Trad. belongs to a family of musicians who have been active for a very long time. Although the lines of descendancy are not entirely clear, Trad. appears to be related to the famous Anonymous family from the European Middle Ages.
G C G
Jesus
C G C G
met the woman
C G C G
at the well,
C G C G C
at the well
C /g /c
Jesus
/g /c /g /c
met the woman
/g G C G
at the well,
C G C G
at the well
C Em/b /e /b
And he told her
/e C
everything
G
that she had done
A
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C F C
Was on the Blue Ridge Mountain, there I'll take my stand
F C
Was on the Blue Ridge Mountain, there I'll take my stand
F C
Rifle on my shoulder, six-shooter in my hand
C G C
Lord, Lord, I've been all around this world.
Hattie, oh Hattie, come out and by the door
Hattie, oh Hattie, come out, come out and by the door
'Fore I have to step in with my .44.
God knows, I been all around this world
Trad. (this version attributed to Rev. Gary Davis)
Played by Bob Dylan on the so-called Minnesota Party Tape II (May 1961) and Minnesota Hotel Tape (Dec 1961)
Capo 2nd fret (sounding key D major)
C F
I'll not be a stranger when I get to that city;
C G
I'm acquainted with folks over there.
C
There'll be friends there to greet me,
F
There'll be loved ones to meet me
C G C
At the gates of that city four square.
G
Through the years, through the tears,
C
They've gone one by one.
G
But they'll wait at the gate
C
Until my race is run.
C F
D G . D . . .
Oh, I wish I was in London,
A
Or some other seaport town;
D
I'd put my foot on a steamboat,
G D . . .
I'd sail the ocean 'round.
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"This one's got all that stuff in it. You'll see. It's got all that and more."
C
C Csus4 C
There was a little ship
Csus4 C Csus4 C
and it sailed along the sea
C F C
and the name of the ship was the golden vanity
*) C Csus4 C Csus4 C Csus4 C
and she sailed in the low and lonesome ocean
C G C
and she sailed in the lonesome sea.
There was another ship sailing along the seaG : . . . : . . . . . : . . . : . . . |-----------------|-------------------------|-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|-----0-0-----0-0---------|-----0-0---0-0---|------------------| |-----------------|-----0-0-----0-0---------|-----0-0---0-0---|------------------| |-----------0h2---|-5-------4-------2p0-----|-----------------|------------------| |-----0h2---------|---------------------2---|-----------------|-----0h2----------| |-3---------------|-------------------------|-3---------------|-3-----------3----|
C
I'm ready [hallelujah]
G
Hallelujah [I'm ready]
G D
I can hear the voices singin' soft and low
C
Hallelujah [I'm ready]
G
I'm ready [hallelujah]
G D G
Hallelujah, I'm ready to go.
G
Dark was the night
C
Not a star was in sight
G D
On the highway headin' down below
G
I let my Saviour in
C
And He saved my soul from sin
G D G
Hallelujah, I'm ready to go.
Hallelujah [I'm ready]
G Dmadd9/f
Come all you maids, both near and far,
G F
and listen to my ditty
C/g /a C
'Twas near Gravesend there lived a maid
F C G C/g G
She was so neat and pretty.
Dmadd9/f G C
Her true love he was pressed away
Csus4 C G F
And drownded in some foreign sea
C/g /a C
Which caused this fair maid to say
G C/g G
'I'll be a rambling sailor.'
With trousers blue and jacket white
Just like a sailor neat and tight
C
Twinkle, twinkle, little star
G
'Long comes Brady in his 'lectric car
Got a mean look right in his eye
C
Gonna shoot somebody jus' to watch him die
F C
He been on the job too long
Duncan, Duncan was tending the bar
'Long came Brady with his shiny star
"Duncan," said Brady, "you are under arrest"
Duncan shot a hole right in Brady's chest
He been on the job too long.
Old King Brady was a big, fat man
Doctor looked down, and took hold of his hand
reached for his pulse, the doctor said
"I believe to my soul, king Brady, you're dead"