A simplified version of this classic Gillian Welch track.
If you have a friend that can play the David Rawlings parts
..... you will be doing pretty well...... enjoy.
CAPO 1st FRET
[Intro]
[Verse]
Caleb Meyer he lived alone, In them hollerin pines
And he made a little whiskey for himself said it helped to pass the time
Long one evening in back of my house, Caleb come around
And he called my name till I went out, With no-one else around
[Chorus]
Caleb Meyer your ghost is gonna wear them rattling chains
But when I go to sleep at night, Don t you call my name
[Verse]
Where s your husband Nellie Cane, Wheres your darlin gone?
Did he go on down the mountainside, and leave you all alone?
Yes my husband s gone to Bowling Green, to do some business there
Then Caleb threw that bottle down, And grabbed me by my hair
[Chorus]
Caleb Meyer your ghost is gonna wear them rattling chains
But when I go to sleep at night, Don t you call my name
[Verse]
He threw me in the needle bed, Across my dress he lay
He pinned my hands above my head, And I commenced to pray
I cried my God I am your child, Send your angels down
Then feeling with my finger tips, The bottle neck I found
I drew that glass across his neck, Fine as any blade
Then I felt his blood pour fast and hot, Around me where I laid
[Break]
[Chorus]
Caleb Meyer your ghost is gonna wear them rattling chains
But when I go to sleep at night, Don t you call my name
[Chorus]
Caleb Meyer your ghost is gonna wear them rattling chains
But when I go to sleep at night, Don t you call my name
