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Carlisles Haul by James McMurtry
Carlisles Haul
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: 3rd fret
Key: C
G: 320033 Cadd9: x32033 Em: 022033
e|--3-------------3-3-----------------------------------------------|
B|--3-------------3-3-----------------------------------------------|
G|--0-------------0-0-----------------------------------------------|
D|--0---------0--h2-2-----------------------------------------------|
A|--x-----0h2----h3-3-----------------------------------------------|
E|--3---3-----------------------------------------------------------|
This little ditty he kind of repeats throughout the whole song. When strumming the chords make sure to
emphasize the base line first, then strum the bottom couple of strings, then the base line, then the bottom
strings. It helps the song roll in the way that he plays it.
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| h Hammer-on
| x Dead note
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[Verse 1]
Cadd9 G
Old Carlisle needs some money
Cadd9 G
He's runnin' a seine out off the point
Cadd9
We'll all go help him though
G
Commercial season's closed
Em G
We might all wind up in the joint
Cadd9 G
There's bright lights out on the sand bar
Cadd9 G
Hear the donkey motor whine
Cadd9 G
The donkey man minds his business
Em G
I know to be mindin' mine
Cadd9
I learned from the best
Cadd9 G
Cadd9 G
Hear them crabbers cuss the weather
Cadd9 G
And they cuss the government too
Cadd9
'Cause nowadays crabbin' and fishin'
G
Hangin' on to a pot to piss in
Em G
Is just about the best a man can do
[Chorus 1]
Am C/B C
It's hard not to cry and cuss
Am C/B C
When this old world is just bigger than us
Am C/B C D G
And all we got is pride and trust in our kind
[Verse 2]
Cadd9 G
Old Carlisle and Uncle Freddy
Cadd9 G
Don't you know they've seen some times
Cadd9
They remember gas light
G
Oyster war machine gun fights
Em G
I wished I'd known 'em in their prime
Cadd9
Now they stare out past the lights
G
To the darkness on the water
Cadd9 G
I don't think they're likin' what they see
Cadd9 G
Long before that seine can make a circle
Em G
They'll know what the outcome's gonna be
C
They learned from the best
G
They learned from the best
Cadd9 G
So, haul that seine up in the long boat
Cadd9 G
We get to keep whatever's gilled
Cadd9
We'll take a bag of bunkers home
G
For crab bait and blue fish chum
Em G
A string of croaker for the Sunday meal
Cadd9 G
String of croaker makes a meal
[Chorus 1]
Am C/B C
It's hard not to cry and cuss
Am C/B C
When this old world is just bigger than us
Am C/B C D G
And all we got is pride and trust in our kind
G
[Chorus 2]
Am C/B C
Staring down that long, steep slope
Am C/B C
We gather 'round and we hold out hope
Am
Because at the end of the rope
C/B C D G
There's a little more rope most times
[Solo]
Am C/B C
Am C/B C
Am C/B C D G
[Verse 3]
Cadd9 G
Uncle Freddy said we did a good job
Cadd9 G
He's sendin' us home with a nine-pound blue
Cadd9 G
But I don't see a truckload for the market
Em G
What's old Carlisle gonna do?
Cadd9 G
'Cept haul them lights in off the sandbar
Cadd9 G
Shut the donkey motor down
Cadd9 G
Tow them longboats up the river
Em G
Let's all get on back to town
Cadd9 G
Let's all get on back to town before the warden comes
Cadd9 G
He knows better than get here before dawn
Cadd9
He's got that green uniform
G
And the kids think he's a jerk
Em
But you know he's somebody's cousin
G
And we can't have a hometown boy out of work
[Chorus 1]
Am C/B C
It's hard not to cry and cuss
Am C/B C
When this old world is just bigger than us
Am C/B C D G
And all we got is pride and trust in our kind
G
[Chorus 2]
Am C/B C
Staring down that long, steep slope
Am C/B C
We gather 'round and we hold out hope
Am
Because at the end of the rope
C/B C D G
There's a little more rope most times
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