than us
A minorAm       C/BC/B C majorC     D MajorD      G+G
And all we got is pride and trust in our kind

G+G

Chorus 2:
A minorAm      C/BC/B  C majorC
Staring down that long, steep slope
A minorAm        C/BC/B   C majorC
We gather 'round and we hold out hope
        A minorAm
Because at the end of the rope
  C/BC/B   C majorC      D MajorD     G+G
There's a little more rope most times