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Scarlet Town
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Scarlet Town - Gillian Welch / David Rawlings
Track 1 HARROW & THE HARVEST
Cap 7 Double dropped D
Key Am/Bbm
D7 then hold down B on 1st fret
Intro D7 riff
Buddy I went down to Scarlet Town
Ain’t never been there before
Well you slept on a feather bed
And I slept on the floor
Now I don’t mind a lean old time
Or drinking my coffee cold
But the things I’ve seen in Scarlet Town
Did mortify my soul
Chorus D7 with C-B G-E pull off
Well look at that deep well
Look at that dark\dug grave
Ringin' that iron bell
In Scarlet Town today
I spent some time in New Orleans
And in Cairo on a bend,
But Scarlet Town brought me down
Low as I ever been
Chorus D7 then D C B G (x3) D
On the day I came to Scarlet Town
You promised I’d be your bride
But you left me here to rot away
Like Polly on the mountain side
Chorus D7 then D C B G (x3) D
Now you may hide in Scarlet Town
For a hundred years or more
But the man who knows what time it is
Is knocking at the door
So fare you well my own true love
If you ever see me around
I’ll be lookin through a telescope
From hell to Scarlet Town
Chorus D C B G (x3) D7