Dyin Crapshooters Blues Blind Willie McTell
[Em] [B7] ([B7]-[5#9] [B7])*
Little Jesse was a gambler, night and day
Well, he used crooked [Asus2]cards and [Em]dice
[Em]A sinful guy, good hearted, but [B7]had no soul [B7-5#9] [B7]
Heart was hard and [Asus2]cold like [Em]ice
Jesse was a wild reckless gambler, won a gang of change
Although' a many gambler's heart he left in pain
When he began to spend a-loose his money, he began to be blue and all alone
But boy, this heart had even turned to stone
What broke Jesse's heart, while he was blue and all alone
Sweet Lorena packed up and gone
Police walked up and shot my friend Jesse down
(He said) boy, I got to die today
He had a [F#7]gang of crapshooters and gamblers at his bedside
Here [B7]are the words he had to [Em]say:
I [Em]guess I ought to know [B7]
Exact[-]ly how I[-] want to [Em]go (How you wanna go, Jesse?)
[Em]Eight crapshooters to be my pallbearers, [B7]let them be veiled down in [Em]black
[Em] [B7] [B7/f#]** [Em]
I want nine men going to the graveyard, buddy, and eight men comin' back
I want a [F#7]gang of gamblers gathered 'round my coffin-side
[B7]Crooked card printed on my [Em]hearse
[B7]Don't say [-]the crap[-]shooters[-] will never[B7] grieve ov[-]er me
- - B7***
My life been a doggone curse
[Em]Send poker players to the graveyard, [B7]dig my grave with the ace of [Em]spades
[Em] [B7] [B7/f#] [Em]
I want twelve polices in my funeral march, high sheriff playin' blackjack, lead the parade
I want the [F#7]judge and solicitor who jailed me fourteen times
[B7]put a pair of dice in my [Em]shoes (then what else?)
[G]Let a deck of cards be my[E7] tombstone, buddy
([A7] [D7] [ G])**** [Em]
I got the dyin� crapshooter's blues
[Em]Sixteen real good crapshooters, sixteen bootleggers to sing a [B7]song
[Em] [B7] [B7/f#] [Em]
Sixteen racket men gamblin', couple tend bar while I'm rollin' along
[Em]He wanted 22 womens out of the Hampton Hotel, 26 off-a South [B7]Bell
[Em] [B7] [B7/f#] [Em]
29 women out of North Atlanta, know little Jesse didn't pass out so swell
[Em]His head was achin', heart was thumpin'
Little Jesse went down [B7]bouncin' and [Em]jumpin' (�went to hell bouncin��)
Fol[F#7]ks, don't be standin' 'round ol' Jesse c[B7]ryin'
He wants [Am]everybody to [Em]do the Charleston [B7]whiles he's [Em]dyin�
[Em]One foot up, and a toenail dragging
Throw my friend [Am]Jesse in the [B7]hoodoo [Em]wagon
[G] ([G] - [F#] - [E])***** [E7]
Come here mama with that can of booze
The [A7]dyin� craps[D7]hooter's, [G]blues, I mean
The [A7]dyin� craps[D7]hooter's b[G]lues...
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coda from another version
The [A7]Dyin Crapsh[D7]ooter's, [G]leavin' the world
The [A7]Dyin' Craps[D7]hooter's, [G]goin' down slow
With[A7] the Dyin' [D7]Crapshoote[G]r's Blues
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Em 022000/075000
Asus2 x02200
Am x02210
H7 x21202/x24242
H7-5#9 x2123x
H7/f# 2x1202
[F#7]G [242322]320003
G/f# 220003/20xxxx
E7 020100/020130
A7 x02020
D7 200212/x00212
Dyin� Crapshooter's Blues
(from "Atlanta Twelve String", capo 2. fret)
Intro (/ = slide):
H7/d# Em H7 /-5#9 Em ...
: . . . : . . . : . . . : . . .
--2/--3-3-3-3-3---2---------------0---------------2---2---------------0-----|
--0---0-0-0-0-0---0---------------0-------0-------0---0---3---3-------0-----|
--2/--3-3-3-3-3---2---0-----------0---0---0---2---2-------2---2-------0-----|
--1/--2-2-2-2-2---1-------2-------2---2---2---1---------------1---2---2-----|
------------------------------2-------2-------2-------------------2---------|
------------------------------0-----------------------------------0---------|
Embellishments:
* **
H7 H7-5#9 H7 H7 H7/f# Em
--2--------------(2)--- --2----2------2---0---|
--0-------3-------0---- --0----0---0--0---0---|
--2-------2-------2---- --2----2---2--2---0---|
--1------(1)-----(1)--- --1----1---1------2---|
--2------(2)-----(2)--- --2----x---x------2---|
----------------------- -------2--------------|
(x = mute)
*** *****
H7 Em G g f# e E7
--2-------(2)--(0)--- -(3)-----------------(0)--0--|
---0------(0)--(0)--- -(0)-----------------(0)--0--|
----2------2----0---- --0-------------------1---1--|
-----1-----1----2---- --0-------------------0---0--|
------2----2----2---- --2-------------------2---2--|
-------0--------0---- --3----3----2----0----0------|
...that can of booze...
****
Descending bass (replaces A7 D7 G) (x = mute):
E7 e d c h a g g f# f e Em ...
. . : . . . : . . . : .
--0---------------------------------------------------------------------0-0------|
--0-----------------------------------------------------------------0---0-0------|
--1-----------------------------------------x-----x-----x-----x-----0---0-0------|
--0-----------x-----x-----x-----x-----------5-----4-----3-----2-----2---2--------|
--2-----------5-----3-----2-----0-----------------------------------2------------|
--------0-----------------------------3------------------------------------------|
I got the dyin� crapshooter's blues...
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