Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Weaverville (Kate Wolf) From: harpgirl Date: 10 Aug 02 - 11:59 PM ...thanks om, and thanks for the chords to Weaverville...harpgirl |
Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Weaverville (Kate Wolf) From: open mike Date: 10 Aug 02 - 04:45 PM ha that's a good one harp girl... not sure if the chords will line up where i typed themmm...but .... here are the chords for Kate's song book/// key F# minor WEAVERVILLE (Jim Ringer/Mary McCaslin) A I'll tell you 'bout a gambler, folks, F#m Jim Weaver was his name D A I don't know where he came from; F#m gambling was his trade D A Ride in here close be-side me; E I'll tell you 'bout a game D A Damndest game in all my years D E F#m I ever did see played A Some said they'd seen him play before, F#m down on the Barbary Coast D A He said it might be true enough; E he'd gambled all around D A Lost his stake to a Jack-high straight, D E down at Sutter's Post D A But he'd kept a little poke, D E in case of a game within our town A And a lady loves a gambler, running loose, F#m D roaming free And I felt my heart beat A F#M faster when I turned around to see D E F#m He was looking hard at me The game was held in Daddy's tent -- an honest man, you know And all the boys in town were set to take Jim Weaver's poke For digging gold is hard as Hell, and panning is too slow And I saw Jim Weaver smiling, small, at some little private joke By midnight he had all the gold the boys in town had saved And they never caught him cheating, though they watched him all the while And he never lost a single hand in any game he played And he never lost a dollar, and he never lost his smile And a lady loves a gambler, smiling free, smiling wide And I knew I'd never rest 'til I was smiling by his side Smiling as we ride When all the gold they'd got was gone, they wanted still to play So they asked Jim Weaver what was left to gamble in the game He said he'd cut high cards, one time, and if he lost, he'd pay But if he won, they had to swear to give the town his name And he told my Daddy he would bet ten dollars on the side And I could be my Daddy's stake, if I did so agree And I rode out of Weaverville next morning as his bride And left the town that bears the name of the gambling man -- and me (last chorus: spoken) For a lady loves a gambler; if he cheats it's just the same And no one saw me slip to him the ace that won the game And gave the town our name And gave the town our name |
Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Weaverville (Kate Wolf) From: harpgirl Date: 07 Aug 02 - 11:52 PM HI Genie. I wrote this song in frank imitation of "Weaverville." I admire Mary and she has been ill with pneumonia and has lots of medical bills. .
The Downieville Nugget by harpgirl
Come gather round people I've a story to tell
Eleven pounds weighed that nugget
Then a bushwhacker challenged him
Oh a gambler loves a challenge
He rode into our city that very next day
We met by the river and he spun his bold tale
He saw that huge nugget in the old courthouse safe
He showed back in Reno
Boys I didn't get it, I lied for the thrill
Well the boys had their laugh
Next spring he went a courtin in Downieville town
He married her proper where they met by the shore
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Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Weaverville (Kate Wolf) From: Genie Date: 07 Aug 02 - 11:17 PM I can't believe I actually started this thread without checking the DT. (Despite what some of you may think, I am in the habit of checking the Filter and the DT/Forum search first. But this time, I don't recall looking under "W" first.) And it was only 12:10 AM PDT, too! Anyway, thanks for the tip, Joe. I think I originally thought that Kate didn't write it but folks had convinced me I was wrong. The song always seemed different from her the songs she sang that I knew she had written. Genie |
Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Weaverville (Kate Wolf) From: Joe Offer Date: 07 Aug 02 - 03:41 AM Darn, I thought that was written by Kate Wolf, but it's in the Digital Tradition (click), and shown as written by Jim Ringer/Mary McCaslin. I guess it does sound like a Ringer/McCaslin song. Can't find the chords, though. I used to think of it every time I drove by Weaverville, too; but I don't get up there very often any more. -Joe Offer- |
Subject: Weaverville (Kate Wolf) From: Genie Date: 07 Aug 02 - 03:10 AM Just wondering if anyone has the lyrics (and maybe chords --though they're easy, if you rememember the tune) to Kate Wolf's song "Weaverville." Every time I drive by Weaverville, I think of this song. Genie Search for "Kate Wolf" threads |
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