Heartstrings by Alison Krauss
written by Marshall Wilborn
Album: Every Time You Say Goodbye
Transcribed by Bruce DeBoard (deboard@pa.uky.edu)
This song is played with a capo on the second fret I believe,
although it is by no means a must. Play it in whatever key
you like. However, the chords below are more shapes if you put
a capo on. What I have below is for without a capo. I play it
with the capo on the second fret, but I still play a G shape, or
a D shape, you get it.
Also, the G and Em I have in mind here are not standard G and Em,
although you can use those if you want. I use these:
EADGBE
G xx5433 (this is from open, whether it be headstock or capo)
Em xx2000 (same as above)
I do use the standard G if I am going to go to the chorus
directly after, so I can walk up to the C, but most other places
I do not. You can do whatever you want.
[Verse 1]
G D Em D
Way up north, where the snow flies
C D G D
and the sun don't hardly shine
G D Em D
If it weren't for, my true love
C D
I'd have long ago lost my mind
D G D
I'd have long ago lost my mind
[Verse 2]
There's good folks here and good folks there
most everywhere I go
But the land of my heart is down
where the snow white cotton grows
where the snow white cotton grows
[chorus]
C Bm Am G
When the river runs over from the melting snow
C D G
we will take to the higher ground
C Bm Am G
when the water goes down again, we'll saddle our old paint
C D G
we'll be homeward bound
C Bm D G
me and my love will be homeward bound
[solo] play verse
[verse 3]
Heartstrings hold tighter than the roots of a live oak tree
holding through tornado wind
tougher than timber, stronger than steel
they'll guide me back southward again
they'll guide me back southward again
[repeat chorus]
Please Email me with any comments :)
Thanks to Ellen S. for correction to lyrics "Saddle our old paint" instead
of "Settle our own pain"
--
Bruce A. Deboard
Physics and Astronomy
Homepage: http://www.pa.uky.edu/~deboard
University of Kentucky
