Gillian Howard Welch (born October 2, 1967) is an American singer-songwriter. She performs with her musical partner, guitarist David Rawlings. Their sparse and dark musical style, which combines elements of Appalachian music, bluegrass, country and Americana, is described by The New Yorker as "at once innovative and obliquely reminiscent of past rural forms."
Welch and Rawlings have collaborated on seven critically acclaimed albums, five released under her name, and two released under the name Dave Rawlings Machine.
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Standard Tuning (CAPO V) [all chords relative to capo]
Intro: G
Verse 1 chords: GEm/GG Oh my mother was just a girl, seventeen GEm/GG Oh my mother was just a girl, seventeen GC/GEm/G And my dad was passin’ through doing things a man will do Em/GDG Oh my mother was just a girl, seventeen
Verse 2: use verse 1 chords It’s a wonder that I’m in this world at all It’s a wonder that I’m in this world at all And I have a life to claim though I really don’t know my name It’s a wonder that I’m in this world at all
Verse 3: use verse 1 chords Ain’t one soul in the whole world knows my name Ain’t one soul in the whole world knows my name But it’s written up in the sky and I’ll see it by and by Ain’t one soul in the whole world knows my name
Verse 4: use verse 1 chords Well I had a good mother and dad just the same Well I had a good mother and dad just the same And they took me to their rest and they surely stayed the test Well I had a good mother and dad just the same
Verse 5: use verse 1 chords Ain’t one soul in the whole world knows my name Ain’t one soul in the whole world knows my name Just another baby born to a girl lost and lorn Ain’t one soul in the whole world knows my name
Verse 6: use verse 1 chords Now and then there’s a lonesome thought in my mind Now and then there’s a lonesome thought in my mind And on the crowded street, I see a strangers face that looks like me Now and then there’s a lonesome thought in my mind
Verse 7: use verse 1 chords Ain’t one soul in the whole world knows my name Ain’t one soul in the whole world knows my name But I’ll see it by and by cause it’s written up in the sky Ain’t one soul in the whole world knows my name