Miller's Cave Chords

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Miller's Cave by Bobby Bare is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, G, F and Am. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			INTRO: PLAY INSTRUMENTALLY 
  
(C) God help the man who gets (G) lost in Miller's (C) Cave. 
 
 
VERSE ONE / VOCALS 
 
(C) Way down in...(G)...the state of (C) Georgia 
 
Among the (G) swamps...and ever (C) glades 
 
There's a big old (F) hole...in Tiger (C) Mountain (Am) 
 
God help the (C) man who gets (G) lost in Miller's (C) Cave. 
 
 
 
VERSE TWO 
 
(C) I had me a girl...(G)...in Waycross,(C) Georgia  
 
but she (G) had...unfaithful (C) ways. 
 
She made me (F) feel...I was un (C) wanted (Am) 
 
Like the (C) bats and the (G) bears in Miller's (C) Cave. 
 
 
 
 
VERSE THREE 
 
(C) I caught her out...(G)...one Sunday (C) morning.  
 
With some (G) guy...they call Big (C) Dave 
 
The meanest (F) man...in Waycross,(C) Georgia (Am) 
 
I'd rather (C) fight a mountain (G) lion in Miller's (C) Cave. 
  
 
SPOKEN VERSE 
 
(C) So I said you're gonna pay,.(G)..both you and (C) Dave 
 
Cause I?m gonna (G)  see you in your (C) grave 
 
They laughed at (F) me...and then I (C) shot 'em (Am) 
 
I dragged their (C)  cheatin', schemin' (G)bones...to Miller's (C) Cave. 
 
 
VERSE FOUR 
 
(C) I couldn?t stand...(G)...the way she (C) did me 
  
Well I guess I (G) showed....her I was (C) brave 
 
Most wanted (F) man...in the state of (C) Georgia (Am) 
 
They'll never (C)  find me 'cause I'm (G) lost...(stop)...in Miller's (C) Cave. 
 
 
 
Note; some recordings go up 1/2 step at verse three...but for this chording  
we optioned to do a straight ?C? edition   
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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100 BPM Andante