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Louis Collins

Mississippi John Hurt

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To: jamesb@animal-farm.nevada.edu
Subject: Tab: Louis Collins (Mississippi John Hurt)


More tab from the acoustic guitar list. It would help if you could
just send an echo acknowledgement when you get these.  Thanks,
Richard

Title :LOUIS COLLINS
Notes: Recorded/attributed to: Mississippi John Hurt. Level:Not difficult
       Transcription:  basically according to Stefan Grossman
Tuning: EADGBE

  C                              G7      C
--3---------3s5-------3-----|-----1-----|-0----------------3------------|----|
--|----------------1--|-----|--0--|-----|-|--------1h3-----|------------|----|
--|-------------------|-----|-----|-----|-|----------------|------------|----|
--|---2---------0-----|--2--|-----|--0--|-|--2----------2--|--2-----2---|----|
--3-------------------3-----|-----|-----|-3----------------3------------|----|
---------3------------------|-----3-----|-------3----------------3------|----|
  Miz Col...lins      weep        Miz     Col......lins    moan
                                      F
--0--------------0h3---0-----------|-----------------------------------|-----|
--|--------1-----|-----------3-----|--1--------------1-----------------|-----|
--|--------------|-----------------|--|--------2-----|-----------------|-----|
--|--2--------2--|--2-----------2--|--|--3--------3--|--3-----3--------|-----|
--3--------------3-----------------|--|--------------|-----------------|-----|
--------3-----------------3--------|--1-----1--------1-----1-----------|-----|
  to see   your  son   Louis          leave    his   home
  C
--0--------------|--------------------|--------------------------------|-----|
--|--------1-----|--------0-----3-----|--1------------------1----------|-----|
--|--------------|--0-----------------|--|--------0h2p0-----|----------|-----|
--|--2--------2--|--|--0-----------0--|--|--2------------0--|--2-----2-|-----|
--3--------------|--|-----------------|--3------------------3----------|-----|
--------3--------|--3--------3--------|--------3------------------3----|-----|
  An.......gels     laid        him      away.              (I said)
  G                               C
----3--------5--------3----------|--0----------------3-------------------|---|
----|--------------3--|-----6----|--|--------1h3-----|-------------------|---|
----|-----------------|-----|----|--|----------------|-------------------|---|
----|--5--------5-----|--5--|--5-|--|--2----------2--|--2-----2----------|---|
----|-----------------|-----|----|--3----------------3-------------------|---|
----3-----3-----------3-----3----|--------3----------------3-------------|---|
CH: An.......gels     laid  him     away

--0--------------0h3---0-----------|-----------------------------------|-----|
--|--------1-----|-----------3-----|--1--------------1-----------------|-----|
--|--------------|-----------------|--|--------2-----|-----------------|-----|
--|--2--------2--|--2-----------2--|--|--3--------3--|--3-----3--------|-----|
--3--------------3-----------------|--|--------------|-----------------|-----|
--------3-----------------3--------|--1-----1--------1-----1-----------|-----|
  They laid him  six   feet           under    the   clay
  C
--0--------------|--------------------|--------------------------------|-----|
--|--------1-----|--------0-----3-----|--1------------------1----------|-----|
--|--------------|--0-----------------|--|--------0h2p0-----|----------|-----|
--|--2--------2--|--|--0-----------0--|--|--2------------0--|--2-----2-|-----|
--3--------------|--|-----------------|--3------------------3----------|-----|
--------3--------|--3--------3--------|--------3------------------3----|-----|
  An........gels    laid  him    a.......way


Bob shot one and Louis shot two
but Barnes shot Collins, shot him through and through -
now angels have laid him away.

Chorus

When they heard that Louis was dead
all the people dressed in red,
'cos angels have laid him away.

Chorus

Oh, kind friends now ain't it hard
to see poor Louis in a new graveyard
where angels laid him away.

Chorus

Miz Collins weep, Miz Collins moan
to see your son Louis leave his home -
angels laid him away.

Chorus