Potters Field chords by Railroad Earth

• Capo on 3rd

Capo 3.


Intro:

        Am               C          G                 Em
e|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------0------------------------------------------------|
G|-----0-2-2---2-0--------------------------------0---------0-|
D|-0h2-------------2-2-0---0-0-2-0----------0-0-2-----2-0-2---|
A|-----------------------3---------3-----0-2------------------|
E|-----------------------------------3-3----------------------|

   Am
e|--------------|
B|-----0--------|
G|-2-2----2-0-2-|
D|--------------|
A|--------------|
E|--------------|

Verse 1:

Am                          C
I'm just a traveler passing through
       G
I wont haunt or bother you
                         Em        Am
Though you could lend an ear to my story


Verse 2:

Am                  C
You can call me old Jack
               G
You might have seen me caped in Black
              Em             Am
As I roam the streets of the village


Intro Riff:


Verse 3:

Am                  C
In her long flowing hair
          G
You might find my story there
                     Em                      Am
Though it was not my own hand that killed her


Verse 4:

Am                     C
I went down a moon lit trail
G
Rode out on a rail
             Em           Am
And began my long life of journeys


Chorus:

Am        G                     Am
In the ripple that rolls on the water
Am     G                        Am
In the high rolling wave out at sea
Am        G                     Am
In the shadow that flies on the valley
Am        G                        Em
In the middle is where you'll find me


Banjo Solo:

Am (C G) (Em Am)


Verse 5:

Am                  C
In a bath tub for a boat
   G
My passage I did float
                              Em           Am
Joined the ranks right on the docks of the city


Verse 6:

Am                         C
In the fire of the Devil's den
G
With the gray-coated men
       Em                             Am
I lost all my hope and my two brothers


Fiddle Solo:

Am (C G) (Em Am)


Verse 7:

Am                   C
So I wandered in the West
          G
I settled down and did my best
                   Em         Am
But my heart was unsteady and restless


Verse 8:

Am                        C
I took a room on Houseton Street
          G
Where the pawned poets would meet
                      Em          Am
And we poured out the wine of the ages


Chorus:

Am        G                     Am
In the ripple that rolls on the water
Am     G                         Am
In the hard-hearted moon we both see
Am        G                     Am
In the shadow that falls in the alley
Am        G                Em
In the riddle is where I’ll be


Bridge:

F          Am
Ten little fingers...
F          Am
Ten little toes...
F            Am
Sleep little baby...
         G    F
Will you ever know?
G        F
Will you ever know?


Intro Riff:


Verse 9:

Am                   C
Years ago my lid was sealed
              G
They threw me down in the potter's field
               Em              Am
With the souls of the lost and forgotten


Verse 10:

Am                             C
And though my name is dead and gone
    G
I remain and I carry on
                   Em          Am
And I roam with an old band of brothers


Verse 11:

Am                           C
And if you strum the ancient string
        G
You may call my spirit in
          Em                       Am
Or if you blow on the whole of the whistle


Verse 12:

Am                 C
By an old highland air
      G
I may stop and listen there
                           Em                Am
Or when the wren pulls her nest from the thistle


Chorus:

Am        G                     Am
In the ripple that rolls on the water
Am     G                        Am
In the high rolling wave out at sea
Am        G                     Am
In the shadow that flies on the valley
Am      G                        Em
In a riddle is where you'll find me


Intro Riff: (x2)

e|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------0------------------------------------------------|
G|-----0-2-2---2-0--------------------------------0---------0-|
D|-0h2-------------2-2-0---0-0-2-0----------0-0-2-----2-0-2---|
A|-----------------------3---------3-----0-2------------------|
E|-----------------------------------3-3----------------------|

e|--------------|
B|-----0--------|
G|-2-2----2-0-2-|
D|--------------|
A|--------------|
E|--------------|


Outro:

N.C.
High above the cuillen moor
Stands the ole' man of storr
In the mist, the stone, and the mountain
If you scramble up that scree
Won't you stay a while for me
And watch the white rollin' waves wash the island



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