Caleb Meyer chords by Gillian Welch

Chords with lyrics

in St. Luke's in London.

Capo on the 5th fret

A minorAm                       G+G
 Caleb Meyer he lived alone, In them hollerin pines
 G+G               D MajorD                    A minorAm
 And he made a little whiskey for himself said it helped to pass the time
 A minorAm                         G+G
 Long one evening in back of my house, Caleb come around
 G+G             D MajorD                 A minorAm
 And he called my name till I went out, With no-one else around


 A minorAm                          G+G
 Caleb Meyer your ghost is gonna wear them rattling chains
 G+G         D MajorD                 A minorAm
 But when I go to sleep at night, Don't you call my name

 A minorAm                           G+G
 Where's your husband Nellie Cane, Wheres your darlin' gone?
 G+G             D MajorD                A minorAm
 Did he go on down the mountainside, and leave you all alone?
 A minorAm                               G+G
 Yes my husband's gone to Bowling Green, to do some business there
 G+G            D MajorD                 A minorAm
 Then Caleb threw that bottle down, And grabbed me by my hair


 A minorAm                          G+G
 Caleb Meyer your ghost is gonna wear them rattling chains
 G+G         D MajorD                 A minorAm
 But when I go to sleep at night, Don't you call my name


 A minorAm                         G+G
 He threw me in the needle bed, Across my dress he lay
 G+G          D MajorD                 A minorAm
 He pinned my hands above my head, And I commenced to pray
 A minorAm                         G+G
 I cried my God I am your child, Send your angels down
 G+G           D MajorD                A minorAm
 Then feeling with my finger tips, The bottle neck I found
 A minorAm                        G+G
 I drew that glass across his neck, Fine as any blade
 G+G              D MajorD                A minorAm
 Then I felt his blood pour fast and hot, Around me where I laid


 A minorAm                          G+G
 Caleb Meyer your ghost is gonna wear them rattling chains
 G+G         D MajorD                 A minorAm
 But when I go to sleep at night, Don't you call my name

 A minorAm                          G+G
 Caleb Meyer your ghost is gonna wear them rattling chains
 G+G         D MajorD                 A minorAm
 But when I go to sleep at night, Don't you call my name