Ginseng Sullivan Chords

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Here's the video, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibLVhYTyWLQ. Norman Blake wrote this in 1971. I learned this song from the Back Home in Sulphur Springs CD. It was also covered by Phish in 1993 or 94 and since then has been played electric many times.Was this info helpful?

Difficulty:	intermediate
Tuning:	E A D G B E
Capo:	3rd fret

Author hailey.barron [pro] 876. Last edit on Aug 28, 2023

Chords

A#maj7

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[Intro]
 
e |--------------------0---|-----1--1--1--1--1-1----|1-1------0--------0-----|--0-3-5-0-----------0----|
B |--------------------1---|-----1----1--1--1--1----|1-1------1--------1-----|--0----4-1----------1----|
G |-----0-0--0-2-0-----0---|---0-0h2-2--2--2---0h2--|0-0-2--0-0--------2-----|--0-------2-0-------0----|
D |--0h2----------2-0--2---|0h2-3-------------------|---------2-1p0----2-----|--2----------1p0----2----|
A |-3----------------3-3---|------------------------|---------3----3-0--2p0--|--2-------------2-3-3----|
E |------------------------|------------------------|----------------------3-|0-0----------------------|
 
e |--------------------0---|-----1--1--1--1--1-1----|1-1------0--------0-----|--0-3-5-0-----------0----|
B |--------------------1---|-----1----1--1--1--1----|1-1------1--------1-----|--0----4-1----------1----|
G |-----0-0--0-2-0-----0---|---0-0h2-2--2--2---0h2--|0-0-2--0-0--------2-----|--0-------2-0-------0----|
D |--0h2----------2-0--2---|0h2-3-------------------|---------2-1p0----2-----|--2----------1p0----2----|
A |-3----------------3-3---|------------------------|---------3----3-0--2p0--|--2-------------2-3-3----|
E |------------------------|------------------------|----------------------3-|0-0----------------------|
 
[Verse 1]
C
About three miles from the Batelle yard
                          F
From the reverse curve on down
                     C
Not far south of the town depot
Am                   Em
Sullivan's shack was found
G                  C
Back on the higher ground.
 
[Verse 2]
C
You could see him every day
                      F
Just walking down the line
                        C
With his old brown sack across his back
        Am               Em
And his long hair down behind
G                    C
Speaking his worried mind.
 
[Chorus]
 
It's a long way to the delta
                       F
From the North Georgia hills
                       C
A tote sack full of ginseng
                       F
Won't pay no traveling bills
         A#maj7     C
Now, I'm too old to ride the rails
Dm                G
Or thumb the road alone
           C          F               C
So I guess I'll never make it back to home
   C           F           G     C
My muddy water Mississippi delta home.
 
[Break 1]
 
e |-0---3-3-3-5-3----------|1--1--1--1--1----1-1----|0-----------------0-3-5-|-0-----------0-----------|
B |-3/5-5-5------5-1-------|1----1--1--1--1--1-1----|1--------1--------0-----|4-1----------1-----------|
G |-----------------0-1-2--|0h2-2--2--2---0h2---2-0-|0--------2--------0-----|---2-0-------0-----------|
D |------------------------|------------------------|2 1p0----2--------2-----|------1p0----2-----------|
A |------------------------|------------------------|3----3-0-0-2p0----2-----|---------2-3-3-----------|
E |------------------------|------------------------|--------------3-0-0-----|-------------------------|
 
e |--------------------0---|-----1--1--1--1--1-1----|1-1------0--------0-----|--0-3-5-0-----------0----|
B |--------------------1---|-----1----1--1--1--1----|1-1------1--------1-----|--0----4-1----------1----|
G |-----0-0--0-2-0-----0---|---0-0h2-2--2--2---0h2--|0-0-2--0-0--------2-----|--0-------2-0-------0----|
D |--0h2----------2-0--2---|0h2-3-------------------|---------2-1p0----2-----|--2----------1p0----2----|
A |-3----------------3-3---|------------------------|---------3----3-0--2p0--|--2-------------2-3-3----|
E |------------------------|------------------------|----------------------3-|0-0----------------------|
 
[Verse 3]
C
The winters here, they get too cold
                     F
The damp it makes me ill
                          C
Can't dig no roots in the mountainside
         Am                    Em
With the ground froze hard and still
      G                       C
Gotta stay at the foot of the hill.
 
[Verse 4]
C
But next summer, things turn right
                       F
The companies will pay high
                          C
I'll make enough money to pay my bills
Am                      Em
Bid these mountains goodbye
G                   C
Then he said with a sigh
 
[Chorus]
 
It's a long way to the delta
                       F
From the North Georgia hills
                       C
A tote sack full of ginseng
                       F
Won't pay my traveling bills
         A#maj7     C
Now, I'm too old to ride the rails
Dm                G
Or thumb the road alone
           C          F               C
So I guess I'll never make it back to home
   C           F           G     C
My muddy water Mississippi delta home.
   C           F           G     C
My muddy water Mississippi delta home.
 
[Outro]
 
e |-3-5-0-------0----------|
B |----4-1------1----------|
G |-------2-0---0----------|
D |----------2--2----------|
A |-----------3-3----------|
E |------------------------|
 
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| h  Hammer-on
| p  Pull-off
| /  Slide up
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Ginseng Sullivan – Norman Blake

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