One More Dollar
Gillian Welch, 1996
capo 5, key of F
verse
C
C
G
C
1
1
5
1
F
F
C
C
4
4
1
1
chorus
Am/G
F
G
C
6/5
4
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1
A long time ago I left my home,
For a job in the fruit trees.
But I missed those hills with the windy pines,
For their song seemed to suit me.
So I sent my wages to my home,
And said we'd soon be together,
For the next good crop would pay my way,
And I would come home forever.
chorus
One more dime to show for my day.
One more dollar and I'm on my way.
When I reach those hills, boys, I'll never roam.
One more dollar and I'm going home.
No work said the boss at the bunk house door,
There's a freeze on the branches,
So when the dice came out at the bar downtown,
I rolled and I took my chances.
A long time ago I left my home.
Just a boy passing twenty.
Could you spare a coin and a Christian prayer,
For my luck has turned against me.