Untitled, aka Throw Me A Rope Gillian Welch, David Rawlings performed on Prairie Home Companion 11/1/2003 http://prairiehome.publicradio.org/programs/20031101/index.shtml lyrics transcribed by Boney Earnest 10/1/2005: http://boneyearnest.blogspot.com/2005_10_01_boneyearnest_archive.html crd transcription Kurt Herrmann 1/31/2006 A beautiful song we hope to see on a forthcoming album. Here's my rendition. Some chords I know are more complex with the dual guitar interplay, but I think this is basically it. I'm not sure about the transition chord in the prechorus, where it shifts from some kind of E minor to an E major. Also foggy is the Em7/Asus2 towards the end of the chorus. Note the ending outro is different from the rest of the song.
NOTE: capo 3rd fret (so an E minor as noted here is really a G minor). This is easier for me to deal with. Sorry if you don't like it. standard tuning EADGBE (intro) Em Am/Am7 (verse) Em I lost you a while ago. Am Em Still I don't know why. Em I can't say your name Am Em without a crow flying by. (prechorus) Cmaj7 Em/Em7 Gotta watch my back E/E7 now that you turned me around. Am/Am7 You got me walkin backwards Em into my hometown. (chorus) G C Throw me a rope G C on the rolling tide. Am Em C What did you want it to be? Am Em C You said it's him or me. Em7/Asus2 The way you made it, C G that's the way it will be. C (verse) Em We were seven years on the Burma shore Am/Am7 Em with Gatling guns and (paint? pails? pain?), Em working the lowlands door to door Am/Am7 Em like Latter Day Saints. Cmaj7 Em/Em7 But then you turned me out E/E7 at the top of the stairs. Am/Am7 You took all the glory Em that you just couldn't share. G C Throw me a rope G C on the rolling tide. Am Em C What did you want it to be? Am Em C You said it's him or me. Em7/Asus2 The way you made it, C G that's the way it will be. C Em I've never been so disabused. Am/Am7 Em I've never been so mad. Em I've never been served anything Am/Am7 Em that tasted so bad. Cmaj7 Em/Em7 You might need a friend E/E7 any day now, any day. Am/Am7 O my brother be careful. Em You are drifting away. G C Throw me a rope G C on the rolling tide. Am Em C What did you want it to be? Am Em C You said it's him or me. Em7/Asus2 The way you made it, C G that's the way it will be. C Am/Am7 Em The way you made it, C Em that's the way it will be. Em Am/Am7 Em9
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