Tuning:EADGBe e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|---------0--2--------------------0-----------------------------------------| D|---0--3-----------0--3----------------0------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| I am a boy from the high country e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|-------------------0-------------------2h3-----0---------------------------| D|---0--3-------------------2-----------------3------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| And I got a little low for the offering All together it looks like: e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|--------0--2--------0------------0--------2h3----0-------------------------| A|---0--3------0--3------0----0--3----2----------3---------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| In the intervals he also does this: D|------3--2--0--------------------------------------------------------------| A|---3-----------------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| As a pose to: e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|----------3----------------------------------------------------------------| D|------2h3----0-------------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| Lyrics: I am a boy From the high country And I've got a little low For the offering I come down from the mountain Bow to the sea And Carolina low I will carry thee Gonna take you up Gonna take you 'round Well your poor little pant legs Are dragging down Did you crack your lip' Did you skin your knee' And Carolina low I will carry thee What is sealed with a handshake Is spoiled with a kiss You got an ugly little mouth, boy Itâ's come to this Iâ'm bound for the hilltop Gonna make it bleed And Carolina low I will carry thee I am a boy From the high country And I got a little low For the offering And I got a little low For the offering And I got a little low For the offering ************************************ | / 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 ************************************
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