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Here's the most accurate chording for Caught in the Briars for both the Off The Record and WERS 88.9 sessions. They include the additional song "Sundown," denoted below. I also included the cool little riff he plays in Tab form. There's another version of this song that I much prefer, which is in DADGAD, but this is an easier, mellower version that doesn't require retuning or excessive hand movements. (Note: Minor chords are to be bar chords in the A-minor shape along the 1,2,3,4, and 5th strings at the 3rd, 2nd, and open frets, you can see how these are played in the variations options when highlighting chords.) ENJOY! [Verse 1]
The back alley's fulCl of rain And everything's shiGning As holy as she can Cbe The trick’s in thGe timing
[Verse 2]
Free as a morning bCird Fragile as chinGa She’s stuck in the weakeCst heart Of South CaroliGna
[Chorus]
Where all of the naked bCmoys Lay down beside hBmer Sing her the saddest soAmng All caught in the briGars
C (C's are flourished by playing open and one on the B String) G (G's are flourished by hammering open and two on the A and D strings) C G [Verse 3]
I never meant to fCmall So hard in the doorBmway And all the sinners heAmre Have crosses for SundDay
[Verse 4]
Kissed at the county faCmir Frisked in the cBmity Which proves as an answered prAmayer But ain’t iGt a pity
[Chorus]
Where all of the naked bCoys Lay down beside heGr Sing her the saddest sonCg All caught in the briGars
CG (flourish then move into strumming)
[Sundown]
There go the cops with the Ctomcat teeth Here come the church mice trying too Ghard She had a way to be kCind with words I had a knife in the back of my cGar
Nobody knows when the rCain may come Nobody wants wake up and be cGruel She locked the door and the Csun went down In South Carolina with nothing to lGose
All of her naked bCmoys Bm And not even I wasAm true G