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Dyin  Crapshooter S Blues  Tab by Mctell Blind Willie

Dyin Crapshooter S Blues tab by Mctell Blind Willie

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Dyin’ Crapshooter's Blues
Blind Willie McTell (capo 2. band)
tab by Torbjørn Nymo (metonymo @ mail . ru)


Em                          H7           (H7-5#9 H7)*
Little Jesse was a gambler, night and day
                      Asus2     Em
Well, he used crooked cards and dice
Em                              H7          (H7-5#9 H7)
A sinful guy, good hearted, but had no soul
                   Asus2     Em
Heart was hard and cold like ice

Jesse was a wild reckless gambler, won a gang of change
Although' a many gambler's heart he left in pain
When he began to spend a-loose his money, he began to be blue and all alone
But boy, this heart had even turned to stone
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Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -
What broke Jesse's heart, while he was blue and all alone
Sweet Lorena packed up and gone
Police walked up and shot my friend Jesse down
(He said) boy, I got to die today

              F#7
     He had a gang of crapshooters and gamblers at his bedside
          H7                      Em
     Here are the words he had to say:
       Em                     (H7)
     I guess I ought to know
          -       -        Em
     Exactly how I want to go    (How you wanna go, Jesse?)

Em                                       H7                         Em
Eight crapshooters to be my pallbearers, let them be veiled down in black
Em                                                 H7       H7/f#**  Em
I want nine men going to the graveyard, buddy, and eight men comin'  back

              F#7
     I want a gang of gamblers gathered 'round my coffin-side
     H7                         Em
     Crooked card printed on my hearse
     H7        -       -       -          H7        -
     Don't say the crapshooters will never grieve over me
            -       -          H7***
     My life been a doggone curse

Em                                   H7                           Em
Send poker players to the graveyard, dig my grave with the ace of spades
Em                                                      H7           H7/f#           Em
I want twelve polices in my funeral march, high sheriff playin' blackjack, lead the parade


                F#7
     I want the judge and solicitor who jailed me fourteen times
     H7                       Em
     put a pair of dice in my shoes (then what else?)
     G                         E7
     Let a deck of cards be my tombstone, buddy
              (A7         D7       G)****   Em
     I got the dyin’ crapshooter's blues


Em                                                            H7
Sixteen real good crapshooters, sixteen bootleggers to sing a song
Em                                       H7            H7/f#    Em
Sixteen racket men gamblin', couple tend bar while I'm rollin' along

Em                                                           H7
He wanted 22 womens out of the Hampton Hotel, 26 off-a South Bell
Em                                         H7           H7/f#       Em
29 women out of North Atlanta, know little Jesse didn't pass out so swell

     Em
     His head was achin', heart was thumpin'
                            H7           Em
     Little Jesse went down bouncin' and jumpin'      […went to hell bouncin’…]
        F#7                                     H7
     Folks, don't be standin' 'round ol' Jesse cryin'
              Am           Em                H7          Em
     He wants everybody to do the Charleston whiles he's dyin’

     Em
     One foot up, and a toenail dragging
                     Am           H7     Em
     Throw my friend Jesse in the hoodoo wagon
     G                        (g - f# - e)***** E7
     Come here mama with that can  of   booze
         A7         D7        G
     The dyin’ crapshooter's, blues, I mean
         A7         D7        G
     The dyin’ crapshooter's blues...


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coda from another version

         A7         D7       G
     The Dyin Crapshooter's, leavin' the world
         A7         D7        G
     The Dyin' Crapshooter's, goin' down slow
         A7         D7        G
     With the Dyin' Crapshooter's Blues
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Em         022000/075000
Asus2      x02200
Am         x02210
H7         x21202/x24242
H7-5#9     x2123x
H7/f#      2x1202
F#7        242322
G          320003
G/f#       220003/20xxxx
E7         020100/020130
A7         x02020
D7         200212/x00212



Dyin’ Crapshooter's Blues
(from "Atlanta Twelve String", capo 2. fret)


Intro (/ = slide):
  H7/d#               Em                      H7          /-5#9    Em ...
  :   .   .   .   :   .   .   .   :   .   .   .   :   .   .   .
--2/--3-3-3-3-3---2---------------0---------------2---2---------------0--
--0---0-0-0-0-0---0---------------0-------0-------0---0---3---3-------0---
--2/--3-3-3-3-3---2---0-----------0---0---0---2---2-------2---2-------0----
--1/--2-2-2-2-2---1-------2-------2---2---2---1---------------1---2---2----
------------------------------2-------2-------2-------------------2-------
------------------------------0-----------------------------------0------


Embellishments:
 *                           **
  H7    H7-5#9    H7          H7   H7/f#      Em
--2--------------(2)---     --2----2------2---0---
--0-------3-------0----     --0----0---0--0---0---
--2-------2-------2----     --2----2---2--2---0---
--1------(1)-----(1)---     --1----1---1------2---
--2------(2)-----(2)---     --2----x---x------2---
-----------------------     -------2--------------
                            (x = mute)


 ***                        *****
  H7            Em            G    g    f#   e    E7
--2-------(2)--(0)---      -(3)-----------------(0)--0--
---0------(0)--(0)---      -(0)-----------------(0)--0--
----2------2----0----      --0-------------------1---1--
-----1-----1----2----      --0-------------------0---0--
------2----2----2----      --2-------------------2---2--
-------0--------0----      --3----3----2----0----0------
                           ...that can  of  booze...


 ****
Descending bass (replaces A7 D7 G) (x = mute):
  E7    e     d     c     h     a     g     g     f#    f     e     Em ...
  .     .     :     .     .     .     :     .     .     .     :     .
--0---------------------------------------------------------------------0-0---
--0-----------------------------------------------------------------0---0-0----
--1-----------------------------------------x-----x-----x-----x-----0---0-0-----
--0-----------x-----x-----x-----x-----------5-----4-----3-----2-----2---2-------
--2-----------5-----3-----2-----0-----------------------------------2----------
--------0-----------------------------3---------------------------------------
  I got the dyin’ crapshooter's  blues...

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