Tangier Sound

Jesse writes:

I tabbed out Death Letter for frailing banjo and posted a link to the text file at my new blog. Not in braille-friendly form yet, but I’ll try to do that too.
http://thefringthing.wordpress.com/2009/02/23/death-letter-blues-banjo-tab/

Death Letter Blues
by Son House
arranged for frailing banjo by Jesse Onland

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1. Got a letter this mornin', how you reckon it read?
2. Grabbed up my suitcase, took off down the road.
3. Well I walked up close, looked down in her face.
4. You know, I thought I'd never love but four women in my life.
5. You know I didn't feel so bad 'til the good Lord sung me down.
6. You know I cried last night, the night before.

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1. Said, "Hurry, hurry; the gal you love is dead."
2. When I got there she way layin' on the coolin' board.
3. Said, "This good ol' gal gotta lay here 'til Judgement Day."
4. My mother and my sister, kid gal and my wife.
5. I didn't have soul, to throw my arms around.
6. I'm gonna change my ways baby, so I don't have to cry no more.

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1. Got a letter this mornin', yeah, how you reckon it read?
2. I grabbed up my suitcase and I took off down the road.
3. I walked up close, and I looked down in her face.
4. I thought I'd never love, I said, but four women in my life.
5. I didn't feel so bad 'til the good Lord sung me down.
6. I cried last night, I said and all my nights before.

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1. It said, "Hurry, hurry; 'cause the gal you love is dead."
2. I said, when I got there, she was layin' on the coolin' board.
3. I said, "Good gal gotta lay here 'til Judgement Day."
4. My mother and my sister, my kid gal and my wife.
5. Ye-ah, I didn't have soul to throw my arms around.
6. I say I'm gonna change my way of livin', so I don't have to cry no more.

Outro:

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