Apalachicola
Gillian Welch
Apalachicola by Gillian Welch (and Dave Rawlings) from Boots No. 2: The Lost Songs Vol. 1 Play with a slow shuffle feel. Carter scratch-style: bass notes sometimes alternating on the 1 and 3 and strums on the 2 3& 4 4&. Sometimes she walks bass notes from one chord to another in the last half of a bar. G = 320003 Gadd11 = 320013 C/G = 332010 C = x32010 D7 = x00212 Bm7 = x13121 Play the G with the middle ring and pinky fingers then drop the index onto the first fret of the B string to move back and forth from the G and Gadd11. ************************************************************************************************************ G Gadd11 G Gadd11 [Chorus] Apalachicola ain’t my kind of town Apalachicola ain’t my kind of town I was going back to Cali Now I’m Apalachicola bound And Apalachicola ain’t my kind of town [Verse 1] G Gadd11 They hauled me to the station G Gadd11 G In a cuff and chains Hauled me to the station In a cuff in chains I was bluer than a bottle G Gadd11 G Gsus4 Of Apalachicola rain [Verse 2] G Gadd11 I told them I was guilty G Gadd11 G Thought I’d rest in jail Told them I was guilty Thought I’d rest in jail But in Apalachicola G Gadd11 They make you fill an orchard pail [Chorus] Apalachicola ain’t my kind of town Apalachicola ain’t my kind of town I was going back to Cali Now I’m Apalachicola bound Apalachicola ain’t my kind of town [Verse 3] G Gadd11 Oranges in the summer G Gadd11 G Oranges in the fall Oranges in the wintertime But they’re tough and small Then I wish I hadn’t come G Gadd11 G To Apalachicola town at all