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Barton Hollow by The Civil Wars
Barton Hollow
Tuning: Double Drop D (DADGBD)
Main Riff:
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|-3----3---3-3--3---3-3---3-|-3----3---3-3--3---3-3---3|
|-2----2---2-2--2---2-2---2-|-2----2---2-2--2---2-2---2|
|-x----0---0-0--x---0-3b4-0-|-x----0---0-0--x---0-3b4-0|
|-3b5--0---0-0--3b5-0-0---0-|-3b5--0---0-0--3b5-0-0---0|
|-0----0---0-0--0---0-0---0-|-0----0---0-0--0---0-0---0|
I'm a dead man walking here
But that's the least of all my fears
Ooh, underneath the water
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|-3----3---3-3--3---3-3---3-|-3----3---3-3--3---3-3---3|
|-2----2---2-2--2---2-2---2-|-2----2---2-2--2---2-2---2|
|-x----0---0-0--x---0-3b4-0-|-x----0---0-0--x---0-3b4-0|
|-3b5--0---0-0--3b5-0-0---0-|-3b5--0---0-0--3b5-0-0---0|
|-0----0---0-0--0---0-0---0-|-0----0---0-0--0---0-0---0|
It's not Alabama clay
That gives my trembling hands away
Please forgive me father
|---|
|-3-|
|-2-|
|-0-|
|-0-|
|-0-|
Ain't going back to Barton Hollow
Devil gonna follow me e'er I go
Won't do me no good washing in the river
Can't no preacher man save my...
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|-3----3---3-3--3---3-3---3-|-3----3---3-3--3---3-3---3|
|-2----2---2-2--2---2-2---2-|-2----2---2-2--2---2-2---2|
|-x----0---0-0--x---0-3b4-0-|-x----0---0-0--x---0-3b4-0|
|-3b5--0---0-0--3b5-0-0---0-|-3b5--0---0-0--3b5-0-0---0|
|-0----0---0-0--0---0-0---0-|-0----0---0-0--0---0-0---0|
...soul
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|-3----3---3-3--3---3-3---3-|-3----3---3-3--3---3-3---3|
|-2----2---2-2--2---2-2---2-|-2----2---2-2--2---2-2---2|
|-x----0---0-0--x---0-3b4-0-|-x----0---0-0--x---0-3b4-0|
|-3b5--0---0-0--3b5-0-0---0-|-3b5--0---0-0--3b5-0-0---0|
|-0----0---0-0--0---0-0---0-|-0----0---0-0--0---0-0---0|
Did that full moon force my hand?
Or that unmarked hundred grand?
Ooh, underneath the water
Ooh, please forgive me father
|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-3------------------3-3-3---3-3-|-3-----------------------3-3-3--3-3|
|-3------------------3-3-3---3-3-|-2-----------------------2-2-2--2-2|
|-3------------------3-3-3---3-3-|-0-----------------------0-0-0--0-0|
|-1------------------1-1-1---1-1-|-0-----------------------0-0-0--0-0|
|--------------------------------|-0-----------------------0-0-0--0-0|
Miles and miles in my bare feet Still can't lay me down to sleep
|--------------------------------|-----------------------|
|-3------------------3-3-3---3-3-|-2-----------------2---|
|-3------------------3-3-3---3-3-|-2-----------------2---|
|-3------------------3-3-3---3-3-|-2-----------------2---|
|-1------------------1-1-1---1-1-|-0-----------------0---|
|--------------------------------|-----------------------|
If I die before I wake I know the Lord my soul won't...
