Let Him Roll chords by
Guy Clark

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Key: C major•

Intro 1

G

G

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C

C

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F

F

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G

G

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C

C

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G

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F

F

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G

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C

C

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Verse 1

C

C

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He's

a wino, tried and true.

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F

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Done about everything there is to do.

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He worked on freighters, he worked in bars.

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He worked on farms,

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'n he worked on cars.

Verse 2

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It was white port, that

put that look in his eye

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That grown men get

when they need to cry

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G

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And he sat down on the curb to rest

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And his head just fell down

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C

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on his chest

Verse 3

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C

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He said "Every single day it gets

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A little bit harder to handle and yet"

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G

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And he lost the thread

and his mind got cluttered

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And the words just rolled off

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C

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down in the gutter

Verse 4

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C

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Well he was elevator man

in a cheap hotel

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F

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In exchange for the rent

on a one room cell

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G

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He's old in years beyond his time

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F

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C

C

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Thanks to the world, and the white Port wine

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G

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So

Verse 5

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he says "Son,"

he always called me son

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He said, "Life for you has just begun"

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And he told me a story

that I heard before

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How he fell in love with a Dal

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las whore

Verse 6

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Well he could cut through the

years to the very night

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When it ended, in a whore house fight

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G

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And she turned his last proposal down

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In favor of being a girl about

town

Verse 7

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Now it's been seventeen

years right in line

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And he ain't been straight

none of the time

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Too many days of fightin' the weather

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C

C

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And too many nights of not

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C

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being together

Interlude 1

So he died

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C

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F

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C

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C

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Dm

Dm

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G

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C

C

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Verse 8

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C

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Well when they went through

his personal affects

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F

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In among the stubs from the welfare

checks

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G

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Was a crumblin' picture of a girl in a door

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An address in Dallas,

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and nothin' more

Verse 9

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C

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The welfare people provided

the priest

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A couple from the mission

down the street

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G

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Sang Amazing Grace, and no one cried

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'Cept some woman in black,

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C

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way off to the side

Verse 10

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C

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We all left and she was standing there

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F

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Black veil covering her silver hair

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G

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And 'ol One-Eyed John John

said her name was Alice

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F

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C

C

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And she used to be a whore in Dallas

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G

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Let him

Verse 11

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Em

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Dm

Dm

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roar, Lord let him roll

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G

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Bet he's gone to Dallas

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C

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Rest his soul

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F

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Dm

Dm

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Lord, let him roll, Lord let him roar

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He always said that heaven

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F

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C

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Em

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Was just a Dallas

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whore.

Outro 1

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C

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G

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C

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Tuning:Standard Open Tuner

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Chords

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F
Dm
Em

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Frequently asked questions

The original key of Let Him Roll by Guy Clark is C major.

The primary chords used in Let Him Roll are G, C, F, Dm, Em.

No capo is required for this song.

Yes, this version uses open chords like G, C, F, Dm, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

The tempo of Let Him Roll is approximately 81 beats per minute.

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