Death Bells
Lightnin’ Hopkins- Tuning: Standard - DGCFAD
- Date transcribed:
September 28, 2023 - Reference audio: YouTube
- Video lesson: YouTube
i. Sheet music / tablature
Transcribed by Blahnok
ii. Slow-downer / pitch shifter
iii. Notes
Recorded in Houston, TX during 1948 and released as Gold Star 646
Lyrics
<p id="">Sound like I'm hearing moaning<br>Death bell ringing all in my head<br>Sound like I can hear moaning<br>Death bell ringing all in my head</p><p id="">Yeah, I know that I was gonna<br>Leave on a chariot but I didn't know<br>What kind of chariot gonna<br>Take me away from here</p><p id="">I want you to remember every living people<br>Every living people is bound to die<br>I want you to remember every living people<br>Every living people is bound to die</p><p id="">Yeah, you know when that chariot come at you<br>They'll break running, try to hide</p><p id="">You know my mama told me<br>You know my papa told me too<br>You know my mama told me<br>Oh, papa told me too</p><p id="">He said, "You know one day, son, that chariot<br>Oh Lord, coming after you"</p><p id="">Yeah, you know the life I'm living<br>I've been living it for a many year<br>You know the life I'm living<br>I've been living it for a many year</p><p id="">I know the chariot was coming for me<br>But I didn't know what kind of chariot<br>Gonna take me away from here</p><p id="">Old Death always in a hurry in this land<br>Old Death always in a hurry in this land<br>Well he'll come to your house and he won't stay long<br>You'll look in the bed and your mother will be gone<br>Death always in a hurry in this land</p><p id="">Well he won't give you time to get ready in this land<br>Well he won't give you time to get ready in this land<br>Well he'll come to your house and he won't stay long<br>Well you'll look in the bed and somebody will be gone<br>Death won't give you time to get ready in this land</p>