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|-3----3---3-3--3---3-3---3-|-3----3---3-3--3---3-3---3|
|-2----2---2-2--2---2-2---2-|-2----2---2-2--2---2-2---2|
|-x----0---0-0--x---0-3b4-0-|-x----0---0-0--x---0-3b4-0|
|-3b5--0---0-0--3b5-0-0---0-|-3b5--0---0-0--3b5-0-0---0|
|-0----0---0-0--0---0-0---0-|-0----0---0-0--0---0-0---0|
...take
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|-3----3---3-3--3---3-3---3-|-3----3---3-3--3---3-3---3|
|-2----2---2-2--2---2-2---2-|-2----2---2-2--2---2-2---2|
|-x----0---0-0--x---0-3b4-0-|-x----0---0-0--x---0-3b4-0|
|-3b5--0---0-0--3b5-0-0---0-|-3b5--0---0-0--3b5-0-0---0|
|-0----0---0-0--0---0-0---0-|-0----0---0-0--0---0-0---0|
I'm a dead man walking
I'm a dead man walking
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|-7--7--7--7--5--5--5--5--4--4--4--4--3--3--3--3-|
|-7--7--7--7--5--5--5--5--4--4--4--4--3--3--3--3-|
|-5--5--5--5--3--3--3--3--2--2--2--2--1--1--1--1-|
|------------------------------------------------|
Keep walking and running and running for miles
Keep walking and running and running for miles
Keep walking and running and running for miles
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--2--2--2--2--3--3--3--3--2--2--2--2--2-----|
|--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2-----|
|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-----|
|--------------------------------------------|
Ooh...
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|-3-|
|-2-|
|-0-|
|-0-|
|-0-|
Ain't going back to Barton Hollow
Devil gonna follow me e'er I go
Won't do me no good washing in the river
Can't no preacher man save my soul
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version 2
Tuning: Drop D
Intro
E|------------|
B|--3------3--|
G|--2------2--|
D|--0------0--|
A|--0------0--|
D|--0------0--|
Verse
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|-3----3---3-3--3---3-3---3-|-3----3---3-3--3---3-3---3|
|-2----2---2-2--2---2-2---2-|-2----2---2-2--2---2-2---2|
|-x----0---0-0--x---0-3b4-0-|-x----0---0-0--x---0-3b4-0|
|-3b5--0---0-0--3b5-0-0---0-|-3b5--0---0-0--3b5-0-0---0|
|-0----0---0-0--0---0-0---0-|-0----0---0-0--0---0-0---0|
"I'm a dead man walking here. That's the least of all my fears."
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|-3----3---3-3--3---3-3---3-|-3----3---3-3--3---3-3---3|
|-2----2---2-2--2---2-2---2-|-2----2---2-2--2---2-2---2|
|-x----0---0-0--x---0-3b4-0-|-x----0---0-0--x---0-3b4-0|
|-3b5--0---0-0--3b5-0-0---0-|-3b5--0---0-0--3b5-0-0---0|
|-0----0---0-0--0---0-0---0-|-0----0---0-0--0---0-0---0|
"Underneath the water. Oh, please forgive me father."
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|-3----3---3-3--3---3-3---3-|-3----3---3-3--3---3-3---3|
|-2----2---2-2--2---2-2---2-|-2----2---2-2--2---2-2---2|
|-x----0---0-0--x---0-3b4-0-|-x----0---0-0--x---0-3b4-0|
|-3b5--0---0-0--3b5-0-0---0-|-3b5--0---0-0--3b5-0-0---0|
|-0----0---0-0--0---0-0---0-|-0----0---0-0--0---0-0---0|
"Never goin' back to Barton Hollow..."
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|-3-|
|-2-|
|-0-|
|-0-|
|-0-|
Bridge
"Miles and miles in my bare feet. Still can't lay me down to sleep."
|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-3------------------3-3-3---3-3-|-3-----------------------3-3-3--3-3|
|-3------------------3-3-3---3-3-|-2-----------------------2-2-2--2-2|
|-3------------------3-3-3---3-3-|-0-----------------------0-0-0--0-0|
|-1------------------1-1-1---1-1-|-0-----------------------0-0-0--0-0|
|--------------------------------|-0-----------------------0-0-0--0-0|
"If I die before I wake, I know the Lord my soul won't...
|--------------------------------|-----------------------|
|-3------------------3-3-3---3-3-|-2-----------------2---|
|-3------------------3-3-3---3-3-|-2-----------------2---|
|-3------------------3-3-3---3-3-|-2-----------------2---|
|-1------------------1-1-1---1-1-|-0-----------------0---|
|--------------------------------|-----------------------|
Take."
