Thisversion is the one Gillian Welch and Dave Rawlings play in the BBC-4 sessions
in St. Luke's in London.

Capo on the 5th fret

Am (x02210@1)                                            G (320003@1) Caleb Meyer he lived alone, In them hollerin pines 
  G (320003@1)                           D (xx0232@1)                                     Am (x02210@1) And he made a little whiskey for himself said it helped to pass the time
  Am (x02210@1)                                                G (320003@1) Long one evening in back of my house, Caleb come around
  G (320003@1)                        D (xx0232@1)                               Am (x02210@1) And he called my name till I went out, With no-one else around


  Am (x02210@1)                                                  G (320003@1) Caleb Meyer your ghost is gonna wear them rattling chains 
  G (320003@1)                D (xx0232@1)                                Am (x02210@1) But when I go to sleep at night, Don't you call my name


  Am (x02210@1)                                                    G (320003@1) Where's your husband Nellie Cane, Wheres your darlin' gone? 
  G (320003@1)                       D (xx0232@1)                             Am (x02210@1) Did he go on down the mountainside, and leave you all alone?
  Am (x02210@1)                                                           G (320003@1) Yes my husband's gone to Bowling Green, to do some business there 
  G (320003@1)                     D (xx0232@1)                                Am (x02210@1) Then Caleb threw that bottle down, And grabbed me by my hair 


  Am (x02210@1)                                                  G (320003@1) Caleb Meyer your ghost is gonna wear them rattling chains 
  G (320003@1)                D (xx0232@1)                                Am (x02210@1) But when I go to sleep at night, Don't you call my name


  Am (x02210@1)                                                G (320003@1) He threw me in the needle bed, Across my dress he lay  
  G (320003@1)                  D (xx0232@1)                               Am (x02210@1) He pinned my hands above my head, And I commenced to pray
  Am (x02210@1)                                                G (320003@1) I cried my God I am your child, Send your angels down
  G (320003@1)                    D (xx0232@1)                             Am (x02210@1) Then feeling with my finger tips, The bottle neck I found 
  Am (x02210@1)                                              G (320003@1) I drew that glass across his neck, Fine as any blade  
  G (320003@1)                         D (xx0232@1)                              Am (x02210@1) Then I felt his blood pour fast and hot, Around me where I laid 
 

  Am (x02210@1)                                                  G (320003@1) Caleb Meyer your ghost is gonna wear them rattling chains 
  G (320003@1)                D (xx0232@1)                                Am (x02210@1) But when I go to sleep at night, Don't you call my name

  Am (x02210@1)                                                  G (320003@1) Caleb Meyer your ghost is gonna wear them rattling chains 
  G (320003@1)                D (xx0232@1)                                Am (x02210@1) But when I go to sleep at night, Don't you call my name



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