Chords for Tecumseh Valley (Live from the Ryman)
Tempo:
130.25 bpm
Chords used:
G
D
A
Bm
B
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[A]
[G]
[D] The name she gave [G] was Caroline,
[G] daughter of a [D] miner.
[G] Her ways were free and [D] it [B] seemed to [Bm] me.
[A] The sunshine walked beside her.
[D]
She said she'd come [G] to look [D] for work.
She [G] was not [D] seeking favors
[G] For a dime a day and a [D]
place to [Bm] stay.
[A] She turned them [G] hands to labor.
[D] But the times was hard, [Bm] Lord, and [D] jobs were few.
[G] All through [D] Tecumseh Valley.
[G] But she looked around and [A] a [Bm] job she found.
[A] Tending barn for [G] Gypsy Sally.
[D]
She saved enough
[G] to get back [D] home.
When spring [D] replaced the winter.
[G] But her dreams were denied, [D] her pa [Bm] had died.
The
[A] word come down [G] from Spencer.
[D]
She turned to walking [G] down [D] the road.
[G] From all the hate [D] inside her.
And it [G] was many a man [A] who returned
[Bm] again.
[A] To walk that road [G] beside her.
They [D] found her down [G] [D] beneath the stairs.
[G] That led to [D] Gypsy Sally's.
[G] And her hand when she died [D] was an old [Bm] dead cry.
Fare [A] thee well, [G] Tecumseh Valley.
[D] [G] [A]
[G]
[D]
[G]
[D] The name she gave [G] was Caroline,
[G] daughter of a [D] miner.
[G] Her ways were free and [D] it [B] seemed to [Bm] me.
[A] The sunshine walked beside her.
[D]
She said she'd come [G] to look [D] for work.
She [G] was not [D] seeking favors
[G] For a dime a day and a [D]
place to [Bm] stay.
[A] She turned them [G] hands to labor.
[D] But the times was hard, [Bm] Lord, and [D] jobs were few.
[G] All through [D] Tecumseh Valley.
[G] But she looked around and [A] a [Bm] job she found.
[A] Tending barn for [G] Gypsy Sally.
[D]
She saved enough
[G] to get back [D] home.
When spring [D] replaced the winter.
[G] But her dreams were denied, [D] her pa [Bm] had died.
The
[A] word come down [G] from Spencer.
[D]
She turned to walking [G] down [D] the road.
[G] From all the hate [D] inside her.
And it [G] was many a man [A] who returned
[Bm] again.
[A] To walk that road [G] beside her.
They [D] found her down [G] [D] beneath the stairs.
[G] That led to [D] Gypsy Sally's.
[G] And her hand when she died [D] was an old [Bm] dead cry.
Fare [A] thee well, [G] Tecumseh Valley.
[D] [G] [A]
[G]
[D]
Key:
G
D
A
Bm
B
G
D
A
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ The _ _ _ name she gave _ [G] was _ Caroline, _
_ _ [G] daughter _ _ of a [D] miner.
_ _ [G] Her ways were free and [D] it [B] seemed to [Bm] me. _ _
[A] The sunshine _ _ walked beside her.
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ She said she'd come [G] to look [D] for work.
She [G] _ was not [D] seeking favors _
[G] For a dime a day and a [D]
place to [Bm] stay.
_ _ _ [A] She turned them [G] hands to labor. _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ But the times was hard, [Bm] Lord, and [D] jobs were few.
_ _ [G] All through _ [D] Tecumseh Valley.
_ _ [G] But she looked around and [A] a [Bm] job she found. _
_ [A] Tending barn for [G] Gypsy Sally.
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ She saved enough _
[G] to get back [D] home. _ _
When spring _ [D] replaced the winter. _
_ [G] But her dreams were denied, [D] her pa [Bm] had died.
The _
[A] _ word come down [G] from Spencer. _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
She turned to walking _ [G] _ down [D] the road.
_ _ [G] From all the hate [D] inside her.
And it [G] was many a man [A] who returned _
[Bm] again.
_ _ _ [A] _ To walk that road [G] beside her.
_ They [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ found her down [G] _ _ [D] beneath the stairs.
_ _ [G] That led _ to [D] Gypsy Sally's.
_ _ [G] And her hand when she died [D] was an old [Bm] dead cry.
_ _ _ _ Fare [A] thee well, _ [G] Tecumseh Valley. _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ The _ _ _ name she gave _ [G] was _ Caroline, _
_ _ [G] daughter _ _ of a [D] miner.
_ _ [G] Her ways were free and [D] it [B] seemed to [Bm] me. _ _
[A] The sunshine _ _ walked beside her.
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ She said she'd come [G] to look [D] for work.
She [G] _ was not [D] seeking favors _
[G] For a dime a day and a [D]
place to [Bm] stay.
_ _ _ [A] She turned them [G] hands to labor. _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ But the times was hard, [Bm] Lord, and [D] jobs were few.
_ _ [G] All through _ [D] Tecumseh Valley.
_ _ [G] But she looked around and [A] a [Bm] job she found. _
_ [A] Tending barn for [G] Gypsy Sally.
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ She saved enough _
[G] to get back [D] home. _ _
When spring _ [D] replaced the winter. _
_ [G] But her dreams were denied, [D] her pa [Bm] had died.
The _
[A] _ word come down [G] from Spencer. _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
She turned to walking _ [G] _ down [D] the road.
_ _ [G] From all the hate [D] inside her.
And it [G] was many a man [A] who returned _
[Bm] again.
_ _ _ [A] _ To walk that road [G] beside her.
_ They [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ found her down [G] _ _ [D] beneath the stairs.
_ _ [G] That led _ to [D] Gypsy Sally's.
_ _ [G] And her hand when she died [D] was an old [Bm] dead cry.
_ _ _ _ Fare [A] thee well, _ [G] Tecumseh Valley. _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _