One More Dollar

Written by Gillian Welch, David Rawlings

Key of D · Chords: I IV V vi

Verse 1

  D         A          D
A long time ago I left my home
      G   A  D
For a job in the fruit trees
  D                       A   D
I missed those hills with the windy pines
    G     A    D
For their song seemed to suit me

Verse 2

  D       A        D
I sent my wages to my home
          G    A  D
Said we’d soon be together
        D               A         D
For the next good crop  would pay my way
        G      A    D
I’ll be coming home forever

Chorus

    Bm   A    G  A    D
One more dime to show for my day
    Bm   A      G   A   D
One more dollar and I’m on my way
     Bm      G           A         D
When I reach those hills boys I’ll never roam
    Bm   A      G   A   D
One more dollar and I’m going home

Verse 3

   D             A                D
No work said the boss at the bunk house door
          G      A  D
There’s a freeze on the branches
         D                A       D
When the dice came out at the bar downtown
  G      A          D
I rolled and I took my chances

Verse 4

  D         A          D
A long time ago I left my home
       G   A       D
Just a boy passing twenty
          D                A D
Could you spare a coin and a Christian prayer
       G    A   D
For my luck has turned against me