Potters Field by Railroad Earth
Key: AmAm | Capo: 0fr |  Left-Handed 

    


Intro
 
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Verse 1
Am                          C
I'm just a traveler passing through 
       G
I wont haunt or bother you
                         Em        Am 
Though you could lend an ear to my story
Verse 2
Am                  C
You can call me old Jack
               G 
You might have seen me caped in Black
              Em             Am 
As I roam the streets of the village
Intro Riff]
Verse 3
 
Am                  C
In her long flowing hair 
          G                  
You might find my story there
                     Em                      Am 
Though it was not my own hand that killed her
Verse 4
Am                     C
I went down a moon lit trail
G 
Rode out on a rail
             Em           Am 
And began my long life of journeys
Chorus
Am        G                     Am
In the ripple that rolls on the water
Am     G                        Am         
In the high rolling wave out at sea
Am        G                     Am    
In the shadow that flies on the valley
Am        G                        Em
In the middle is where you'll find me
[Banjo Solo]
Am ( C G ) ( Em Am )
Verse 5]
Am                  C
In a bath tub for a boat
   G 
My passage I did float 
                              Em           Am
Joined the ranks right on the docks of the city
Verse 6]
Am                         C
In the fire of the Devil's den
G 
With the gray-coated men
       Em                             Am
I lost all my hope and my two brothers
[Fiddle Solo]
Am ( C G ) ( Em Am )
Verse 7]
Am                   C
So I wandered in the West 
          G
I settled down and did my best 
                   Em         Am
But my heart was unsteady and restless
Verse 8]
Am                        C
I took a room on Houseton Street 
          G
Where the pawned poets would meet 
                      Em          Am
And we poured out the wine of the ages
Chorus
Am        G                     Am
In the ripple that rolls on the water
Am     G                         Am         
In the hard-hearted moon we both see
Am        G                     Am    
In the shadow that falls in the alley
Am        G                Em
In the riddle is where I'??ll be
Bridge
F          Am
Ten little fingers...
F          Am 
Ten little toes...
F            Am 
Sleep little baby...
         G    F 
Will you ever know?
G        F 
Will you ever know?
Intro Riff]
Verse 9]
Am                   C
Years ago my lid was sealed 
              G
They threw me down in the potter's field 
               Em              Am
With the souls of the lost and forgotten
Verse 10]
Am                             C            
And though my name is dead and gone
    G 
I remain and I carry on 
                   Em          Am
And I roam with an old band of brothers
Verse 11
Am                           C
And if you strum the ancient string 
        G
You may call my spirit in 
          Em                       Am
Or if you blow on the whole of the whistle
Verse 12
Am                 C
By an old highland air
      G      
I may stop and listen there
                           Em                Am
Or when the wren pulls her nest from the thistle
Chorus
Am        G                     Am
In the ripple that rolls on the water
Am     G                        Am         
In the high rolling wave out at sea
Am        G                     Am    
In the shadow that flies on the valley
Am      G                        Em
In a riddle is where you'll find me
Intro Riff] (x2)
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Outro
N.C.
High above the cuillen moor
Stands the ole' man of storr
In the mist, the stone, and the mountain
If you scramble up that scree
Won't you stay a while for me
And watch the white rollin' waves wash the island