Lyr Add: Annabelle (Gillian Welch)

Subject: Lyr Add: ANNABELLE (Gillian Welch)
From: Dave T
Date: 07 Nov 98 - 01:37 AM

I told Barbara on the Songwriting thread, I'd post the lyrics to this song. The chords are here too. As long as I got the HTML stuff right it should be OK.

  Annabelle                _Gillian Welch
  
  (Capo on 5th fret)
  
  Em                        C
  We lease twenty acres and one Ginny mule
  B7               Em
  From the Alabama Trust
  Em                           C
  For half of the cotton and a third of the corn
  B7                   Em
  We get a handfull of dust
  
  Chorus:
      C                             G
      We can not have all things to please us
         D             Em
      No matter how we try,
      Em         C           G
      'Til we've all gone to Jesus
             D           Em      C      D
      We can only wonder why
  
  Had a daughter, called her Annabelle
  She's the apple of my eye
  Tried to give her something like I never had
  Never want to ever hear her cry
  
  (Chorus)
  (Inst)
  
  When I'm dead and buried I'll take a hard life of tears
  From every day I've ever known
  And Anna's in the churchyard, she got no life at all
  She only got these words upon the stone
  
  (Chorus)
  

Subject: RE: Lyrics ADD: Annabelle ( by Gillian Welch)
From: Barbara
Date: 07 Nov 98 - 01:49 AM

Thank you, Dave. I see what you mean. That last verse, line...
Does she have any recordings out?
Blessings,
Barbara

Subject: RE: Lyrics ADD: Annabelle ( by Gillian Welch)
From: Dave T
Date: 07 Nov 98 - 02:14 AM

Hi Barbara,
Yes, she has two CD's out:
"Revival", Almo Sounds, 1996
"Hell Among The Yearlings", Almo Sounds, 1998
She was recently on "Austin City Limits" on PBS if you ca get it. Also, she was featured on the Prairie Home Companion radio show a while back. They have a web site and I believe they have back issues of shows so you might be able to hear her there. The link is phc.mpr.org or try clicking here. I'll check the link and re-post it if it's not right.
Dave T

Subject: RE: Lyrics ADD: Annabelle ( by Gillian Welch)
From: Dave T
Date: 07 Nov 98 - 02:22 AM

Actually, I found the link to the actual show archive with Gillian Welch. Use this link to go to the site. Search the page to find "Gillian Welch" You whould be able click on the songs and hear them played, assuming you have RealAudio installed on you PC.
I'd like to hear what you think if you're able to listen to the songs.
Dave T

Subject: RE: Lyrics ADD: Annabelle ( by Gillian Welch)
From: Barbara
Date: 07 Nov 98 - 11:34 AM

I gave the PHC link a listen, Dave, and I can tell she writes nice country tunes and sings a lovely melody/harmony with her partner, but, real audio or no, I couldn't make out enough of the words to follow the verses. It sounds like they taped it off the radio - on a sunspot day - rather than through the mike. Or maybe it's my computer, but it looks like I may just have to get the album, hmmm?
Blessings,
Barbara

Subject: RE: Lyrics ADD: Annabelle ( by Gillian Welch)
From: rangeroger
Date: 21 Jan 02 - 02:53 AM

Put "Revival" on the CD player about 4days ago. Been listening to it every night.Particularly this song.I've got the back-up nailed at this point.No capo.Am/F with thumb/E.

Put it on constant repeat about 2 hours ago and went looking for printable lyrics. The lyrics are in the liner notes, but why write it out longhand when the modern miracle of the cyber world is here.

Went through Cowpie, and several other lrics sites I have bookmarked.Then went to Google. Arrived here by the last link on the first page Google gave me.

I know. Shoulda started here.

rr

PS Should be able to be singing it within next couple of days.Then weeks spent learning David Rawlings lead licks.

Subject: RE: Lyrics ADD: Annabelle ( by Gillian Welch)
From: Stewie
Date: 21 Jan 02 - 10:29 AM

Dave T, she has 3 albums. Her latest is 'Time (The Revelator)' Acony ACNY-0103. At first, I did not like it as much as her previous 2 albums, but it is growing on me with every play, particularly the title track and the wonderful 'Elvis Presley Blues'.

--Stewie.

Subject: RE: Lyrics ADD: Annabelle ( by Gillian Welch)
From: BlueFolk
Date: 21 Jan 02 - 03:37 PM

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