April The 14th Part 1 by Gillian Welch
Key: GG | Capo: 0fr |  Left-Handed 

    


Intro: D,Am,C,G
Bm               
When the iceberg hit,
Am
Oh they must have known,
C
God moves on the water
     G
Like Casey Jones.
Bm
So I walked downtown
   Am
On my telephone,
    C
And took a lazy turn
            G          D
Through the redeye zone.
Bm
It was a five-band bill,
  Am
A two-dollar show.
          C
I saw the van out in front
     G
From Idaho,
        Bm
And the girl passed out
Am
In the backseat trash.
          C
There was no way they'd make
       G                 D
Even a half a tank of gas.
Bm
They looked sick and stoned
   Am
And strangely dressed.
    C
And no one showed
         G
From the local press.
Bm
But I watched them walk
Am
Through the bottom land,
       C
And I wished I played
     G               C
In a rock & roll band.
Break: D,Am,C,G
D    Am    C
...  Hey, hey,
G                     D      Am      C, G
It was the fourteenth day in April.
Bm
Well they closed it down,
         Am
With the sails in rags.
         C
And they swept up the fags
         G
And the local rags.
Bm
Threw the plastic cups
Am
In the plastic bags,
        C
And the cooks cleaned the kitchen
         G                    C
With the staggers and the jags.
Break: D,Am,C,G
Bm
Ruination day,
Am
And the sky was red.
       C
I went back to work,
    G
And back to bed.
Bm
And the iceberg broke,
        Am
And the Okies fled,
        C
And the Great Emancipator
       G                            D
Took a bullet in the back of the head...