Chords for Nanci Griffith - Tecumseh Valley (Live in Norway, 1993)

This next folk song is a song that was written by a gentleman from my native state of Texas and
Possibly the best folk songwriter that my state of Texas ever gave birth to his name is Townes Van Zandt _
[Fm] _ _ _ _ This is a song all about a woman named Caroline
[D] My middle name is Caroline.
So when I first heard this song at the age of 14, I paid attention
And I've always owed Townes Van Zandt a [Fm] great debt of thank you _
Just for an adult life that didn't go wrong because of a character.
He wrote into a song in Tecumseh Valley, Oklahoma _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Name she gave [Bb] Was [F] Caroline
_ [Bb] Daughter
_ [F] Of a man _ _ [Bb] and her ways were free [Am] and it seemed [Dm] to me
[C] Sunshine _ _ [Bb] Walk beside _ _ [F] She _ _ _ _ _ came
_ [Bb] _ _ [F] Across _ [Bb] She said _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Gm] _ [Bb] There's a
_ _ _ [Am] Soon _ [Dm] snow
[C] _ _ _ _ Sky
[Bb] _
_ She [F] said _ _ _ _ _ _ she
_ [Bb] _ Look [F] for _ [Bb] She was _ _ _ [F] Seeking faith
_ [Bb] Or _
_ _ [Am] And a _ [Dm] place to [C] see _ And
_ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F]
Time
So _ _ _ [Bb] she _ _ _ [F] And
[Am] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Bb] She's a _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] Get back
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
But _ her [Bb] dreams _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[F] _ [Bb] I _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] When she died, [Am] was an old [Dm] man who cried,
[C]
Deadly well, _ she [Bb] goes to bed. _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ The name she [Bb] gave was _ [F] Caroline,
_ [Bb] The daughter _
_ [F] of a man.
_ _ _ [Bb] And her ways were green, [Am] oh it [Dm] seemed to me,
[C] The sunshine, _ _ [Bb] oh he said.
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ Thank [Abm] you!