Biography:
Mark Lavon Helm (May 26, 1940-April 19, 2012), better known as Levon Helm, was an American rock musician most famous as the drummer for the rock group The Band. Helm was also known for his deeply soulful, country-style voice, and powerful drumming style highlighted on many of the The Band's recordings, such as "The Weight", "Up on Cripple Creek", "King Harvest", "Ophelia" and "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down".
Early years
Helm was born in Marvell, Arkansas and began playing the guitar at the age of eight.
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Levon Helm - High Walls
## NOTE: ~ ~ = Walk-Down from C to G ##
CAPO: 4th Fret
INTRO: G
C
They got the Younger brothers
G
They got plenty of others
Fool enough to cower and crawl
Em D C ~ ~ G C-G
Shackled and chained behind high walls
C
They say I've made more widows and orphans
G
Enough to fill twenty coffins
They won't hear my side at all
Em D C ~ ~ G G-F
Guess they'll lock me away behind high walls
CHORUS:
F-C
If sixteen grains of morphine
C-G
Could just a-wipe the slate clean
F
Then you know I would take it all
F-C
But rotting in the state of Minnesota
C-G
Sweating on a chain gang road, ah
D
The hell, I cannot take that
INSTRUMENTAL: G C G Em D C ~ ~ G G-F
CHORUS:
F-C
If sixteen grains of morphine
C-G
Could just a-wipe the slate clean
F
Then you know I would take it all
F-C
But rotting in the state of Minnesota
C-G
Sweating on a chain gang road, ah
D
The hell, I cannot take that
C
Frank, they'll never catch us alive
G
Not with my will to survive
We'll run until they stumble and fall
Em D C ~ ~ G C ~ ~ G
I shall never spend a day behind high walls
## NOTE: ~ ~ = Walk-Down from C to G ##
CAPO: 4th Fret
INTRO: G
C
They got the Younger brothers
G
They got plenty of others
Fool enough to cower and crawl
Em D C ~ ~ G C-G
Shackled and chained behind high walls
C
They say I've made more widows and orphans
G
Enough to fill twenty coffins
They won't hear my side at all
Em D C ~ ~ G G-F
Guess they'll lock me away behind high walls
CHORUS:
F-C
If sixteen grains of morphine
C-G
Could just a-wipe the slate clean
F
Then you know I would take it all
F-C
But rotting in the state of Minnesota
C-G
Sweating on a chain gang road, ah
D
The hell, I cannot take that
INSTRUMENTAL: G C G Em D C ~ ~ G G-F
CHORUS:
F-C
If sixteen grains of morphine
C-G
Could just a-wipe the slate clean
F
Then you know I would take it all
F-C
But rotting in the state of Minnesota
C-G
Sweating on a chain gang road, ah
D
The hell, I cannot take that
C
Frank, they'll never catch us alive
G
Not with my will to survive
We'll run until they stumble and fall
Em D C ~ ~ G C ~ ~ G
I shall never spend a day behind high walls
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