JANUARY 6
by the Gourds
transcribed by Ellen de Vere ellendevere@yahoo.com
http://www.gourds.org

just a stab at the opening, and note all the chords
are with respect to a capoed 3rd fret:

C|--6-3------3---------------------
A|------5-3----5-3-----3-----------
P|-----------------0-0_4--2-0------
O|--------------------------0------
-|---------------------------------
3|---------------------------------


-------------------------------(3)-
--------3-3-3--3-3-2-1-0-------(3)-
0-0_2-4-4-4-4--4-4-3-2-0----0---0-0
--0--------------------0--0-2-0-2--
-------------------------------(2)-
-------------------------------(3--

[G] Waiting for the [C] lozenge 
[D] to clear yer [A] throat 
[A] So you can [C] stand up 
and say all the words you [G] wrote 

[G] All along the [C] fences, 
[D] all along the [A] lines 
[A] Yer gumption's [C] fading 
and the honeysuckle's [G] dyin' 

Honeysuckle's [D] dyin' (f#-f#-e-f#) 
and the birds all [G] cry 
Honeysuckle's [C] dyhi[D]in' 
and the birds all cry 

[G] Rain around the [C] houses, 
[D] rain around the [A] limbs 
[A] Everything yer [C] hating 
is everything you [G] been 

[G] So pass around the [C] roses, 
[D] shiny up the [A] bell 
[A] How dry I [C] once was 
there ain't no tung can [G] tell 

Ain't no tung can [D] tell, 
and the rain it [G] fell
Ain't no tung can [C] teh[D]hel, 
and the rain it fell

[G] Twist another [C] ashbone, 
[D] make it phat and [A] loose 
[A] Apply the iso[C]propyl 
and play that ol' gray [G]oose 

[G] All along the [C] fences, 
[D] all along the [A] lines 
[A] Yer gumption's [C] fading 
and the honeysuckle's [G] dyin' 

Honeysuckle's [D] dyin' 
and the birds all [G] cry 
Honeysuckle's [C] dyhi[D]in' 
and the birds all cry