Unwelcome Guest

[AmericanAquariumGetrinken]

I know Unwelcome Guest isn't the hardest of Wilco songs but I was wondering if anyone had that tab or chords handy. I wasn't able to come up with anything using the search tool.

 

Thanks!

[ginandcigarettes]

I know Unwelcome Guest isn't the hardest of Wilco songs but I was wondering if anyone had that tab or chords handy. I wasn't able to come up with anything using the search tool.

 

Thanks!

 

First off, welcome!

 

You can find a lot of tabs on the Gumbo Pages (some more accurate than others): The Gumbo Pages

 

This one's from there (and it looks pretty good to me):

 

:::::::::::::::::::
The Unwelcome Guest
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Words by Woody Guthrie 1940
Music by Billy Bragg 1996

Transcription by Howie Wang <howie_wang@hotmail.com>


   C				 am	   F			C
To the rich man's bright lodges I ride in this wind
C				  am		  D		   G
On my good horse I call you my shiny Black Bess
   C			am
To the playhouse of fortune
  F			   C
to take the bright silver
C			 am		 F		C
and gold you have taken from somebody else


C		am			F		  C
and as we go riding in the damp foggy midnight 
C			  am			D			G
you snort, my good pony, and you give me your best
	C		   am		 F  
for you know, and I know, good horse,
	   C
'monst the rich ones
C		  am		  F		 C
how oftimes we go there an unwelcome guest

 C		  am			F		  C
I've never took food from the widows and orphans
C	   am		   D	 G
and never a hard working man I oppressed
  C			  am
so take your pace easy,
F			  C
for home soon like lightning
  C			am		 F		   F
we soon will be riding, my shiny black Bess

  C			  am	   F		C
no fat rich man's pony can ever overtake you
C			 am			 D		   G
and there's not a rider from the east to the west
  C		  am
could hold you a light 
	F			 C  
in this dark mist and midnight
	 C		  am
when the potbellied thieves 
	  F		 C
chase the unwelcome guest

C				 am			   
I don't know good horse
  F			C
as we trot in this dark here
 C		   am		  D			G
that robbing the rich is for worse or for best
 C		  am		   F		 C
they take it by stealing and lying and gambling
C			am	  F		   C
and I take it my way, my shiny Black Bess

 C			am		   F		   C
I treat horses good and I'm friendly to strangers
 C			 am			   D			 G
I ride and your running makes my guns talk the best
	C		   am		   
and the rangers and deputies
F			C
are hired by the rich man 
  C			am		  F			 C
to catch me and hang me, my shining Black Bess

 C				am		  F
Yes, they'll catch me napping one day
		C
and they'll kill me
C			am			D		   G
and then I'll be gone but that won't be my end
   C		   am		  F		 C
For my guns and my saddle will always be filled
  C		 am			 F		   C
by unwelcome travellers and other brave men

		C		am		F			  C
and they'll take the money and spread it out equal
C			 am			D		G	   
Just like the bible and the prophets suggest
	C		   am		F			   C
but the men that go riding to help these poor workers
C			 am		   F		 C
the rich will cut down like an unwelcome guest

 

I hope this helps.

[AmericanAquariumGetrinken]

Thank you for the welcome and for the info/link to Gumbo Pages! I'll give them a try.

 

Cheers!

 

 

First off, welcome!

 

You can find a lot of tabs on the Gumbo Pages (some more accurate than others): The Gumbo Pages

 

This one's from there (and it looks pretty good to me):

 

:::::::::::::::::::
The Unwelcome Guest
:::::::::::::::::::

Words by Woody Guthrie 1940
Music by Billy Bragg 1996

Transcription by Howie Wang <howie_wang@hotmail.com>


   C				 am	   F			C
To the rich man's bright lodges I ride in this wind
C				  am		  D		   G
On my good horse I call you my shiny Black Bess
   C			am
To the playhouse of fortune
  F			   C
to take the bright silver
C			 am		 F		C
and gold you have taken from somebody else


C		am			F		  C
and as we go riding in the damp foggy midnight 
C			  am			D			G
you snort, my good pony, and you give me your best
	C		   am		 F  
for you know, and I know, good horse,
	   C
'monst the rich ones
C		  am		  F		 C
how oftimes we go there an unwelcome guest

 C		  am			F		  C
I've never took food from the widows and orphans
C	   am		   D	 G
and never a hard working man I oppressed
  C			  am
so take your pace easy,
F			  C
for home soon like lightning
  C			am		 F		   F
we soon will be riding, my shiny black Bess

  C			  am	   F		C
no fat rich man's pony can ever overtake you
C			 am			 D		   G
and there's not a rider from the east to the west
  C		  am
could hold you a light 
	F			 C  
in this dark mist and midnight
	 C		  am
when the potbellied thieves 
	  F		 C
chase the unwelcome guest

C				 am			   
I don't know good horse
  F			C
as we trot in this dark here
 C		   am		  D			G
that robbing the rich is for worse or for best
 C		  am		   F		 C
they take it by stealing and lying and gambling
C			am	  F		   C
and I take it my way, my shiny Black Bess

 C			am		   F		   C
I treat horses good and I'm friendly to strangers
 C			 am			   D			 G
I ride and your running makes my guns talk the best
	C		   am		   
and the rangers and deputies
F			C
are hired by the rich man 
  C			am		  F			 C
to catch me and hang me, my shining Black Bess

 C				am		  F
Yes, they'll catch me napping one day
		C
and they'll kill me
C			am			D		   G
and then I'll be gone but that won't be my end
   C		   am		  F		 C
For my guns and my saddle will always be filled
  C		 am			 F		   C
by unwelcome travellers and other brave men

		C		am		F			  C
and they'll take the money and spread it out equal
C			 am			D		G	   
Just like the bible and the prophets suggest
	C		   am		F			   C
but the men that go riding to help these poor workers
C			 am		   F		 C
the rich will cut down like an unwelcome guest

 

I hope this helps.