Red Dirt Girl chords
by Emmylou Harris- Red Dirt Girl was written by Emmylou Harris and released from the album of the same name.
- Recorded: March–April 2000
- Released: September 12, 2000
- Chart Success: Peaked at No.3 on the Billboard Country Album Charts
- Grammy Award - 2001: Best Contemporary Folk Album
- Music G major in 2/2 time at ~ 80 bpm (𝅗𝅥)
- Chords: G, C, D, Em
Red Dirt Girl
Song Key is highlighted - Transpose to any other keyG Intro: 2/2 ‖ | 𝄎 | | 𝄎 ‖ G ‖ | 𝄎 | 𝄎 | 𝄎 | 𝄎 | 𝄎 | 𝄎 | 𝄎 ‖ G 1. Me and my best friend Lil-li-an And her blue tick hound dog Gid-e-on C Sit-tin' on the front porch' cool-in' in the shade G Sing-in' ev'-ry song that the ra-di-o played D Wait-in' for the Al-a-bam-a sun to go down C Two red dirt girls in a red dirt town G Me and Lil-li-an | 𝄎 | 𝄎 | 𝄎 | Em C D C Just a-cross the line and a lit-tle south-east of Me-|ri-di-an | 𝄎 | G | | 𝄎 | G 2. She loved her bro-ther I re-mem-ber back when He was fix-in' up a '49 In-di-an C He told her "Lit-tle sis-ter, gon-na ride the wind G Up a-round the moon and back a-gain" D He ne-ver got far-ther than Vi-et-nam C I was stan-din' there with her when the tel-e-gram come G For Lil-li-an | 𝄎 | 𝄎 | 𝄎 | Em C D C Now he's ly-in' some-where a-bout a mil-lion miles from Me-ri-di-an | 𝄎 | G | | 𝄎 | D Chorus: She said "There's not much hope for a red dirt girl C Some-where out there is a great big world, G That's where I'm bound | 𝄎 | 𝄎 | D And the stars might fall on Al-a-ba-ma, C G But one of these days I'm gon-na swing my ham-mer down G D A-way from this red dirt town | 𝄎 | 𝄎 | D G I'm gon-na make a joy-ful sound" | 𝄎 | G ‖ | 𝄎 | 𝄎 | 𝄎 | 𝄎 | 𝄎 | 𝄎 | 𝄎 ‖ G 3. She grew up tall and she grew up thin Bu-ried that old dog Gid-e-on C By a crepe myr-tle bush at the back of the yard G Her dad-dy turned mean and her ma-ma leaned hard D Got in trou-ble with a boy from town C Fig-ured that she might as well set-tle down G So she dug right in | 𝄎 | 𝄎 | 𝄎 | Em C D C A-cross a red dirt line just a lit-tle south-east of Me-ri-di-an | 𝄎 | G | | 𝄎 | D Bridge: She tried hard to love him but it never did take C It was just another way for a heart to break G So she learned to bend | 𝄎 | 𝄎 | 𝄎 | D But one thing they don't tell you 'bout the blues when you got 'em C You keep on fallin' 'cause there ain't no bottom G There ain't no end, | 𝄎 | 𝄎 | G D At least not for Lil-li-an | 𝄎 | 𝄎 | 𝄎 | G 4. No-bo-dy knows when she star-ted her skid She was on-ly 27 and she had 5 kids C Coul-da' been the whis-key, coul-da been the pills G Coul-da been the dream she was try-in' to kill D But there won't be a men-tion in the news of the world C G A-bout the life and the death of a red dirt girl named Lil-li-an | 𝄎 | 𝄎 | 𝄎 | Em C D C Who ne-ver got any far-ther a-cross the line than Me-ri-di-an | 𝄎 | G | | 𝄎 | D Outro: Now the stars still fall on Al-a-ba-ma C G The night she fin-al-ly laid that ham-mer down | 𝄎 | D With-out a sound, | 𝄎 | 𝄎 | 𝄎 | G In the red dirt ground | 𝄎 | G ‖ | 𝄎 | 𝄎 | 𝄎 | 𝄎 | 𝄎 ‖ 𝄎 ‖ 𝄑
Emmylou Harris
Born: April 2, 1947 in Birmingham, Alabama, USA
Music Styles: Country, folk, Americana, country rock, country folk, bluegrass, rock, Outlaw, Country, alternative rock
Career: Singer, songwriter, musician
Instruments: Vocals, guitar
Active Years: 1969 - present
Associations: Nicolette Larson, Mark Knopfler, Rodney Crowell, Bob Dylan, George Jones, Willie Nelson, Gram Parsons, Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, Don Williams, Neil Young, Mary Black, John Denver
Official Website: emmylouharris.com
