Billy Bragg and Wilco - Way over yonder in the minor key
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(Lyrics by Woody Guthrie)
BI lived in a place called OkfusEkee
EAnd I had a little girl in a holler Btree
BI said, little girl, it's plain to sEee,
EThere ain't nobody that can sing likeB me
F#Ain't nobody that can sing likG#me me
She said it's hard for me to see
How one little boy got so ugly
Yes, my luttle girly, that might be
But there ain't nobody that can sing like me
Ain't nobody that can sing like me
EWay over yonder in the minorB key
F#Way over yonder in the minorG#m7 key
F#There ain't nobody that can sing G#mlike me
We walked down by the Buckeye Creek
To see the frog eat the goggle eye bee
To hear that west wind whistle to the east
There ain't nobody that can sing like me
Oh my little girly will you let me see
Way over yonder where the wind blows free
Nobody can see in our holler tree
And there ain't nobody that can sing like me
(Chorus)
Her mama cut a switch from a cherry tree
And laid it on the she and me
It stung lots worse than a hive of bees
But there ain't nobody that can sing like me
Now I have walked a long long ways
And I still look back to my tanglewood days
I've led lots of girls since then to stray
Saying, ain't nobody that can sing like me.
(Chorus)
Notes:
Not say that these are the exact chord forms from the record, but using a half barre is
easier to play, and kinda replicates the higher pitched mandolin sound. Not using a capo
lets you slide down to the 2nd fret for the F#. Playing the full barre chords on the F#
and G#m, seems to fit with the song, which has a lower feel in this section. At least to
me. The other thing I like to do is use the half barre at the 4th fret (G#m7) as a
transition between the B and E chords, 1 strum on the 4th fret barre, then fret the next chord.
B E F#
E ||-7----------------------|-4-----------------------|-2---------------------------|
B ||-4----------------------|-5-----------------------|-2---------------------------|
G ||-4----------------------|-4-----------------------|-3---------------------------|
D ||-4----------------------|-6-----------------------|-4---------------------------|
A ||-x-----------------------|-x-----------------------|-4--------------------------|
E ||-x-----------------------|-x------------------------|-2-------------------------|
G#m
|-4-----------------------|
|-4-----------------------|
|-4-----------------------|
|-6-----------------------|
|-6-----------------------|
|-4-----------------------|
G#m7
E ||-4-------------------------|
B ||-4-------------------------|
G ||-4-------------------------|
D ||-4-------------------------|
A ||-x-------------------------|
E ||-x-------------------------|