Cabbagetown Chords

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Cabbagetown by Shawn Mullins is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, E, Bm and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
A
Text
16
Speed
  			
Intro:  A E Bm    

          A         E                       Bm        A   E 
My Granddaddy was raised up in the hills, in ?29 he came down       
Bm         A         E        Bm          A        E   
He used to ride to Atlanta, got a job in a Cotton Mill 
   Bm           A        A      E 
But everybody called it Cabbagetown 


         Bm        A       E 
               Oh-Oh-Oh, Cabbagetown 
Bm               A        E       E 
The handpainted sign said Cabbagetown 

Bm         A            E              E 
He met my Grandma, when she was just sixteen 
Bm            A          E             E 
They?d spin Old No. 7, on the second floor 
Bm            A             E               E 
They grew a little garden, they started a family 

Bm               A             E        E 
They owed all their pay, to the Ray Jay store 


         Bm        A       E 
                Oh-Oh-Oh, Cabbagetown 
Bm          A      A       E 
Never been out of Cabbagetown 
Bm       A        E 
Oh-Oh-Oh, Cabbagetown 
Bm       A      A        E 
What goes up, will come down 

          G                         Bm 
Bridge:  When they finally closed, the shadows fell 
Bm       E            G            G 
Covered Cabbagetown, like a dirty vail. 

Instrumental 
Bm  A  E  Bm  A  E  Bm  A  E  Bm  A  E 

Bm              A      E                        E                                    
Woke up this morning, my eyes were filled with tears 
Bm                A         E                  E 
I was dreaming of Grandpa, in forty some odd years 

Bm                A          E                   E                         
Now the mountains call to me, a lonely soulful sound 
Bm            A            E               E 
Once I leave here, I ain't coming back to Cabbagetown 


         Bm       A        E 
                Oh-Oh-Oh, Cabbagetown 
Bm               A     A                 E 
You better stay away, when the sun goes down 
Bm       A        E 
Oh-Oh-Oh, Cabbagetown 
Bm               A              E 
I'm never goin? back to Cabbagetown 
 Bm                  A              E 
No, I'm never goin? back to Cabbagetown 
                    Bm              A              E       G   Bm 
Ah, one more time, I'm never goin? back to Cabbagetown ?. No, No 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante