Biography:
Noam Pikelny is a banjoist, vocalist, and composer of progressive contemporary bluegrass best known as a current member of Punch Brothers and past member of Leftover Salmon.
Pikelny hails from Chicago, IL, where he spent his youth in joint custody between Wrigley Field and the Old Town School of Folk Music. During high school, he played all over Illinois and Indiana with several traditional bluegrass bands, who occasionally required him to wear a uniform.
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Folk Bloodbath
Noem Pikelny
Capo 5
[Intro]
E(8cts) E(12cts) A(4cts) E(16cts)
[Verse 1]
E
Louis went downtown for a new suit of clothes
E E7 Asus2
Gonna dress up for Delia like a fine red rose
E B E
The angels laid him away
E
He bought a ten gallon Stetson, and it was ox-blood red
E E7 Asus2
Stackalee shot Louis in the back of the head
E B E
The angels laid him away
E
Stackalee said to Louis "Oh now, don't you grieve
E E7 Asus2
I'm sending you to Delia you won't ever have to leave”
E B E
The angels laid him away
[Refrain]
E Asus2 E
The angels laid him away
E E7 Asus2
Laid him six feet under the clay
E B E
The angels laid him away
E(8cts) E(12cts) A(4cts) E(16cts)
[Verse 2]
E
Well the judge was a mean one, his name was "Hangin' Billy Lyons"
E E7 Asus2
He said, "You've always been a bad man, Stack, you're gonna hang this time
E B E
The angels lay him away"
E
Well the jailer said to Stackalee, "What's the problem with you?"
E E7 Asus2
"Well, jailer, Louis Collins' ghost brought Delia's with him too"
E B E
The angels laid him away
[Refrain]
E Asus2 E
The angels laid him away
E E7 Asus2
Laid him six feet under the clay
E B E
The angels laid him away
E(8cts) E(12cts) A(4cts) E(16cts)
[Verse 3]
E
Well they buried little Delia in the churchyard deep
E E7 Asus2
With Louis Collins at her head, Stackalee at her feet
E B E
The angels laid them away
E
Out of Delia's bed came briars, out of Louis' bed a rose
E E7 Asus2
Out of Stackalee's came Stackalee's cold lonely little ghost
E B E
The angels laid them away
[Refrain]
E Asus2 E
The angels laid him away
E E7 Asus2
Laid him six feet under the clay
E Asus2
The angels laid him away
E
And I'm looking out on rooftops, and I'm hoping it ain't true
E E7 Asus2
That the same god who looked out for them looks out for me and you
E B E
The angels laid them away
[Refrain]
E B B
The angels laid them away
E B B
Yes the angels laid them away
E(8cts) E(12cts) A(4cts) E(16cts)
Noem Pikelny
Capo 5
[Intro]
E(8cts) E(12cts) A(4cts) E(16cts)
[Verse 1]
E
Louis went downtown for a new suit of clothes
E E7 Asus2
Gonna dress up for Delia like a fine red rose
E B E
The angels laid him away
E
He bought a ten gallon Stetson, and it was ox-blood red
E E7 Asus2
Stackalee shot Louis in the back of the head
E B E
The angels laid him away
E
Stackalee said to Louis "Oh now, don't you grieve
E E7 Asus2
I'm sending you to Delia you won't ever have to leave”
E B E
The angels laid him away
[Refrain]
E Asus2 E
The angels laid him away
E E7 Asus2
Laid him six feet under the clay
E B E
The angels laid him away
E(8cts) E(12cts) A(4cts) E(16cts)
[Verse 2]
E
Well the judge was a mean one, his name was "Hangin' Billy Lyons"
E E7 Asus2
He said, "You've always been a bad man, Stack, you're gonna hang this time
E B E
The angels lay him away"
E
Well the jailer said to Stackalee, "What's the problem with you?"
E E7 Asus2
"Well, jailer, Louis Collins' ghost brought Delia's with him too"
E B E
The angels laid him away
[Refrain]
E Asus2 E
The angels laid him away
E E7 Asus2
Laid him six feet under the clay
E B E
The angels laid him away
E(8cts) E(12cts) A(4cts) E(16cts)
[Verse 3]
E
Well they buried little Delia in the churchyard deep
E E7 Asus2
With Louis Collins at her head, Stackalee at her feet
E B E
The angels laid them away
E
Out of Delia's bed came briars, out of Louis' bed a rose
E E7 Asus2
Out of Stackalee's came Stackalee's cold lonely little ghost
E B E
The angels laid them away
[Refrain]
E Asus2 E
The angels laid him away
E E7 Asus2
Laid him six feet under the clay
E Asus2
The angels laid him away
E
And I'm looking out on rooftops, and I'm hoping it ain't true
E E7 Asus2
That the same god who looked out for them looks out for me and you
E B E
The angels laid them away
[Refrain]
E B B
The angels laid them away
E B B
Yes the angels laid them away
E(8cts) E(12cts) A(4cts) E(16cts)
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