Carter Family - East Virginia Blues No 2 Chords & Tabs

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                East Virginia Blues, No. 2 - The Carter Family
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This is my attempt at a tab for "East Virginia Blues, No. 2" as played by the
Carter Family on disc 8 of the In the Shadow of Clinch Mountain boxset. To play
along with the cd, put a capo on the third fret so you are in the key of Eb.
Listening to the song this is almost certainly how Ma Carter played it.

Listen to the song for the exact timing in the intro/instrumental break. To
play it like Ma Carter, use your thumb for the melody notes and brush down
across the strings with your fingers for the chords. 

I think the tab is pretty accurate, but please post a comment if you 
notice any mistakes.

Tuning: Standard (Capo on 3rd fret)


Intro/Instrumental Break:

     C            V ^     V ^                         V  V ^ V ^     V ^
e|----------------0-0-----0-0-------------------------0--0-0-0-0-----0-0-----|
B|----------------1-1-----1-1-------------------------1--1-1-1-1-----1-1-----|
G|--------0-------0-0-----0-0--------------0----------0--0-0-0-0-----0-0-----|
D|---0h2-----0h2-------2-------2p0-----0h2----2p0----------------------------|
A|----------------------------------3--------------3---------------3---------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/c/carter_family/east_virginia_blues_no_2_tab.html ]
             F    V ^     V ^     V ^         C     V ^     V ^     V ^
e|----------------1-1-----1-1-----1-1---------------0-0-----0-0-----0-0------|
B|----------------1-1-----1-1-----1-1---------------1-1-----1-1-----1-1------|
G|--------0--0h2--2-2--2--2-2--2--2-2---0-----------0-0-----0-0-----0-0------|
D|---0h2-----------------------------------0--0h2--------2-------2-----------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|


             F    V ^     V ^                 C       V  V ^ V ^      V ^
e|----------------1-1-----1-1-------------------------0--0-0-0-0------0-0----|
B|----------------1-1-----1-1-------------------------1--1-1-1-1------1-1----|
G|--------0--0h2--2-2--2--2-2--2p0---------0----------0--0-0-0-0------0-0----|
D|---0h2----------------------------0--0h2----2p0----------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------3---------------3---------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

   
           G V ^     V ^                C V ^   V ^   V ^
e|-----------1-1-----1-1------------------0-0---0-0---0-0--------------------|
B|-----------0-0-----0-0------------------1-1---1-1---1-1--------------------|
G|-----------0-0-----0-0------------------0-0---0-0---0-0--------------------|
D|---2--0--------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------2--------------2p0-----0--2--3-----------3------------------------|
E|----------------3------------3--------------3------------3-----------------|


[Intro]

C
My sweetheart has gone and left me
       F               C
And my little sisters, too
        F             C
And I'm left alone in sadness
        G                  C
Lord, I don't know what to do


All this world has turned against me
Nothing but trouble do I see
There will be no more pleasure
In this whole wide world for me

[Instrumental break]

Oh, I am just from East Virginia
With a heart so brave and true
And I learned to love a maiden
With eyes of heavenly blue

That same day I packed my suitcase
And I started to go away
But she met me at the station
Saying, darling, won't you stay

[Instrumental break]

Oh, I am dying, Captain, dying
Won't you take these words for me
Take them over to the jailhouse
Let this whole wide world go freeý