Chords for The Civil Wars: Barton Hollow live session

[G] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ I'm Joy and this is John Paul and we are the Civil Wars.
Some people have asked where we [Eb] got the band name from.
And in truth, it has less to do with the historical events
of the Civil Wars themselves that have happened
throughout history and it's more about [E] the battles
that we face every single day.
Those tiny indiscretions that we deal with
and the things that we struggle with,
whether [Eb] it's relationships or our jobs or addiction
or faith or lack of faith, what have you.
So there was a great quote that we stumbled across
by Plato that says, be kind to everyone you meet
for everyone is fighting a hard battle.
So that's where the name, the Civil Wars came from.
And the title track [E] of our album
is a song called Barton Hollow.
However, I'm told I don't pronounce it correctly.
No, you [A] do not.
Do I, John Paul?
No, it's a place on the Tennessee, Alabama state line
and it is properly pronounced Barton Holler.
If you said [Eb] Barton Hollow back where I'm from,
they would stare at you and know that you're not a local.
_ _ Barton Holler is a place just outside of Loretta, Tennessee
where I went to school.
And it's not a place that you go to do anything legal.
I think probably every town has that place
and that's ours.
So how often were you around there?
I was there probably more than I should have been.
_ [Ab] [F] To find it, you'd have to [Eb] go and ask a local where it is
cause there's no signs.
[D] It's not on a [Eb] map or anything.
But when we were writing this song,
we had this general overview [Fm] of this story
and definitely a general [Eb] feel in the guitar riff.
And [D] we knew we wanted a picturesque [E] location.
So [Eb] that was the first thing that popped in my head.
[N] _ It's good to, you know, a little bit of an homage
to where I'm from and eventually became
the name of the record.
The _ actual _ story behind Barton Holler,
we kind of keep close to the vest.
We've always kept it just loose enough
that you have, [Eb] just vague enough
that you have to wonder exactly what went down.
We're not telling.
_ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ [D] _ Well.
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_ _ _ ♪ I'm a dead man walking here ♪
♪ That's the least of all my barriers ♪
♪ [Am] Oh, [D] _
_ oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh ♪
♪ Underneath the water ♪
_ ♪ It's not _ Alabama clay ♪
♪ Gives my trembling hands away, yeah ♪ _
Oh, _ _ please forgive me, Father.
_ _ _ _ I ain't going back to barn and holler.
They were going to find me here I go.
_ Won't do me no good, watching in the river.
Can't no preacher man save my soul. _ _
_ _ _ _ Oh, _ did _ _ _ _ _ that full moon wash my hair?
Would that unborn country be again?
Oh, _ _ _ _ I don't need no water. _ _ _ _ _ _
Oh, _ _ _ please forgive me, Father.
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb]
Miles and miles and my bare [D] feet still can't lay me down to sleep.
[Bb] And if I die before I _ [A] know the _ _ _ _ _ [D] world, [Am] save [D] me. _
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_ _ _ Keep walking and running and running from my house.
Keep walking and running and running from [Bb] my house.
[D] Keep walking and running and running from [Bb] my [D] house.
Oh, [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] [D] I ain't going back to barn and holler.
to Barton Hollow, they were gonna find me here ago
Won't do me no good, washing in the river
Can't no preaching man save my soul?
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