Leatherwood
(Randle Chowning)
The Car Over The Lake Album, 1975
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Chords, Guitar Tablature & Lyrics
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I think that there are two electric and one acoustic guitars in this song (it's hard to tell with the piano playing). I'm going to show you the rhythm part which can be played on an electric or acoustic guitar. Be sure to visit my tab page in order to understand how I write tablature on the web.
Click here if you want only the lyrics.
THE CHORDS:
Db Gb Ab
Db Gb Ab
(GUITAR INTRO)
Db Ab Eb
if I fell off to sleep and did not wake
Fm7 Bb7 Db
a-would the Lord my soul to take
Ab Eb
and could the land that I've known also die
Fm7 Bb7 Db
do you think of you and wonder why
Ab
down in leatherwood
Cm7 Db
that thought we leave behind
Ab
down in leatherwood
Cm7 Db
country love's gonna steal your mind
Ab Gb(add Ab) B6 E Ab
and we ain't never gonna be bluuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuue, be blue
Db Ab Eb
was a mad house all flooded by the rain
Fm7 Bb7 Db
or did I once live it in a dream
Ab Eb
a-throwing all good minutes to the sea
Fm7 Bb7 Db
did you know the sky can also bleed
Ab
down in leatherwood
Cm7 Db
that thought we leave behind
Ab
down in leatherwood
Cm7 Db
country love's gonna steal your mind
Ab Gb(add Ab) B6 E Ab
and we ain't never gonna be bluuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuue, be blue
Gb A D E
Gb A D E
Ab
(GUITAR SOLO)
(no chord) Db Ab Eb
an inner voice, it is telling me my verse
Fm7 Bb7 Db
oh and if you're listening it can only make it worse
Ab Eb
it may be that there is a master plan
Fm7 Bb7 Db
oh he who knows, he must be a great man
Db Ab
down in leatherwood
Cm7 Db
that thought we leave behind
Ab
down in leatherwood
Cm7 Db
country love's gonna steal your mind
Ab Gb(add Ab) B6 E
and we ain't never gonna be bluuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuue,
Ab Gb(add Ab) B6 E
be bluuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuue,
Ab Gb(add Ab) B6 E
be bluuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuue,
Ab Gb(add Ab) B6 E
be bluuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuue,
Ab
be blue
THE TAB:
Db
1 -|| -------------1-----------------4
2 -|| -------------1---------3-------6
3 -|| -------------1---------3-------6
4 -|| -------------1---------3-------6
5 -|| -------------1-----------------4
6 -|| -------------1-----------------4
Gb
1 -|| -------------1-----------------2
2 -|| -------------1-----------------2
3 -|| -------------1-----2-----------3
4 -|| -------------1---------4-------4
5 -|| -------------1---------3-------4
6 -|| -------------1-----------------2
Ab
1 -|| -------------1-----------------4
2 -|| -------------1-----------------4
3 -|| -------------1-----2-----------5
4 -|| -------------1---------4-------6
5 -|| -------------1---------3-------6
6 -|| -------------1-----------------4
Eb
1 -|| -------------1-----------------6
2 -|| -------------1---------3-------8
3 -|| -------------1---------3-------8
4 -|| -------------1---------3-------8
5 -|| -------------1-----------------6
6 -|| --------------------------------
Fm7
1 -|| ----------1-------------------8
2 -|| ----------1-------2-----------9
3 -|| ----------1-------------------8
4 -|| ----------1------------3-----10
5 -|| ----------1-------------------8
6 -|| -------------------------------
Bb7
1 -|| ----------1-------------------6
2 -|| ----------1-------------------6
3 -|| ----------1-------2-----------7
4 -|| ----------1-------------------6
5 -|| ----------1------------3------8
6 -|| ----------1-------------------6
Cm7
1 -|| ----------1-------------------3
2 -|| ----------1-------2-----------4
3 -|| ----------1-------------------3
4 -|| ----------1------------3-----5
5 -|| ----------1-------------------3
6 -|| -------------------------------
Gb(add Ab)
1 -|| -------------1----------4------4
2 -|| -------------1-----------------2
3 -|| -------------1-----2-----------3
4 -|| -------------1---------3-------4
5 -|| -------------1---------3-------4
6 -|| -------------1-----------------2
B6
1 -|| -------------1---------3------4
2 -|| -------------1---------3------4
3 -|| -------------1---------3------4
4 -|| -------------1---------3------4
5 -|| -------------1-----------------2
6 -|| -------------1-----------------2
E
1 -|| ----------1-------------------4
2 -|| ----------1-------2-----------5
3 -|| ----------1-------------------4
4 -|| ----------1------------3------5
5 -|| ----------1------------4------6
6 -|| -------------------------------
the following three chord positions are used only during the guitar solo:
A
1 -|| --------0-----------------------0
2 -|| --------2-----------------------2
3 -|| --------2-----------------------2
4 -|| --------2-----------------------2
5 -|| --------0-----------------------0
6 -|| --------0-----------------------0
D
1 -|| ---------------2----------------2
2 -|| -----------------------3--------3
3 -|| ---------------1----------------2
4 -|| --------0-----------------------0
5 -|| --------0-----------------------0
6 -|| --------------------------------
E
1 -|| -----0-------------------------0
2 -|| -----0-------------------------0
3 -|| --------1----------------------1
4 -|| -------------3-----------------2
5 -|| -------------2-----------------2
6 -|| -----0-------------------------0
TIPS:
When the lyrics do the bluuuuuuue part, keep the Ab (4th fret, 1st string) a ringin' while playing the Ab, Gb(add Ab), B6, and E chords. That note is played on the 1st string, 4th fret for all four of these chords. It's a bitch, but if you wanna pretend that you are a daredevil - you gotta play *like* a daredevil. :)
Also note that there are two ways to finger the E chord - use the appropriate fingering at the right time!
The Fm7 and Bb7 can also be played as:
Fm7
1 -|| ----------1-------------------1
2 -|| ----------1-------------------1
3 -|| ----------1-------------------1
4 -|| ----------1-------------------1
5 -|| ----------1------------3-----3
6 -|| ----------1-------------------1
Bb7
1 -|| -----------1------------------1
2 -|| -----------1---------4-------3
3 -|| -----------1------------------1
4 -|| -----------1---------3-------3
5 -|| -----------1------------------1
6 -|| -----------1------------------1
I hope you enjoyed playing this piece.
Remember, that by learning this song, you are helping to preserve the music of the Ozark Mountain Daredevils!
Thanks for stopping by - steve
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Lyrics & Music are Copyright 1975, Randle
Chowning
chords & music interpreted by steven
hull
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Created 20 April 1997
Updated 14 January 2003
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