E|E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|| CATOOSA COUNTY - Shawn Mullins E|E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|| Tabbed by: Tommy Bryant Email: dormbasedbusinessbook (at) gmail (dot) com Shawn recorded this song in Drop C but plays it live in Drop D. Here is the live version. Because there is so much free movement within these chords, Shawn plays it slightly different every time. So, listen to some live versions on youtube and play along with to get the exact movement, repetition, and strum pattern. This version looks like its missing some licks, but keep in mind that the studio recorded version has layered acoustic guitars and live he only has one. Occasionally, hit that low D string when you feel led. Any questions, please ask! Enjoy! Tuning: D A D G B b Intro ^ v etc. ^ v v E|--0--0---0--0----0--0-----0--0-------0--0------------0--0--0--------------| B|--3--3---3--3----3--3-----3--3-------3--3------------3--3--3--------------| G|--2--2---2--2--0------0h2------2-0-0h2--2------------2--2--2--------------| D|0-----0h3--------------------------------------0h3-0----------------------| A|----------------------------------3--------0h3b---------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| ^ v etc. ^ v v E|--0--0---0--0----0--0-----0--0---------0--0------------0--0--0----0-0--0-0| B|--3--3---3--3----3--3-----3--3---------3--3------------3--3--3----3-3--3-3| G|--2--2---2--2--0------0h2------0h2p0-------------------2--2--2----2-2--2-2| D|0------3----------------------------2-------0h2p0--0------------0-----0---| A|-------------------------------------3-----------3b-----------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| Verse(s) I turned seven- teen spring of eighteen-sixty one I could hear the screaming I could smell black powder burning Night falling on the hills and the full moon comes a-shining ^ v etc. ^ v v E|--0--0---0--0----0--0-----0--0-------0--0------------0--0--0----0--0------| B|--3--3---3--3----3--3-----3--3-------3--3------------3--3--3----3--3------| G|--2--2---2--2--0------0h2------2-0-------------------2--2--2----2--2------| D|0-----0h3--------------------------------------0h3-0----------0-----------| A|-----------------------------------3-------0h3b---------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| I killed twenty men before I turned twenty-one Cannon balls are flying and the gatling guns a-turning And I can hear the weeper wail and the coyotes go to whining ^ v etc. ^ v v E|--0--0---0--0----0--0-----0--0-------0--0------------0--0--0----0--0------| B|--3--3---3--3----3--3-----3--3-------3--3------------3--3--3----3--3------| G|--2--2---2--2--0------0h2------2-0-------------------2--2--2----2--2------| D|0-----0h3--------------------------------------0h3-0----------0-----------| A|-----------------------------------3-------0h3b---------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| Twenty holes in twenty men Twenty holes theres buried in Thousand souls, a thousand men, a thousand holes theys buried in And all the souls of all the men roll in the holes theys buried in ^ ^ v ^ ^ ^ v v ^ E|--0--0---0----0--0------------0-0--0-0----0-----------0-0----------------| B|--6--6---6----5--3------------3-3--3-3----3-----------3-3----------------| G|--5--5---5----4--2------------0-0--0-0----0h2---------2-2----------------| D|--0--0---0----0--0------------0-0--0-0----0-----------0-0----------------| A|----------------------------3--------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| There they lay in the cold red Georgia Clay of Catoosa County Shallow graves in the cold hard Georgia Clay of Catoosa County Blue and gray and the blood red Georgia Clay of Catoosa County E|--0--0---0--0----0--0-----0--0-------0--0------------0--0--0--------------| B|--3--3---3--3----3--3-----3--3-------3--3------------3--3--3--------------| G|--2--2---2--2--0------0h2------------0--0----------0h2--2--2--------------| D|0-----0h3----------------------------------------0-0----------------------| A|----------------------------------3---------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| Chorus And the Blue and the Gray paint the co - lors of the light how the And the Blue and the Gray are the co - lors of the light and its ^ ^ ^ v ^ v etc. E|--0------------------0------------0-----------------0---------------------| B|--3------------------3------------3-----------------3---------------------| G|--2------------------2------------0-----------------2---------------------| D|--0-----------------3-------------2-----------------0---------------------| A|--0------------------------------3------------------0---------------------| E|-0--------------------------------------------------0---------------------| old men find a way to send the young men off to die if I true you can pray but even God aint saying wh--y if I ^ ^ ^ v ^ v etc. E|--0------------------0------------0-----------------0---------------------| B|--3------------------3------------3-----------------2---------------------| G|--2------------------2------------0-----------------0---------------------| D|--0-----------------3-------------2-----------------2---------------------| A|--0------------------------------0------------------0---------------------| E|-0-------------------------------------------------0----------------------| Could I would place a 100 billion dollar bounty on the hate Could I would place a 100 billion dollar bounty on the hate ^ ^ ^ v ^ v etc. E|--0------------------0------------0-----------0-------------0------------| B|--3------------------3------------3-----------3-------------3------------| G|--2------------------2------------0-----------0-------------0------------| D|--0-----------------3-------------2-----------0-------------0------------| A|--0------------------------------3-----------2-------------1-------------| E|-0-----------------------------------------------------------------------| That makes the wars that digs the graves at Catoosa county That makes the wars that dig the graves at Catoosa county ~~~(hold chord)~~~~ E|--------------0-----------------0----------------------------------------| B|--------------3-----------------3----------------------------------------| G|--------------0-----------------0----------------------------------------| D|--------------0-----------------2----------------------------------------| A|-------------2-----------------3-----------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| Order: Intro Verse 1 Intro (last half) Verse 2 Chorus 1 Instrumental (verse) Verse 3 Chorus 2 Intro Last Chord struck is D Major = 000234 ************************************ | ^ down strum | v up strum | / slide up | \ slide down | h hammer-on | p pull-off | ~ vibrato | + harmonic | x Mute note | b Bend | pb Pre-bend | br Bend release | pbr Pre-bend release | brb Bend release bend