Intro / “Thing”:
e|---3----3----0----0---|
B|---0----0----0----1---|
G|---0----0----0----0---|
D|---0----0----2----2---|
A|---2----0----2----3---|
E|---3----2----0----3---|
Verse:
G C/G
e|--3--------0-----------|
B|--0/1------1-----------|
G|--0--------0-----------|
D|--0--------2-----------|
A|--2--------3-----------|
E|--3--------3-----------|
G C/G
Caught my eye, in a flash of lightning in the rain
G D
Out in the darkness, with a banjo in your hands
G C/G A
You came into the firelight, to the circle from the gloom
G D *thing*
I was standing child like, while you got yourself in tune
D C/G G
And a bridge player, could be an all-time player too
D C/G A
But a knuckleball catcher, only gets one job to do
C/G D the move from C/G to D is
He only gets on job to do a slide of the whole form
two frets up
“Thing” - Tu-do-do
G C/G
You played your melody, it was too much for me
G D
It froze my flesh down, to minus nine degrees
G C/G A
I was passing a grave yard, full of flowers on mother’s day
G D *thing*
That’s the last time I let a stranger rip my heart this way
Thing”:
e|---3----3----0----0---|
B|---0----0----0----1---|
G|---0----0----0----0---|
D|---0----0----2----2---|
A|---2----0----2----3---|
E|---3----2----0----3---|
D C/G G
Now a good mother, could be a dashboard drummer to
D C/G A
And a bridge player, be an all time player when he’s through
C/G D
But a knuckleball catcher, only gets one job to do
*Notice, D is usually C/G, two frets up
Solo also played while Gillian plays the “Thing”:
e|---3----3----0----0---|
B|---0----0----0----1---|
G|---0----0----0----0---|
D|---0----0----2----2---|
A|---2----0----2----3---|
E|---3----2----0----3---|
When your trial was finished, you slipped out in the quiet
Not trying to follow, my shoes just caught on fire
So I... searched the camp ground, I never saw your face again
Well you had, a devil woman, just a bluegrass friend
Cause a left-winger, could be a bluegrass singer too, and that’s a hard lonesome truth
And some hard liquor, could make a guitar picker out of you
But a knuckleball catcher, only gets one job to do
Tu-do-do
Tu-do-do
Tu-do-do