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I tune my guitar down to Open G Tuning, anyone who doesnt know....
E -> D (Down)
B - B (Same)
G - G (Same)
D - D (Same)
A -> G (Down)
E -> D (Down)
INTRO:
D-------------------------------|
B--------------------------------|
G---------3-0--3--3-3-3-3--------| Played
D---------0---------------- -----| 4x
G-0----0-------------------------| /
D---3b---------------------------|
"I got a letter this mornin
What do ya reckon it read?
It said, "The gal you love is dead"
VERSE:
D--------------------|------5--------------|
B-5----5-3-3----5-0--|---------------------|
G-5----5-3-3----5-0--|-3-0--------0-0---0--|
D-5----5-3-3----5-0--|------------0-0---0--|
G-5----5-3-3----5-0--|------------0-0---0--|
D--------------------|----------------3----|
"I got a letter this mornin
What do you reckon it read?
Said, "Hurry, hurry, because the gal you love is dead"
D------5--------------|------5--------------|
B---------------------|---------------------|
G-3-0--------0-0---0--|-3-0--------0-0---0--|
D------------0-0---0--|------------0-0---0--|
G------------0-0---0--|------------0-0---0--|
D----------------3----|----------------3----|
Well, I packed up my suitcase
I took off down the road
When I got there she was
Layin' on the coolin' board
I packed up my suitcase
And I took off down the road
When I got there she was
A-layin' on the coolin' board
D----------------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------/7--7/0--|
G-----------------------------------0-/7--7/0--|
D-----------------------------------0-/7--7/0--|
G----5-5-----3-3------2-2----1-1------/7--7/0--|
D-5-------3-------2--------1------0------------|
D--------5----------------------------------------------|
B--------0-0-3/0--3-0-3--0-3-0-/5--5--0-----------------|
G-3-0-----0-0-3/0--3-0-3--0-3-0-/5--5--0--3-0-----------|
D---------0-0-3/0--3-0-3--0-3-0-/5--5--0-------|--------|(Continues)
G---------0-0-3/0--3-0-3--0-3-0-/5--5--0-------| ---|
D----------------------------------------------| ---|
_______________________________________________________|
| /|--5-------------5----------------------|
| / |-------------------0-0--7--7/5--5/3-0--|
|_/ |----3-3-0--3-0-----0-0--7--7/5--5/3-0--|
|-------------------0-0--7--7/5--5/3-0--|
|-------------------0-0--7--7/5--5/3-0--|
|---------------------------------------|
D------5--------------|------5--------------|
B---------------------|---------------------|
G-3-0--------0-0---0--|-3-0--------0-0---0--|
D------------0-0---0--|------------0-0---0--|
G------------0-0---0--|------------0-0---0--|
D----------------3----|----------------3----|
D-------------------------------|
B--------------------------------|
G---------3-0--3--3-3-3-3--------| Played
D---------0---------------- -----| 4x
G-0----0-------------------------| /
D---3b---------------------------|
It looked like ten thousand people
Standin' 'round the buryin' ground
I didn't know I loved her
'Til they began to let her down
Looked like ten thousand
People standin' 'round the buryin' ground
I didn't know that I loved her
'Til they began to let her down
You know, it's so hard to love
Someone that don't love you
Ain't no satisfaction
Don't care what you do
So hard to love
Yeah, someone that don't love you
Don't look like satisfaction, and I don't care what you do
D-----------------------------------------------|
B--------------------------------------/7--7/0--|
G--------------------------------------/7--7/0--|
D--------------------------------------/7--7/0--|
G----5-5-----3-3-----2----1--1-----0---/7--7/0--|
D-5-------3-------2-----1-------0---------------|
C
D------3-3---------------3-3------------------------------------------------------------3-|
B-----------------------------3-5-3-0--3-0--3-0-3-3/2-0--3-0-3-0-3-0--/5-5--5-3-0---------|
G-3-0------0-3/2-0--3-0-------3-5-3-0--3-0--3-0-3-3/2-0--3-0-3-0-3-0--/5-5--5-3-0--3-0----|
D----------0-3/2-0------------3-5-3-0--3-0--3-0-3-3/2-0--3-0-3-0-3-0--/5-5--5-3-0---------|
G----------0-3/2-0------------3-5-3-0--3-0--3-0-3-3/2-0--3-0-3-0-3-0--/5-5--5-3-0---------|
D-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Repeated 8x:
D---------------3----------------------------------------------------5/0-----|
B-0-3/5-0--3-0--3---------/7-7--7/10-10--0-3/2-0--3/2-0--3--3-0---/5-5--5/0--|
G-0-3/5-0--3-0-----0-3-0--/7-7--7/10-10--0-3/2-0--3/2-0--3--3-0---/5-5--5/0--|
D------------------0-3-0--/7-7--7/10-10--0-3/2-0--3/2-0--3--3-0---/5-5--5/0--|
G------------------0-3-0--/7-7--7/10-10--0-3/2-0--3/2-0--3--3-0---/5-5--5/0--|
D----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D------3-----------------3---------------------|
B--------------------------------/7-7--/10-10--|
G-3-0---------------3-0----------/7-7--/10-10--|
D----------------------------0---/7-7--/10-10--|
G--------0-0-0---0---------0---0-/7-7--/10-10--|
D--------------3-------------------------------|
Well, I got up this mornin', the break of day
Just huggin' the pillows where she used to lay
Got up this mornin', leave the break of day
Just huggin' the pillows where my baby used to lay
D-----------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------|
G-----------------------0--/7--/12--|
D--------------------------/7--/12--|
G-----3-----2-----1-----------------|
D--3-----2-----1-----0--------------|
thats it, questions, comments, email me Lotuslunchbox@yahoo.com
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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Lead Player |
#1 by Michael Leathers at Apr 10, 1977 at 4:23 AM EST |
| This is actually a cover of an old blues song, much like many, many others... That's what sets them apart. Everyone's complaining about their girlfriend in rock nowdays, and they're playing delta blues. Rock on, Jack and Meg! | |
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Musical Genius |
#2 by oh.... THAT guy at Apr 30, 1977 at 8:48 PM EST |
| theres a video for this song? | |
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Euroynmous Average |
#3 by Euroynmous at Mar 30, 1990 at 12:00 PM EST |
