
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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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... ---------- 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 ---------- 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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