DOC WATSON'S GREATEST HITS PART 2 transcribed by MaxxDaddy +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ CONTENTS: 1. ALBERTA 2. BEULAH WALSH 3. BLUE RAILROAD TRAIN 4. CALL OF THE ROAD 5. COUNTRY BLUES 6. DEEP RIVER BLUES 7. DON'T LET YOUR DEAL GO DOWN +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1. ALBERTA Intro: 4X -------3-----------3-----------3-------------------- -----0---0-------0---0-------0---0-------0---------- ---0-------0---0-------0---0-------0---0---0-------- -------------2-----------4-----------2--------0h2p0- ---------------------------------------------------- -3-------------------------------------------------- guitar follows this method of arpeggiation: -------3------------2-------------1------------2----- -----0---0--------3---3---------2---2--------3---3--- ---0-------0----4-------4-----3-------3----2-------2- -----------------------------------------0----------- --------------2-------------------------------------- -3--------------------------1------------------------ etc. G Bm F D G Alberta let your hair hang low G D G I saw her first on an April morn G Bm C D as she walked through the mist in a field of hay G C G And her hair lit the world with its golden glow G Bm F D G and the smile on her face burned my heart away G Bm F D G Alberta let your hair hang low G F D Alberta let your hair hang low C Bm G D I'll give you more gold than your apron can hold G Bm F D G If you'll only let your hair hang low G D G I thought my golden dream would last G Bm C D but the field of hay was soon cut down G Bm C D in a short few weeks our time had passed G Bm F D G and the girl of my dreams just a painful song G Bm F D G Alberta what's on your mind? G F D Alberta what's on your mind? C Bm G D My heart is so sad cause you treat me so bad G Bm F D G Alberta let your hair hang low ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2. BEULAH WALSH (dropped D tuning) Intro & instrumental break: ----5--7---5--5--------------------------------------- -5/7-------------8--7-----------0--3--3--0--3--------- ------------------------------------------------------ ----0------0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0----0-----0- ------------------------------------------------------ -0-----0------0-----0-----0----/5-----5-----0-----0--- ----5--5---5--7--5-----5------------- -5/7----------------7-----5---------- ------------------------------------- ----0------0-----0-----0-----2-----2- --------------------------0-----0---- -0-----0------0-----0---------------- ----5--7---5--5---------------------------- -5/7-------------8--7-----0--3--3--0--3---- ------------------------------------------- ----0------0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0- ------------------------------------------- -0-----0------0-----0----/5-----5-----0---- ----5-----------0---------- -5/7---7-----2-----2-----3- ----------------0---------- ----0-----0-----------3--4- -------------0-----0------- -0-----0-----------------0- D G D One evening after dark, I met her in the park A I knew my time to fall in love had come D G D I lifted up my hat and we began to chat A D she said that I could see her at her home G D Such a star I've never seen she's as pretty as a queen A as lovely as an angel from above D G D If she'd only be my wife I'd be happy all my life G A D that aggravating beauty Beulah Walsh D G D One evening it was late and I met her at the gate A she said that she would wed me in the Fall D G D but no answer would she say and only turned away G A D that aggravating beauty Beulah Walsh D G D Oh if she were only mine I'd build a mansion fine A and around it I'd build a fence so tall D G D And I would so jealous be if any one but me G A D could gaze upon the beauty of Beulah Walsh +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3. BLUE RAILROAD TRAIN -7---7--------0----0---4-5--7--5--4---- ---------8(9)-------------------------- --------------------------------------- ---6-----6------6---6----6-----6-----6- -7-----7------7--------7----7------7--- ------------------0-------------------- ----0-----0-------0-----0-------0-----3--2--0-----0-----0- -/2-----2------/2-----2------/2---2------------0-----0---- ------------------------------------0--------------------- ------2-----2-------2-----2--------------2-----2-----2---- --0-------0-----0-------0-----0-------0------------------- --------------------------------------------0-----0------- E Blue railroad train goin' down the railroad track A E It makes me feel so doggone blue to listen to that old smokestack E Blue railroad train love to hear the whistle blow, A E she's takin' the sun and leavin' the rain and making me wanna go E Driver's rollin' on leavin' me here behind A E Bring me back them good old days and let me ramble down the line E Blue railroad train good old pal to me A E takin' me here takin' me there get my transportation free E I've got the blues longin' for company A E it's many miles from where I am to the only one for me E It's so lonesome here waitin' for the manifest A E I hope that engineer is kind enough to let me be his guest +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 4. THE CALL OF THE ROAD Intro: -------------0----------------0- -------------0----------------1- -------------1----------------2- -2-1-2-0-----0----------------2- ---------3-2-2--3--3-3--2--2--0- -------------0------------------ Solo: ---------------0--------------0----------1------------0- ---------------1--------------1----------1------------0- -----2---------2---2-2--0-----0----------2------0-----1- ---------0--2--2-----------0--2--2-2-0-2-3--3-3---3-2-2- -0-0---3-------0--------------3----------3------------2- -----------------------------------------1------------0- ---------------0----------------0- ---------------1----------------1- -----2---------2----------------2- ---------0--2--2---0-2-3---0--2-2- -0-0---3-------0---------3------0- ---------------------------------- -------------0----------------0- -------------0----------------1- -------------1----------------2- -2-1-2-0-----0----------------2- ---------3-2-2--3--3-3--2--2--0- -------------0------------------ Am G C When I was a boy I had to know F E what I would find just over the hill Am and while still a lad F Am E I had to go and so you see F E Am I'm rambling still Am G C Life's golden cup was filled for me F E with happiness in measures untold Am F Am but I left the one who cared for me E F E Am a treasure worth so much more than gold Am G C Young men that roam take heed to this F E the call of the road can be so unkind Am F Am It will lead you on like a fickle kiss E F E Am and a wasted life is all you'll ever find ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 5. COUNTRY BLUES (open D tuning) (Doc actually plays this song on a banjo in a weird C# minor tuning, but it sounds great on a 12 string) Intro: -0-----3---5--3--0--3--5--7--5\3--0- ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ ----0--3---5--3--0--3--5--7--5\3--0- ------------------------------------ -0---------------------------------- Verse break: -----0-----0----3--0-----------0---------------------------------------- -3/5-----------------3(4)-0-----------------5--3--0----------------0---- --------0---0---------------------------------------------0------------- -----0----0-----3--0--------0-----0-----0-----------0--3--------0-----0- -3/5-----------------3(4)-0-----------------5--3--0-------0------------- -------------------------------0-----0-----------------3-----0-----0---- -3--5--3--0-----0--0--3--0--3--5--7---7--5--3-----0------- -------------3---------------------------------3---------- ---------------------------------------------------------- -3--5--3--0-----0--0--3--0--3--5--7---7--5--3-----0-----0- -------------3---------------------------------3---------- -----------------------------------------------------0---- Come all you good time people for I've got money to spend for tomorrow might mean money and I neither have a dollar nor a friend When I've got plenty of money good people, my friends are all standing around but as soon as my pocketbook is empty not a friend on this earth can be found The last time I seen my good woman good people, she had a wine glass in her hand She was a drinking down all her troubles with a lowdown sorry man mama she taught me plenty, poor boy and my daddy he taught more saying son if you don't quit your rowdy ways you'll have trouble at your door if I'd a listened to my mama good people, then I would not be here today but a-drinkin' and a-fightin and a-gamblin' at home I cannot stay All around this old jailhouse is sainted good people fifty dollars won't pay my fine Corn whiskey has surrounded my body poor boy, pretty women's a troublin' my mind Give me cornbread when I'm hungry corn whiskey when I'm dry Pretty women standin' all around me, sweet heaven when I die Go dig a hole in the meadow good people, dig it deep in the cold cold ground Come and stand around all you fine friends and see this poor rounder go down And when I'm dead and buried with my pale face turned to the sun will you stand and moan pretty woman and think of the way you have done ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 6. DEEP RIVER BLUES -7----7------6-----6-----7------0----------0--3-0--- ---0-----0-----0-----0-----8(9)---0----1/2--------2- ---------------------------------------------------- ----6-----6-----5-----5----6--------6--1/2------2---- -------------6------6----7------7------------0------- -0-----0-------------------------------------------- -0--0--0--0------0---2---2------------ -0--0--0--0--0h2-----0---0---3(4)-0--- ---------------------2---2----------2- ----2-----2------------1-------------- -------------------2-------2---------- -0-----0-----0------------------------ -7----7------6-----6-----7------0----------0--3-0--- ---0-----0-----0-----0-----8(9)---0----1/2--------2- ---------------------------------------------------- ----6-----6-----5-----5----6--------6--1/2------2---- -------------6------6----7------7------------0------- -0-----0-------------------------------------------- -0--0--0--0--2--2---2--0-------0- -0--0--0--0--0--0---0--0-------0- ----------------2---------------- ----2-----2---------1----2-----2- -------------2------------------- -0-----0----------2----0----0---- Let it rain, let it pour let it rain a whole lot more 'cause I got those deep river blues Let the rain rise and fall and let the waves make a wall 'cause I got them deep river blues My old gal's a good old pal and she walks like a waterfowl when I get those deep river blues There ain't no one to cry for me and the fish all go out on a spree when I get them deep river blues Gimme back my old boat I'm gonna sail if she floats 'cause I got them deep river blues I'm goin back to Mussell Shoals, times are gettin' better there I'm told 'cause I got them deep river blues If my boat sinks with me I'll go down don't you see 'cause I got them deep river blues I'm gonna say goodbye and if I sink just let me die 'cause I got them deep river blues +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 7. DON'T LET YOUR DEAL GO DOWN Intro: -------------------- -------------------- ------0-1-2--------- --3-3-------3-2-1-0- -------------------- -------------------- D G C F I've been all around this whole wide world way down in Memphis, Tennessee D G C F and any old place I leave my hat, that becomes home to me D G C F Don't let your deal go down, don't let your deal go down, D G C F don't let your deal go down pretty mama 'til my last doggone dollar's spent D G C F When I left my love behind she's standing in the door D G She throwed her little arms around my neck and said, C F "Sweet Daddy please don't go" D G C F Whose gonna shoe your pretty little feet whose gonna glove your hand, D G C F whose gonna kiss these ruby lips, whose gonna be your man? D G C F "Papa will shoe my pretty little feet, mama will glove my hand, D G C F you can kiss my rosy lips when you get back again" D G C F Where did you get them high heel shoes and that dress you wear so fine? D G C F Got my shoes from a railroad man and my dress from a driver in the mine