Capo 1st G* = G in the 3rd position Note: Thumb plays everything on the beat and the half beat (1 & 2 & ) Fingers do everything else. C F G |----------------|----------0-----|1---------------|----------------| |----------------|1-----3---------|--1-------1-----|0---------0-----| |----------------|--0---------0---|------2-----2---|--0---2---------| |----------------|----2-----------|----3-----------|----0-------0---| |--------0---2---|3-------3-------|----------------|----------------| |----3-----------|----------------|1-------1-------|3-------3-------| 1 & 2 & 1 & 2 & 1 & 2 & 1 & 2 & C G5 |----------0-----|----------0-----|----------------|----------------| |1---------------|1---------------|1---------1-----|3---------3-----| |------0---------|------0---------|------0---------|------0---------| |----2-------2---|----2-------2---|----2-------2---|----0-------0---| |3---------------|3---------------|3-------3-------|----------------| |--------3-------|--------3-------|----------------|3-------3-------| From a carnie show F D7 G5 F G |--1-----2-------|----------------|----------------|----------------| |1---------1-----|3---------3-----|------1---------|0---------------| |----2-------2---|------0---------|2---------2-----|------2---0-----| |--------0-------|----0-------0---|----3-------3---|----0-------0---| |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| |1---------------|3-------3-------|1-------1-------|3-------3-------| C G5 |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| |----------1-----|----------1-----|1-----1---------|3---------3-----| |0-----0---------|0-----0---------|--0-------0-----|------0---------| |----2-------2---|----2-------2---|----2-------2---|----0-------0---| |3---------------|3---------------|3-------3-------|----------------| |--------3-------|--------3-------|----------------|3-------3-------| F D7 G5 F G |--1-----2-------|----------------|----------------|----------------| |1---------1-----|3---------3-----|------1---------|0---------0-----| |----2-------2---|------0---------|2---------2-----|------2---------| |--------0-------|----0-------0---|----3-------3---|----0-------0---| |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| |1---------------|3-------3-------|1-------1-------|3-------3-------| C G5 |----------0-----|----------------|----------------|----------------| |1---------------|1---------1-----|1---------1-----|3---------3-----| |------0---------|------0---------|------0---------|------0---------| |----2-------2---|----2-------2---|----2-------2---|----0-------0---| |3---------------|3---------------|3-------3-------|----------------| |--------3-------|--------3-------|----------------|3-------3-------| F D7 G5 F G |--1-----2-------|----------------|----------------|----------------| |1---------1-----|3---------3-----|------1---------|0---------0-----| |----2-------2---|------0---------|2---------2-----|------2---------| |--------0-------|----0-------0---|----3-------3---|----0-------0---| |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| |1---------------|3-------3-------|1-------1-------|3-------3-------| C G5 |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| |----------1-----|----------1-----|1---------1-----|3---------3-----| |0-----0---------|0-----0---------|------0---------|------0---------| |----2-------2---|----2-------2---|----2-------2---|----0-------0---| |3---------------|3---------------|3-------3-------|----------------| |--------3-------|--------3-------|----------------|3-------3-------| F D7 G5 F G |--1-----2-------|----------------|----------------|----------------| |1---------1-----|3---------3-----|------1---------|0---------0-----| |----2-------2---|------0---------|2---------2-----|------2---------| |--------0-------|----0-------0---|----3-------3---|----0-------0---| |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| |1---------------|3-------3-------|1-------1-------|3-------3-------| C F G5 |----------0-----|----------------|------1---------|----------------| |1---------------|1---------1-----|--1-------1-----|3-----3---------| |------0---------|------0---------|----2-------2---|----------0-----| |----2-------2---|----2-------2---|----------------|----0-------0---| |3---------------|3---------------|----------------|----------------| |--------3-------|--------3-------|1-------1-------|3-------3-------| The black sheep... C F G* |----------0-----|----------------|----------------|----------------| |1-----3---------|----------1-----|----------1-----|--1-------3-----| |------------0---|2---------------|2---------------|2-----4---------| |----3-----------|------3---------|------3---------|----------------| |3-------3-------|----3-------3---|----3-------3---|----3-------5---| |----------------|1-------1-------|1-------1-------|1-------3-------| C F G* C |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------0-----| |1---------1-----|----------1-----|----1-------3---|1---------------| |------0---------|0-----0---------|2-------4-------|------0---------| |----2-------2---|----2-------2---|----------------|----2-------2---| |3-------3-------|3-------3-------|----3-------5---|3---------------| |----------------|----------------|1-------3-------|--------3-------| |----------0-----| |1---------------| |------0---------| |----2-------2---| |3---------------| |--------3-------| C G5 From a carnie show and a rodeo F D7 G5 That shared a three day stand F G C A cowboy met a firey carnie queen C G5 In new spring nights amid the lights F D7 G5 Of the painted carnie van F G C They laughed and loved and shared short lived dreams C G5 But the carnie show and the rodeo F D7 G5 Went their separate ways F G C And the carnie season bloomed and soon moved on C G5 And I was born on a winter morn F D7 G5 To the dark eyed carni queen F G C The too late son of something that was gone F G5 The black sheep child that grew up wild C F From the seed the four winds sowed G* C Unwanted son of ice and fire F G* C An orphan of the road C G5 I was still a child when my momma died F D7 G5 From a chill that closed her eyes F G C So I was left to grow up on my own C G5 Without a name too wild to tame F D7 G5 No one cared to try F G C So mostly I was mostly left alone C G5 In dingy bars and cold box cars F D7 G5 Hobo jungle camps F G C I joined the men who drift from town to town C G5 The surging flood of restless blood F D7 G5 Flowed inside my veins F G C I'd never find the time to settle down F G5 The black sheep child that grew up wild C F From the seed the four winds sowed G* C Unwanted son of ice and fire F G* C An orphan of the road C G5 In the misty rain I caught the train F D7 G5 That slowed down through the town F G C And I pulled myself into the box car door C G5 In a passing light in the deep grey night F D7 G5 I saw a still dark form F G C Of an old man lying sick upon the floor C G5 And he said I tried to find her F D7 G5 But they told me she had died F G C And that she'd left an only son behind C G5 And I tried to find him but I never did F D7 G5 And I know I could rest in peace F G C If I could just see him once before I died C G5 I found a match and I quickly scratched it F D7 G5 Into flickering flame F G C Then I held it close and I gently raised his head C G5 My mother sir I said of her F D7 G5 I have her same dark eyes F G C He smiled a cowboy smile and then was dead F G5 The black sheep child that grew up wild C F From the seed the four winds sowed G* C Unwanted son of ic and fire F G* C An orphan of the road