Red Dirt Girl
Emmylou HarrisVersion1
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
Me and my best friend Lillian
And her blue tick hound dog Gideon
Sittin' in the front porch' coolin' in the shade
Singin' every song the radio played
Waitin' for the Alabama sun to go down
Two red dirt girls in a red dirt town
Me and Lillian
Just across the line and a little southeast of Meridian
She loved her brother I remember back when
He was fixin' up a '49 Indian
He told her "Little sister, gonna ride the wind
Up around the moon and back again"
He never got farther than Vietnam
I was standin' there with her when the telegram come
For Lillian
Now he's lyin' somewhere about a million miles from Meridian
She said "There's not much hope for a red dirt girl
Somewhere out there is a great big world,
that's where I'm bound
And the stars might fall on Alabama, but one of these days
I'm gonna swing my hammer down
Away from this red dirt town
I'm gonna make a joyful sound"
She grew up tall and she grew up thin
Buried that old dog Gideon
By a crepe myrtle bush at the back of the yard
Her daddy turned mean and her mama leaned hard
Got in trouble with a boy from town
Figured that she might as well settle down
So she dug right in
Across a red dirt line just a little southeast of Meridian
She tried hard to love him but it never did take
It was just another way for a heart to break
So she learned to bend
But one thing they don't tell you 'bout the blues when you got Îem
You keep on fallin' 'cause there ain't no bottom
There ain't no end, at least not for Lillian
Nobody knows when she started her skid
She was only 27 and she had 5 kids
Coulda' been the whiskey, coulda been the pills
Coulda been the dream she was tryin' to kill
But there won't be a mention in the news of the world
About the life and the death of a red dirt girl named Lillian
Who never got any farther across the line than Meridian
Now the stars still fall on Alabama
Tonight she finally laid that hammer down
Without a sound, in the red dirt ground
>From the album "Red Dirt Girl" by Emmylou Harris GRACD 103
Malcolm Burn bass, electric guitar, drum box programming
Emmylou Harris vocal, acoustic guitar
Ethan Johns omnichord
Daryl Johnson percussion, bass pedals
Buddy Miller electric guitar
Any mistakes, e-mail me, and I will be duly embarrassed!
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Readable chord sheet for Red Dirt Girl by Emmylou Harris
[F#]Me[F#] and my best friend Lillian And her [F#]blue tick hound dog Gideon [B]Sittin' in the front porch' coolin' in the shade [F#]Singin' every song the radio played [C#]Waitin' for the Alabama sun to go down Two [B]red dirt girls in a red dirt town Me and [F#]Lillian Just ac[F#]ross the line and a [C#]little southeast of Me[B]ridian [F#]She loved her brother I remember back when He was [F#]fixin' up a '49 Indian He [B]told her "Little sister, gonna ride the wind [F#]Up around the moon and back again" He [C#]never got farther than Vietnam I was [B]standin' there with her when the telegram come For [F#]Lillian Now he's [F#]lyin' somewhere about a [C#]million miles from Me[B]ridian She said "There's [C#]not much hope for a red dirt girl Some[B]where out there is a great big world, that's [F#]where I'm bound And the [C#]stars might fall on Alabama, but [B]one of these days I'm gonna swing my hammer [F#]down Away from this [C#]red dirt town I'm gonna make a joyful [F#]sound" [F#]She grew up tall and she grew up thin [F#]Buried that old dog Gideon By a [B]crepe myrtle bush at the back of the yard Her [F#]daddy turned mean and her mama leaned hard [C#]Got in trouble with a boy from town [B]Figured that she might as well settle down So she [F#]dug right in Across a [F#]red dirt line just a [C#]little southeast of Me[B]ridian She [C#]tried hard to love him but it never did take It was [B]just another way for a heart to break So she [F#]learned to bend But one [C#]thing they don't tell you 'bout the blues when you got Îem You [B]keep on fallin' 'cause there ain't no bottom There [F#]ain't no end, at least not for [C#]Lillian [F#]Nobody knows when she started her skid She was [F#]only 27 and she had 5 kids [B]Coulda' been the whiskey, coulda been the pills [F#]Coulda been the dream she was tryin' to kill But there [C#]won't be a mention in the news of the world About the [B]life and the death of a red dirt girl named [F#]Lillian Who never [F#]got any farther a[C#]cross the line than Me[B]ridian Now the [C#]stars still fall on Alabama To[B]night she finally laid that hammer [F#]down Without a [C#]sound, in the [F#]red dirt ground >From the album "Red Dirt Girl" by Emmylou Harris GRACD 103 Malcolm Burn bass, electric guitar, drum box programming Emmylou Harris vocal, acoustic guitar Ethan Johns omnichord Daryl Johnson percussion, bass pedals Buddy Miller electric guitar Any mistakes, e-mail me, and I will be duly embarrassed!