Gillian Welch and David Rawlings The Way It Will Be

[turdwithau]

I'm sitting at my desk... wondering what went wrong. My friends, my family, they were all I knew. I made the decision. I made a choice. Now my life is all that is left. Don't fear. It'll pass, just as this. That is just the way it will be. Rest easy old friend, we had the time of our lives. I'll always remember. This is the way it will be, got me walking backwards. You threw me a rope. It was him or me. That's the way it will be. You were my best friend, and I killed you. Rest easy.

[Tevwood]

OMG wonderful!

[LittleJimmySouthern]

What chocolate sounds like.

[7333cm]

A beautiful song! 

[crow2able]

There can be no other for beauty, pure musical beauty. OMG I love these towo artists. Harrow and the Harvest has me spellbound!

[minniemile2]

I am not worthy.

[Zebedoodah]

@minniemile2 hahaha I herd that and I meant herd.

[moth2music]

thank you ever so much for posting this.

[giupezio]

it seems on the beach of neil young

[daimonionen]

I can hardly even tell their voices apart in the beginning. Talk about a perfect musical match! I love their vocal harmonies!

[JGF6237]

Need to add another box above. Love with a big heart. Like, and thumbs up falls short for these two artist !!!

[Malibuheaven1]

Beautiful.

[MrGd63]

Neil Young, Stephen Stills and all the rest of that kind of beautiful sounds . brilliant.

[airllusion]

Heard this on some peace lovin station as I travel the nation in my big truck. It made me cry then and I had NO IDEA there were TWO singers! AMAZING. Breathtaking and so painful and soothing... like love...

[Recovrd1]

This is so beautiful that it is painful.

[sverr0r]

Just found out about these two. Rarely you see two artists so finely in tune. Two minds, one expression.

[broadpath]

Heroin and Honey - I love these two and their long slow deep art.

[highestshelf]

Very excited about the new album. Some things are simply worth waiting for, and I can just imagine the way it will be.

[jmhtalley]

This song is finally on a proper Gillian Welch record! The song title is now "The Way It Will Be", Track 3 on _The Harrow And The Harvest_. More info on NPR as of last night...

[Lukelegs]

This sounds so much like 'On The Beach'. Beautiful.

[bryantjudoman]

Just listen to that harmony. IT,S PERFECT!

[Mouldytone]

Sublime. Thanks for the clip.

[kj6jzk]

This video became the centerpiece of a Forget Zen collaboration 18 February 2011. Many thanks to all involved!

[jdjdholland]

Wow!

[birdmanz08]

i'v never seen two musicians come together so beautifully, so perfectly! thank you for this mr. dave and miss gillian!

[maxwelledison99]

Just a note on the song, correcting earlier ones:

The song is, at this point, untitled. It was supered as "The Way It Will Be" on a BBC broadcast, but as Rawlings said last year in interview, "there’s an older song called—well, I don’t know what it’s going to be called, honestly—some people call it “Throw Me a Rope,” some people call it “The Way It Will Be,” that we’ve played live for a long time and will be on the record."

[therealdmt]

Excellent! A little less folk/bluegrassy than a lot of their stuff (which I LOVE, but this makes a nice, smoother contrast)

[ufohead1]

@therealdmt yep. ! Good observation. Its just as good too. Which is saying a LOT.

[wmscottsimpsonjr]

Does this remind anyone else of Neil Young's "On the Beach?"

[LexHills1]

For some reason, I can't save this to my favourites, it's driving me nutz. All other YT clips save fine, anyone have any ideas how i can fix this, or why it's (not) happening?

[goodie2shoes]

This song has the power to reduce me to tears every single time. Gillian and Dave become one. Perfect harmonies, lyrics and guitarwork.

it reminds me of the the best work by John & Paul and probably the Everly Brothers.

[Schillingya]

Throw us a gig right here!

[DanCameron1]

This really is such a great song. Lovely harmonizing and the melody is so intimate.

