Long Chain Charlie and Moundsville
As sung by Don Stover
Things in Life Album
tab by bluerabbit10 05-24-2008
Banjo tuned to E. Played in Key of D

Long Chain Charlie and Moundsville

The (D) folks sing songs about (G) prison, coal mines and (D) war,
I got a story in a song Id like to (A) tell
For (D) a long time (G) now I been (D) sowing
And that long bad trip (A) I will be (D) going

And Long Chain (G) Charlie gonna take me back to (D) Moundsville


A lot of new (G) faces, I (D) see
But very few recognize (A) me
So (D) many dreams in life (G) I cant (D) fulfill,
What Id give now just to be (A) free
But death row calls (G) me in thirty-(D) three

And Long Chain Charlie (G) put me off last night in (D) Moundsville

Instrumental

Now my mind (G) does wander (D) back,
To my mama in a tumble-down (A) shack
Those (D) dreadful days, mama (G) taught us to (D) pray
But each time in my cell I (A) cry
Salvation (D) has (G) passed me (D) by
And I will never more (G) ride that Long Chain Charlie to (D)Moundsville

The priest just (G) left my (D) cell
He told me about heaven and (A) hell
Told (D) me about a way of (G) life I could be (D) free
But I will never be free no-(A) more
Death (D) row calls (G) me in thirty-(D) four
I just want to forget about
That (D) Long Chain (G) Charlie, and (D) Moundsville

I (D) just want to forget (G) about Long Chain Charlie, and (D) Moundsville