Red Dirt Girl

Red Dirt Girl easy guitar chords by Emmylou Harris

2001Country
Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 7

Capo

Transpose

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  • C

  • Am

  • F

  • G

  • Dm

  • Em

  • C

  • Am

  • F

  • G

  • Dm

  • Em

  • Intro 1


    Verse 1
    Me 
    and 
    my 
    best 
    friend 
    Lillian 

    And 
    her 
    blue 
    tick 
    hound 
    dog 
    Gideon 

    Sittin' 
    on 
    the 
    front 
    porch 
    coolin' 
    in 
    the 
    shade 

    Singin' 
    every 
    song 
    the 
    radio 
    played 

    Waitin' 
    for 
    the 
    Alabama 
    sun 
    to 
    go 
    down 

    Two 
    red 
    dirt 
    girls 
    in 
    red 
    dirt 
    town 

    Me 
    and 
    Lillian 

    Just 
    a
    cross 
    the 
    line 

    And 
    little 
    southeast 
    of 
    Me
    ridian 

    Verse 2
    She 
    loved 
    her 
    brother 
    remember 
    back 
    when 

    He 
    was 
    fixin' 
    up 
    '49 
    Indian 

    He 
    told 
    her, 
    "Little 
    sister, 
    gonna 
    ride 
    the 
    wind 

    Up 
    around 
    the 
    moon 
    and 
    back 
    again" 

    He 
    never 
    got 
    farther 
    than 
    Viet
    nam 

    was 
    standin' 
    there 
    with 
    her 

    When 
    the 
    telegram 
    come 
    for 
    Lillian 

    Now 
    he's 
    lyin' 
    some
    where 

    About 
    million 
    miles 
    from 
    Me
    ridian 

    Chorus 1
    She 
    said, 
    "There's 
    not 
    much 
    hope 

    for 
    red 
    dirt 
    girl 

    Some
    where 
    out 
    there 
    is 
    great 
    big 
    world 

    That's 
    where 
    I'm 
    bound" 

    "And 
    the 
    stars 
    might 
    fall 
    on 
    Ala
    ba
    ma 

    But 
    one 
    of 
    these 
    days 
    I'm 
    gonna 
    swing 

    My 
    hammer 
    down" 

    Away 
    from 
    this 
    red 
    dirt 
    town 

    I'm 
    gonna 
    make 
    joyful 
    sound 



    Verse 3
    She 
    grew 
    up 
    tall 
    and 
    she 
    grew 
    up 
    thin 

    Buried 
    that 
    old 
    dog 
    Gideon 

    By 
    crepe 
    myrtle 
    bush 

    in 
    the 
    back 
    of 
    the 
    yard 

    Her 
    daddy 
    turned 
    mean 

    and 
    her 
    mama 
    leaned 
    hard 

    Got 
    in 
    trouble 
    with 
    boy 
    from 
    town 

    Figured 
    that 
    she 
    might 
    as 
    well 
    settle 
    down 

    So 
    she 
    dug 
    right 
    in 

    Across 
    red 
    dirt 
    line 

    Just 
    little 
    south 
    east 
    of 
    Me
    ridian 

    Bridge 1
    Yes, 
    she 
    tried 
    hard 
    to 
    love 
    him 

    But 
    it 
    never 
    did 
    take 

    Just 
    another 
    way 
    for 
    the 
    heart 
    to 
    break 

    So 
    she 
    learned 
    to 
    bend 

    One 
    thing 
    they 
    don't 
    tell 
    you 
    about 
    the 
    blues 

    When 
    you 
    got 
    'em 

    You 
    keep 
    on 
    fallin' 

    'cause 
    there 
    ain't 
    no 
    bottom 

    There 
    ain't 
    no 
    end 
    at 
    least 
    not 
    for 
    Lillian 

    Verse 4
    Nobody 
    knows 
    when 
    she 
    started 
    her 
    skid 

    She 
    was 
    only 
    27 
    and 
    she 
    had 
    five 
    kids 

    Could 
    have 
    been 
    the 
    whiskey, 

    could 
    have 
    been 
    the 
    pills 

    Could 
    have 
    been 
    the 
    dream 

    she 
    was 
    tryin' 
    to 
    kill 

    But 
    there 
    won't 
    be 
    mention 

    in 
    the 
    new 
    little 
    world 

    About 
    the 
    life 
    and 
    the 
    death 
    of 
    red 
    dirt 
    girl 

    Named 
    Lillian 

    Who 
    never 
    got 
    any 
    farther 

    A
    cross 
    the 
    line 
    than 
    Me
    ridian 

    Outro 1
    Now 
    the 
    stars 
    still 
    fall 
    on 
    Ala
    ba
    ma 

    To
    night 
    she 
    finally 
    laid 

    That 
    hammer 
    down 
    with
    out 
    sound 

    In 
    the 
    red 
    dirt 
    ground 


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