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As usual with my posts, this version is best done acoustic. You can make it sound closer to the original by trying to match the strum pattern with the rhythm he plays on the piano. Anyways, hope this works for ya, enjoy. Side note: The first lyric of the second verse is often disputed. Not sure if it's, "She was heavy up top, that shows she, sweeten her tea" or "....that shows she, sweet in the teat". With his lack of annunciation, it's hard to decipher. I usually alternate between the two when I'm performing. If anyone knows the line for sure, feel free to leave it in the comments. Chords used:
e-|---Db4-----Ab4----F#-2----Bbm-1---| B-|---6-----4-----2-----2---| G-|---6-----5-----3-----3---| D-|---6-----6-----4-----3---| A-|---4-----6-----4-----1---| E-|---x-----4-----2-----1---|
Intro - Db
DbI met an old money, his mouth was made of trash He liked to travel, but he don't carry cash And it was Abfive bones a day, that's the price that he paid And I made, sure as hell he was dDbead to me DbHe had a girl named Caroline Pearl She was, soft, and sweet AbBut she was made of salt, but that wasn't her fault And her hands were soft, like slavery, she said
F#"Pay me my pills, that'll pay me my bills Or at Dbleast help me sleep through the night." F#And no straight line, oh, Miss Caroline AbShe'll die, or she'll be my wife
Now she wasDb, heavy up top, that shows she, sweeten her tea Bbm DbAnd I was showin' my teeth, that shows she, sweetened to me And AbI struck the good book, with a double edged sword God sent my mother, I don't fight God no more It was Dbfull steam ahead, land ho! Is that Tennessee? I saw myself hang myself up in the family tree Ya Abgotta understand, this wasn't part of the plan You work a good job, I'll work the land
EverybodyF# pay me my pills, that'll pay me my bills Or at Dbleast help me sleep through the night. F#And no straight line, oh, Miss Caroline AbShe'll die, or she'll be my wife CaroF#line CaroDbline CaroF#line CaroDbline I F#muscled away for your love Tore down the Dbnight for your love I, F#broke the chain, I broke the grave I did it all, for your Ablove CaroF#line CaroDbline CaroF#line CaroDbline CaroF#line Ab (8 downstrokes and abruptly stop to end) Oh, be mine