Gillian Welch Guitar 1 Guitar 2
Wrecking Ball
(Clean Electric) (Capo 5, hi gain)
Intro
Intro
1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and
F C C G
G
G
F
C HI-HAT D
D
C
G
F
F
C
C C
C
G
G
Am
G
F
F Em
D
C
C
Am
G C C Em
D G G
Verse 1
Verse 1
C
C
F
C G
G
C
G
Look out boys, I'm a
roooollin' stone HI-HAT Look out
boys,
I'm a roooollin' stone
G
G
F
C D
D
C
G
That's
what I was
when I first
left home
F
F
C
C C
C
G
G
I
took every secret that I'd eeeeever
known
and
I took every secret that I'd eeeeever
known and
Am
G
F
F Em
D
C
C
Heeeeeaded
for the wall Heeeeeaded
for
the
wall
Am
G
C
C Em
D
G
G
Like a wrecking ball Like a wrecking ball
Verse 2
Verse 2
C
C
F
C G
G
C
G
Started down on a
roooad of sin HI-HAT Started down
on a
roooad
of
sin
G
G
F
C D
D
C G
Playin' bass
under
a
pseudonym
Playin' bass
under
a
pseudonym
F
F
C
C C
C
G
G
The days
were rough, and it's all
quite
dim,
but my
The days were rough,
and it's all
quite
dim,
but my
Am
G
F
F
Em
D
C
C
mind
cuts
through it all mind
cuts
through it all
Am
G
C
C Em
D
G
G
Like a wrecking ball Like a wrecking ball
Bridge 1 Bridge 1
F
C
Am
Am
G C
G
Em
Em
Ooooooooooooh
juuust
a little
'Deadhead RIDE
Ooooooooooooh
juuust
a little
'Deadhead
F
C
F
C C
G
C
G
Who is watching,
Who is watching,
Who is watching,
Who is watching,
F
F
Am
G
C
G
Em
Em
I
was just a little
'Deadhead I
was just a little
'Deadhead
Verse 3
Verse 3
F C
F
C
C
G
C
G
Won a dollar
on a scholar ship.
RIDE Won a dollar
on a scholar ship.
G
G
F
C D
D C
G
I got tired
and let my aaaaverage slip I got tired
and let my aaaaverage slip
F
F
C
C C
C
G
G
And I's a
farmer in the pooooooooogonip
Of a And I's
a farmer in the pooooooooogonip
Of a
Am
G
F
F Em
D
C
C
weed that I
recall
weed that I
recall
Am
G
C
C
Em
D
G
G
Like a wrecking ball Like a wrecking
ball
Verse 4
Verse 4
C C
F
C G
G
C
G
Met a lovesick
daughter
of the San Joaquin. HI-HAT
Met a lovesick
daughter
of the San Joaquin.
G
G
F
C D
D
C
G
She showed me
colors
I'd neeeever seen She
showed me colors
I'd neeeever seen
F
F
C
C C
C
G
G
And drank the bottom out of my
canteen,
then And
drank the bottom out of my
canteen,
then
Am
G
F
F Em
D
C
C
leeeeeft
meeee in the fall
leeeeeft
meeee
in the fall
Am
G
C
C
RIDE Em
D
G
G
Like a wrecking ball Like a wrecking ball
Verse 5
Verse 5
C C
F
C G
G
C
G
Standin
there
in the morning mist, Standin there
in
the morning mist,
G
G
F
C D
D
C
G
Tug the coat at the end of my wrist.
Tug the
coat
at the end of my wrist.
F
F
C
C
RIDE C
C
G
G
Yes, I remember when first
we
kissed, Yes, I remember when first we
kissed,
Am
G
F
F Em
D
C
C
tho
it
was nooooothing at all
tho
it
was nooooothing at all
Am
G
C
C Em
D G
G
Like a wrecking
ball Like a wrecking
ball
Bridge 2
Bridge 2
F
C
Am
Am
G
RIDE C
G
Em
Em
D
Hey boys
a little 'Dead head
Hey
boys
a little 'Dead head
F
C
F
C C
G
C
G
Who is watching,
Who is watching,
Who is watching,
Who is watching,
F
C
Am
Am
G C
G
Em
Em
I
was just a little
'Deadhead I
was just a little
'Deadhead
Verse 6 Verse 6
F
C
F
C C
G
C
G
Too much trouble
for
me to shake
RIDE
Too much trouble
for me to shake
G
G
F
C D
D
C
G
Oh,
the weather and the
blinding
ache
Oh, the
weather and the
blinding
ache
F
F
C
C C
C
G
G
We was ridin high
'til the eighty-nine quake
We
was ridin high
'til the eighty-nine quake
Am
G
F
F Em
D C
C
Hit
the Saaanta Cruz
Garden Mall Hit the Saaanta
Cruz Garden Mall
Am
G
C
C Em
D
G
G
Like a wrecking ball
HI-HAT Like
a
wrecking ball
End
End
1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and
F
C
F
C HI-HAT C
G
C
G
(Repeat and fade out) (Repeat and fade out)