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In The Pines

Billy Bragg

RockMedium for beginners5 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

G
F
C×
Em
D××

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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Capo on 3rd fret
              
 
Intro: G G G G 
 
verse 1 
       G            G 
Little girl, little girl 
          F      C 
Don't you lie to me 
G             Em          D 
where did you sleep, last night 
 
 
       G             G 
In the pines, in the pines 
          F         C 
Where the sun never shines 
    G               D         G 
You shiver when the cold wind blows 
 
 
    G       G       F    C 
The longest train I ever saw 
     G         Em      D 
Went down that Georgia line 
    G      G         F     C 
The engine passed at six o'clock 
    G        D     G 
the cab went by at nine 
 
 
       G             G 
In the pines, in the pines 
          F         C 
Where the sun never shines 
    G               D         G 
You shiver when the cold wind blows 
 
Bridge: 
G G F C G D G 
oh-oh... 
 
 
 
       G            G          F      C 
Little girl, little girl, what have I done 
   G        Em       D 
To make you treat me so 
         G            G         F            C 
You have caused me to weep, you caused me to moan 
    G           D        G 
You cause me to leave my home 
 
 
       G             G 
In the pines, in the pines 
          F         C 
Where the sun never shines 
    G               D         G 
You shiver when the cold wind blows 
 
Bridge:
G G F C G D G 
oh-oh... 
 
 
    G       G       F    C 
The longest train I ever saw 
    G        Em      D 
Was nineteen coaches long 
        G    G         F      C 
And the only girl that ever I loved 
   G       D         G 
Is on that train and gone 
          
 

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Chord set

G · F · C · Em · D

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.