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|-3----3---3-3--3---3-3---3-|-3----3---3-3--3---3-3---3|
|-2----2---2-2--2---2-2---2-|-2----2---2-2--2---2-2---2|
|-x----0---0-0--x---0-3b4-0-|-x----0---0-0--x---0-3b4-0|
|-3b5--0---0-0--3b5-0-0---0-|-3b5--0---0-0--3b5-0-0---0|
|-0----0---0-0--0---0-0---0-|-0----0---0-0--0---0-0---0|
"I'm a dead man walking. I'm a dead man walking here. Keep
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|-3----3---3-3--3---3-3---3-|-3----3---3-3--3---3-3---3|
|-2----2---2-2--2---2-2---2-|-2----2---2-2--2---2-2---2|
|-x----0---0-0--x---0-3b4-0-|-x----0---0-0--x---0-3b4-0|
|-3b5--0---0-0--3b5-0-0---0-|-3b5--0---0-0--3b5-0-0---0|
|-0----0---0-0--0---0-0---0-|-0----0---0-0--0---0-0---0|
Outro
Walking, running, running for miles..."
|------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------|
|-7--7--7--7--5--5--5--5--4--4--4--4--3--3--3--3-|x4|--2--2--2--2--3--3--3--3--2--2--2--2--2-----|
|-7--7--7--7--5--5--5--5--4--4--4--4--3--3--3--3-| |--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2-----|
|-5--5--5--5--3--3--3--3--2--2--2--2--1--1--1--1-| |--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-----|
|------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------|
"Never goin' back to Barton Hollow..."
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|-3-|
|-2-|
|-0-|
|-0-|
|-0-|
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version 3
Tuning DADGAD not 100% but it's the first one I tried sounds close.
I'll put down the chords in standard as well. I also added standard chords.
dn=downsroke up=upstroke pm=palm mute b=bend
Song and chorus starts with something like this:
d--0-
a--0-
g--2- This is D of some kind.
d--0-
a--0-
d--0-
Main Riff 1 2
d--0--0--------0--0--0--0-]-0-0-------0-0-----]
a--3b-0--------3b-0--0--0-]-3b0-------3b0-----]
g--2--2--------2--2--2--2-]-2-2-------2-2-2-2-]
d--0--0---x----0--0--3b-0-]------x----0---3b0-]
a--3b-0---x----3b-0--0--0-]------x----3b--0-0-]
d--0--0---x----0--0--3b-0-]------x--------3b0-]
dn up dnpm dn up dn up
Both the same riff. The first shows what my fingers are doing. I like to keep my index
on the 2nd fret G, and move my middle and ring together bending the same direction, which
is down towards your feet. It's easier for me, though I doubt this is what he does.
The second is what I hear as far as the strings being hit. It sounds pretty close to me.
The main riff is just D and F in standard tuning. Chorus is just D.
Lyrics:
D D F D D F D D F D D F
I'm a dead man walking here, that's the least of all my fears.
Ooooh underneath the water.
It's not Alabama clay, gives my tremblin' hands away.
Ooooh please forgive me father.
Aint goin' back to Barton Hollow, Devil gonna' find me ever I go.
Wont do me no good washin' in the river, can't no preacher man save my soul.
Did that full moon force my hand, or that unmarked hundred grand?
Ooooh underneath the water.
Ooooh please forgive me father.
(Here it changes up, to something like. . .)
d-----------] d-----------] d-----------]
a---------0-] a-----------] a-----------]
g--777-77s2-] 2x then g--777-77-7-] 1x then g--7---7----]
d--000-00-0-] d--000-00-7-] d--7---7----]
a--000-00-0-] a--000-00-5-] a--5---5----]
d--888-88-0-] d--888-88-0-] d-----------]
D? - D?
Not sure about this, but it sounds close.
Lyrics:
Miles and miles in my barefeet, still can't lay me down to sleep.
If I die before I wake, I know the Lord my soul oh.
(Back to main riff)
I'm a dead man walking here.
I'm a dead man walking here.
(Another change)
d----------------------------] d----
a----------------------------] a----
g--7-7---5-5---4-4---3-3-----] Then g--2-
d--0-0---3-3---4-4---3-3-----] d--2-
a--0-0---3-3---2-2---1-1-----] a--0-
d--8-8---0-0---0-0---1-1-----] d--0-
D C B Bb A
Lyrics:
D C B Bb
Keep walkin' and runnin', runnin' for miles.
Keep walkin' and runnin', runnin' for miles.
Keep walkin' and runnin', runnin' for miles.
Aint goin' back to Barton Hollow, Devil gonna' find me ever I go.
Wont do me no good washing in the river, can't no preacher man save my soul.
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version 4
DADGAD (Just drop your E and e strings down to D, drop your B down to A)
The intro is just this chord strummed and allowed to ring out:
e----0----------------0----------------|
B----0----------------0----------------|
G----2----------------2----------------|
D----0----------------0----------------|
A----0----------------0----------------|
E----0----------------0----------------|
The main riff goes something like this:
e----0--0--x-----0-0---0--0--0--0------|
B----0--0--x-----0-0---0--0--0--0------|
G----2--2--x-----2-2---2--2--2--2------| Repeat
D----0--0--x-----0-0---0--0--3--0------|
A----3--0--x-----0-0---3--0--0--0------|
E----0--0--x-----0-0---0--0--0--0------|
For the sake of getting the feel/timing of this, it is worth pointing out that the
repeating should make it seem like the first two chords are always tacked onto the end
of the progression.
Right before the guitar stops for the first chorus (after "...forgive me father"):
e----0-0--0--0-----0-0--0--------------|
B----0-0--0--0-----0-0--0--------------|
G----2-2--2--2-----2-2--2--Let---------|
D----0-0--0--0-----0-0--0--ring--------|
A----0-0--3--0-----0-0--0--------------|
E----0-0--0--0-----0-0--0--------------|
There are a few more little parts like the one above that are just simple transitional
variations - I have not tabbed each one.
Song Notes:
Notice that JPW holds his pointer finger on the 2nd fret of the G string for the whole
thing, just using his middle finger to play the notes on the A and D strings. Pretty
simple once you get the feel of it. Don't over think it, it's all about the groove.
You can add some style by throwing in some bends on the notes played on the A and D strings.
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version 5
Drop D Tuning “ Capo 1st Fret.
Intro:
|--0--------------------------------|
|--3--------------------------------|
|--2--------------------------------|
|--0--------------------------------|
|--0--------------------------------|
|--0--------------------------------|
Main Riff:
|------0-----x---------------------------|
|------3-----x---------------------------|
|------2-----x----2-------------2--------|
|---0--0-----x----0---0---0-----0--------|
|---3--------x----0---3b4-0-0---0--------|
|------------x--------------3b4-0--------|
Interlude 1:
|--0--------------------------------|
|--3--------------------------------|
|--2--------------------------------|
|--0--------------------------------|
|--0--------------------------------|
|--0--------------------------------|
Interlude 2:
|--0-----------------x-0--------0--0-0-0-x-0--------|
|--3--------3--3-3-3-x-3--------3--3-3-3-x-3--------|
|--3--------3--3-3-3-x-2--------2”-2-2-2-x-3--------|
|--3--------3--3-3-3-x-0--------0”-0-0-0-x-3--------|
|--1--------1--1-1-1-x-0--------0”-0-0-0-x-1--------|
|----------------------0--------0”-0-0-0-x----------|
|--0----------0--------|
|--3--3-3-3-x-2--------|
|--3--3-3-3-x-2--------|
|--3--3-3-3-x-2--------|
|--1--1-1-1-x-0--------|
|----------------------|
Interlude 3: x3
|-1-1-1-1-------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-|
|---------3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-1-1-1-1-|
|---------------------------------|
End:
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0--------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2”-3--------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2”-2--------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2”-0--------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0--------|
|----------------------------0--------|
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