[abfordyce]

This song is called "Throw me a rope"

[thewallpost]

I love this song and commented on what genre

it falls into. There is just something about it that strikes me as different than their other music. The dirge-like progression and bluesy

sounds and vocals are really striking.

[madelineb03]

Amazing song...unreal vocals...what a peach of a pair!

[timothydowdall]

I just Love 'em

[ntp608]

I love everything they do !!!

[JeffFromTheXNY]

@ ntp608 this is a change of pace for me but such a good tune. i really enjoyed watch and hearing this video. thanks for sharing.

[ebennett7]

Amazing. One of their best. But they're SO great! Hard to have a favorite.

[jacobcounty]

seems like one voice! Amazing!

[rkhadad]

This is one of the most beautiful songs I have ever heard in my entire life. No joke.

[loveandonions]

perfect

[MSharnelle]

FINALLY... i have been looking for this song sporadically since i saw this concert. These two are brilliant.

[samansun]

Extraordinary.

[vichy766]

They are artists who need to release an album so00000000ooooonnn!!!!! beautiful the way the two voices blend, stunning!!!!

[lucasboden]

Nov 17th!

[jimmy2sticks]

One of a handful of songs that truly transports me every time I hear it (the first was from about 20 feet away at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass in San Francisco in 2006).

Thx to those who posted chords--I'd be interested in seeing if a few spots could be tabbed out a bit more. Is the chord after the Cm7 an A minor? And is the Am with the B in the root right? It sounds strange to my ear when I play it.

Cheers

[Cculta]

Absolute beauty

[septip123]

if anyone cares. These chords sound right to me:

capo on the 3rd fret, and form these chords:

verse: em am

"...you might need a friend: cmaj7, (an unknown chord) E, eminor,

"...oh my brother be careful: Am to em

chorus: G C

"...what did you want me...": Am, Am (with b in root), C

[smlorrin]

Gillian and David harmonize so beautifully. Amazing sound!

[corsini1]

breathtaking... does anyone know if this has been recorded yet?

[milfrie]

it has not. the haven't released an album in at least 3 or 4 years.

[fireglo3]

i have to quit playing along to just listen

[PotatoOfRa]

trying to figure it out, i think its:

Gm Cm

Gm

D#(bassBb) gotta Dm back ... G around

Cm got me... Gm town

Bb throw me a D# rope

Bb from the... D# tide

Cm what.. (353313) want.. D# be...

Cm you.. (353313) or D# me...

Cm the... D# thats ... Bb be... F D#

[septip123]

try it with the capo on the 3rd fret, and form these chords:

verse: em am

"...you might need a friend: cmaj7, (an unknown chord) E, eminor,

"...oh my brother be careful: Am to em

chorus: G C

"...what did you want me...": Am, Am (with b in root), C

[rugshort]

Mandolin chords(bit like yours)

Gm Cm

Eb/Bb Dm G Cm Gm

Bb Eb for first 2 lines of the chorus, followed by Cm Eb/D Eb (x 2)

Cm Eb Bb F Eb

Cm The way you made it, Eb that's the way it will Bb be F Eb

Cm The way you Eb/D made it, Eb that's the way it will be Gm Cm

[milidarko]

I've meant chords.

[milidarko]

Can Somebody post shords,please. Thanks.

[rugshort]

Em I lost you awhile ago Am But still I don't know why Em I can't say your name Am Without a crow flying Em by C Gotta watch my Bm back now That you turned me aEround Am Got me walking backwards Into my homeEmtown G Throw me a C rope On the G rolling C tide Am What did you C/B want it to C be?Am You said it's C/B him or C me The Am way you made it C That's the way it will G be D C

[valdepal]

these two are just so stunning

to me they have been a rope, just in time, just like this song, soothing the deepest of the darkest stuff I have ever been thrown

they are the most amazing hardworking artists i have ever encountered,

working to get it all, right down to the bone and the truth and the heart of it

i am curious, if anyone knows this show, what was the townes song they did next ?

thanks for posting this

[milfrie]

so great live. I saw them play this song in GA over a year ago. It was a very small venue==email invite only from people that attended previous shows.

