Biography:
Merle Robert Travis (November 29, 1917 – October 20, 1983) was an American country and western singer, songwriter, and musician born in Rosewood, Kentucky. His lyrics often discussed the exploitation of coal miners. Some of the songs he wrote or performed include: "Sixteen Tons", "Dark as a Dungeon", "So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed", and "Smoke, Smoke, Smoke that Cigarette"; however, it is his masterful guitar playing that he is best known for today.
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In the fourth line of each verse, there's a bass run between E and B7. The notes are:
E G# A B
played on the 6th and 5th strings. Using the first verse as an example, the run would start on "good" and end
on "not" (the first "not"). The final note of the run, the B, is played where the B7 is indicated in
chart below.
[Verse 1]
E B7 E
I am a pilgrim and a stranger
A7 E
Traveling through this wearisome land
E7 A7
And I've got a home in that yonder city, good Lord
E B7 E
And it's not (good Lordy it's not) not made by hand
[Verse 2]
E B7 E
I got a mother, a sister and a brother
A7 E
Who have gone to that sweet home
E7 A7
And I am determined to go and see them, good Lord
E B7 E
Over on (good Lordy over on) that distant shore
[Verse 3]
E B7 E
As I go down to that river Jordan
A7 E
Just to bathe my weary soul
E7 A7
If I could touch but just the hem of His garment, good Lord
E B7 E
I believe (good Lordy I believe) that it would make me whole
[Verse 4]
E B7 E
Now when I'm dead, laying in my coffin
A7 E
All of my friends all gather round
E7 A7
They can say that he's just laying there sleeping, good Lord
E B7 E
Sweet peace (Lordy sweet peace) his soul is found
E G# A B
played on the 6th and 5th strings. Using the first verse as an example, the run would start on "good" and end
on "not" (the first "not"). The final note of the run, the B, is played where the B7 is indicated in
chart below.
[Verse 1]
E B7 E
I am a pilgrim and a stranger
A7 E
Traveling through this wearisome land
E7 A7
And I've got a home in that yonder city, good Lord
E B7 E
And it's not (good Lordy it's not) not made by hand
[Verse 2]
E B7 E
I got a mother, a sister and a brother
A7 E
Who have gone to that sweet home
E7 A7
And I am determined to go and see them, good Lord
E B7 E
Over on (good Lordy over on) that distant shore
[Verse 3]
E B7 E
As I go down to that river Jordan
A7 E
Just to bathe my weary soul
E7 A7
If I could touch but just the hem of His garment, good Lord
E B7 E
I believe (good Lordy I believe) that it would make me whole
[Verse 4]
E B7 E
Now when I'm dead, laying in my coffin
A7 E
All of my friends all gather round
E7 A7
They can say that he's just laying there sleeping, good Lord
E B7 E
Sweet peace (Lordy sweet peace) his soul is found
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