Catoosa County Chords & Tabs
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CATOOSA COUNTY - Shawn Mullins
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Tabbed by: Tommy Bryant
Email: dormbasedbusinessbook (at) gmail (dot) com
Shawn recorded this song in Drop C but plays it live in Drop D. Here is the live
version. Because there is so much free movement within these chords, Shawn plays it slightly
different every time. So, listen to some live versions on youtube and play along with to
get the exact movement, repetition, and strum pattern.
This version looks like its missing some licks, but keep in mind that the studio
recorded version has layered acoustic guitars and live he only has one. Occasionally,
hit that
low D string when you feel led. Any questions, please ask! Enjoy!
Tuning: D A D G B B
Intro
^ v etc. ^ v v
b|--0--0---0--0----0--0-----0--0-------0--0------------0--0--0--------------|
B|--3--3---3--3----3--3-----3--3-------3--3------------3--3--3--------------|
G|--2--2---2--2--0------0h2------2-0-0h2--2------------2--2--2--------------|
D|0-----0h3--------------------------------------0h3-0----------------------|
A|----------------------------------3--------0h3b---------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
^ v etc. ^ v v
b|--0--0---0--0----0--0-----0--0---------0--0------------0--0--0----0-0--0-0|
B|--3--3---3--3----3--3-----3--3---------3--3------------3--3--3----3-3--3-3|
G|--2--2---2--2--0------0h2------0h2p0-------------------2--2--2----2-2--2-2|
D|0------3----------------------------2-------0h2p0--0------------0-----0---|
A|-------------------------------------3-----------3b-----------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse(s)
I turned seven- teen spring of eighteen-sixty one
I could hear the screaming I could smell black powder burning
Night falling on the hills and the full moon comes a-shining
^ v etc. ^ v v
b|--0--0---0--0----0--0-----0--0-------0--0------------0--0--0----0--0------|
B|--3--3---3--3----3--3-----3--3-------3--3------------3--3--3----3--3------|
G|--2--2---2--2--0------0h2------2-0-------------------2--2--2----2--2------|
D|0-----0h3--------------------------------------0h3-0----------0-----------|
A|-----------------------------------3-------0h3b---------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
I killed twenty men before I turned twenty-one
Cannon balls are flying and the gatling guns a-turning
And I can hear the weeper wail and the coyotes go to whining
^ v etc. ^ v v
b|--0--0---0--0----0--0-----0--0-------0--0------------0--0--0----0--0------|
B|--3--3---3--3----3--3-----3--3-------3--3------------3--3--3----3--3------|
G|--2--2---2--2--0------0h2------2-0-------------------2--2--2----2--2------|
D|0-----0h3--------------------------------------0h3-0----------0-----------|
A|-----------------------------------3-------0h3b---------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/shawn_mullins/catoosa_county_tab.html ]
Twenty holes in twenty men Twenty holes theres buried in
Thousand souls, a thousand men, a thousand holes theys buried in
And all the souls of all the men roll in the holes theys buried in
^ ^ v ^ ^ ^ v v ^
b|--0--0---0----0--0------------0-0--0-0----0-----------0-0----------------|
B|--6--6---6----5--3------------3-3--3-3----3-----------3-3----------------|
G|--5--5---5----4--2------------0-0--0-0----0h2---------2-2----------------|
D|--0--0---0----0--0------------0-0--0-0----0-----------0-0----------------|
A|----------------------------3--------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
There they lay in the cold red Georgia Clay of Catoosa County
Shallow graves in the cold hard Georgia Clay of Catoosa County
Blue and gray and the blood red Georgia Clay of Catoosa County
b|--0--0---0--0----0--0-----0--0-------0--0------------0--0--0--------------|
B|--3--3---3--3----3--3-----3--3-------3--3------------3--3--3--------------|
G|--2--2---2--2--0------0h2------------0--0----------0h2--2--2--------------|
D|0-----0h3----------------------------------------0-0----------------------|
A|----------------------------------3---------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chorus
And the Blue and the Gray paint the co - lors of the light how the
And the Blue and the Gray are the co - lors of the light and its
^ ^ ^ v ^ v etc.
b|--0------------------0------------0-----------------0---------------------|
B|--3------------------3------------3-----------------3---------------------|
G|--2------------------2------------0-----------------2---------------------|
D|--0-----------------3-------------2-----------------0---------------------|
A|--0------------------------------3------------------0---------------------|
D|-0--------------------------------------------------0---------------------|
old men find a way to send the young men off to die if I
true you can pray but even God aint saying wh--y if I
^ ^ ^ v ^ v etc.
b|--0------------------0------------0-----------------0---------------------|
B|--3------------------3------------3-----------------2---------------------|
G|--2------------------2------------0-----------------0---------------------|
D|--0-----------------3-------------2-----------------2---------------------|
A|--0------------------------------0------------------0---------------------|
D|-0-------------------------------------------------0----------------------|
Could I would place a 100 billion dollar bounty on the hate
Could I would place a 100 billion dollar bounty on the hate
^ ^ ^ v ^ v etc.
b|--0------------------0------------0-----------0-------------0------------|
B|--3------------------3------------3-----------3-------------3------------|
G|--2------------------2------------0-----------0-------------0------------|
D|--0-----------------3-------------2-----------0-------------0------------|
A|--0------------------------------3-----------2-------------1-------------|
D|-0-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
That makes the wars that digs the graves at Catoosa county
That makes the wars that dig the graves at Catoosa county
~~~(hold chord)~~~~
b|--------------0-----------------0----------------------------------------|
B|--------------3-----------------3----------------------------------------|
G|--------------0-----------------0----------------------------------------|
D|--------------0-----------------2----------------------------------------|
A|-------------2-----------------3-----------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Order:
Intro
Verse 1
Intro (last half)
Verse 2
Chorus 1
Instrumental (verse)
Verse 3
Chorus 2
Intro
Last Chord struck is D Major = 000234
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| ^ down strum
| v up strum
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| B Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend
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