| While this song could have some completely literal meaning about someone dying, I think this song is about a couple who broke up and then their feelings for each other changed. Maybe when they used to be together everyone (their friends, family, etc. = ten thousand people) could see how much he really loved her, but he didn’t know he did. (In the beginning of the song – they tell him that she the gal he loves. He doesn’t say he loves her until the second half.) Their friends, etc. watched the relationship fall apart (the burial ground.). It wasn’t until after she left him (died) that he realized he did truly love her and he misses her very much. He wants to express his feelings to her, but she is already gone. His friends are trying to tell him that it’s over now and her feelings about him have changed. She won’t ever again love him back. So he is very frustrated. | |
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Tavo Wanna Be |
#4 by Tavo at Dec 31, 1992 at 12:23 PM EST |
| has anyone seen the blackpool lights live version of this? fucking incredible! i have the whole concert on dvd and i get goosebumps everytime i watch that song. i dont mean to be a pretentious hardcore idiot, but i like the live version WAY better than the recording, because it's longer and heavier and louder. not to say the recording is bad, i still love it. | |
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Austin Average |
#5 by Austin Schrauben at Sep 4, 1994 at 9:00 PM EST |
| at the end he says- "you know its so hard to love somone that don't love you" this makes me think that shes not really dead just dead to him because of course she couldn't love him if she was dead. so, i think the narrative at the beginning is just a simile. | |
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Steve Wanna Be |
#6 by Steve Williams at Apr 21, 1995 at 6:06 PM EST |
| I heard they leave out a few verses of this song, but I think they do a fantastic job of it, especially the live versions. This song holds a special place in my heart for some personal reasons. :D | |
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Rich Average |
#7 by Rich Frazer at Dec 23, 1995 at 1:40 AM EST |
| I really like this song... it rings true. I think it's probably about the shock when a loved one dies - not particularly sophisticated I know but it seems that way. -Line by Line- Got a letter this morning What do you reckon it read? It said "the gal you love is dead" [The letter didn't actually say that but the language has been simplified] I got a letter this morning What do you reckon it read? [Not only is this a musical device but it could also symbolise a 'double-take' effect as the singer reads the letter] Said, hurry hurry [Pronoun is missing ('it') another example of simplified language] Because the gal you love is dead Well I packed up my suitcase [Moving on, would you pack a suitcas to go to a morgue usually? - no] Took off down the road [Simplified language, the 'I' is missing] When I got there She was laying on the cooling board [A hard image, and it is not dwelled on much which shows a one-off shock] Packed up my suitcase And I took off down the road When I got there She was laying on the cooling board [another double-take when he sees her?] It looked like ten thousand people [Psychological exaggeration, the guy is in a trance having delusions] Standing around the burying ground I didn't know I loved her [Regrets - thinking of things he should have done before the girl died] Until they began to let her down [Another moment of shock - he is shocked into emotion] Looked like ten thousand people Standing around the burying ground Didn't know I loved her Until they began to let her down [Voila, another double-take as the coffin is being let down - a highly emotional moment] You know it's so hard to love Someone that don't love you [A popular lyric - However, he doesn't know she didn't love him, but she doesn't now - she's dead. I think this means that it's difficult thinking about past experiences and missed oppurtunities] Won't get satisfaction [Simplified language - how can you regain oppurtunities now lost?] Don't care what you do So hard to love Someone that don't love you Don't look like satisfaction Don't care what you do Well I got up this morning [Eh? what? he was packing his bags a minute ago. He is confused] The break of day [Simplified language, also a symbol of new beginnings] Just hugging the pillows Where she used to lay [Irrational behaviour, something all of us can identify with an emotion everyone feels at some point (hugging pillows)] Got up this morning Would you believe the break of day Just huggin' the pillows Where my baby used to lay. ------------------------------------------------- The use of simplified language emphasises the shock. The simple structures, sometimes missing words show the vocalist's inability to form sentences possibly because of shock (according to my reading). IMHO this is about shock an regret after a loved one dies. | |
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Wacko Average |
#8 by Wacko Jacko at Oct 19, 1996 at 11:55 PM EST |
| this is a prison song...thats why the song is sung in that chain gang style holla (the son house version) and relates to his wife leaving him, however son was married five times so he prob got over it | |
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robert Average |
#9 by robert liedberg at Mar 11, 2003 at 6:29 AM EST |
| i'd say that this song is mostly about not understanding until it's too late, backed up by the line "I didn't know I loved her Until they began to let her down". This could even be recounting a dream, the way the death, and the journey to see her and the funeral all pass by so fast, and then the final verse actually says that she used to be in the same bed as him, indicating that she may have left him or something previously, but he had a dream she'd died and woke up at the "break of day", probably in quite a state and realised that although they may have left each other, he now realises that he does still love her deep down but it's too late. | |
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Randy Lead Player |
#10 by Randy Lott at Oct 27, 2005 at 11:55 PM EST |
| I love this song! The video isn't bad either | |
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