Red Clay Halo(Chords)

	        	C   G   C   
   
   
                   C   
Well, the girls all dance with the boys from the city   
                                  G    
But they don't care to dance with me.   
             C                   
Well, it ain't my fault that the fields are muddy   
                G                           C   hold 4 extra counts   
And the red clay stains my feet.   
   
      C   
It's under my nails, and it's under my collar,   
                                       G    
And it shows on my Sunday clothes.   
                  C                   
Though I do my best with soap and water,   
                      G                C   hold 4 extra counts   
That dammed old dirt won't go.    
   

  
                 F                             C    
But when I pass through the pearly gates   
                  G                     C    
Will my gown be gold instead,   
                  F                         C   
Or just a red clay robe with red clay wings   
               G                             C    hold 4 extra counts   
And a red clay halo for my head?
   
   
Inst. = verse    
   
            C   
It's mud in the spring and it's dust in the summer   
                                        G    
When it rolls in crimson tide   
                 C                   
Till the trees and leaves and the cows are the color   
                G                           C   hold 4 extra counts   
Of the dirt on the mountainside.   
   
Chorus   
   
                  C   
Now, Jordan's banks are red and muddy,   
                                       G    
And the rolling water is wide,   
             C                   
But I got no boat, so I'll be good and muddy   
                 G                     C                        (hold 4 extra counts)   
When I get to the other side.   
   
  
               F                                  C  
But when I pass through the pearly gates  
                  G                      C  
Will my gown be gold instead?  
                  F                         C  
I'll take a red clay robe and red clay wings  
              G                             C   
And a red clay halo for my head 
  


	        

Written by Gillian Welch