[ceroeck]

some say these two used to date....

[Edenswomb]

Wow...this song is amazing. Do they have chemistry or what!?

[33mrk]

I, too, echo the thanks of posters to kdecody for posting the full ACL version of this song.

A few things about it. First, the title of the song is "Throw me a Rope" (in fact, Welch sings "that's the way it will be" and the rhyme scheme bears that out as well), despite how ACL labeled the unreleased song at the time it aired.

Rumor has it that "Throw me a Rope" may be released on a record in 2009.

What a gorgeous, painful song. Cheers, everyone.

[Rag2d2]

It is called "The way it will be".

[Immigrant312]

@33mrk they just released this again on the new cd as "the way it will be "

[BeatPete]

@33mrk the title is  The Way It Will Be

[markson8]

This tune reduces me to tears--achingly beautiful. Thanks for posting!

[xynaxis]

tell me why these 2 are not as famous as radiohead ???

[chocolatepiggy41]

I am soooo glad to have found this - thanks for putting it up. It's a beautiful song which I can't stop playing, and up until today I'd only found the incomplete version that was on Youtube.A shame it hasn't been recorded...

[bryantjudoman]

gillian welch, ben harper, jack johnson and john mayer are restoring my faith in music,yes give me the beat lord and free my soul.

[PforPanchetta]

Wow. Thanks for posting this song. It's one of my favorites from them and it's not even released yet, hee hee. I saw them do it 2 years in a row at the SF Bluegrass Fest. The first time just simply stunned me, it was soooooo freakin' gorgeous.

At the end of the song, she mentions doing a Townes Van Zandt song. Would you happen to also have that clip and can you post it?

Thanks a bunch and Cheers!

[jimmy2sticks]

Pfor-- I was also at the HSB show in SF (in 06) when they played this. Like you, I was simply transported. There's something quite "otherwordly" and haunting about this track--both the music and the lyrics.

And for the record, I'm pretty sure that the TvZ song she is alluding to at the end is "White Freightliner Blues"--also just a fantstic track by them. It's on the "Revelator Collection" album/DVD.

Peace

[PforPanchetta]

Hi jimmy2sticks, and thanks for response. Just curious what's going on with the SF Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Fest this year (2008). When I didn't see Gillian and Dave on the roster this year, I was as bummed as could be. It's usually one of the highlights of my year, hee hee.

Anyone with insight into why Gillian is not doing this gig this year, please enlighten us all.

Thanks

[shitfer]

Pfor,

I have been to all the HSB & have been lucky to get a cd (including this song) & dvd of various years courtesy of a friend that is involved in putting it together. I asked the same ? Gillian & Dave are in the studio was her reply. Quite the catch 22. It would have been another amazing year had they been able to perform, but we might get another album soon.

[PforPanchetta]

Hi shifter,

Thanks for the HSB info! Funny, I was also speculating that they were in studio: "Working on that album that I've been waiting the last 5 years for..." is what I'd been jokingly telling people. But then I'd always follow up saying, "Well, they could do just this one gig, can't they?" Anyway, bummer about this year's HSB, but Hooray! for the new album! It should be awesome.

Thanks Again & Cheers!

ps. Emmylou was fantastic at HSB (of course)! So was Bonnie Prince Billy.

[spajo]

You are my favorite drug.

[hj351]

wow, the way the two voices blend, thanks for this posting, i love gillian welch and david rawlins

[BillieJean17]

I could kiss you for being the person to finally post this entire song. It's my favorite. Hope it makes it on the next album.

[FlamencoConrad]

This song is so damned sad and and conflicted, but I can't help but like it!

[sneezy1984]

beautiful recording, thank you! where/when is this from??

[kdecody]

I mean a 2003 ACL