Cypress Grove Chords by Chris Thomas King

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_ [Dm] I would rather be buried in some cypress grove
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_ [Dm] I would rather be buried in some cypress grove
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_ [A] Than to have some woman, [G] Lord, that I [Dm] can't control
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_ And I'm going away now, I'm going away to stay
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_ [Dm] Well, I'm going away now, I'm going away to stay
_ [D] It'll _ _ _ [E] be alright, pretty mama, [G] you might need my [Dm] help someday
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_ [Dm] Now, the sun going down in you, know what you promised [D] me
Well, _ _
_ [Dm] the sun going down in you, know what you promised me
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_ [A] And what's the matter, [G] honey, [Dm] I can't see
Well, _ [D] _
_ [Dm] the whole people told me, baby, but I never did [D] know _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] Well, the whole people told me, baby, but I never did know
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_ _ [E] Good books say you got [G] to read just [Dm] what you saw
[Bb] When [D] _ _
_ [Dm] your knee bone gonna aching and your body's getting cold
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_ [Dm] When your knee bone gonna aching and your body's getting cold
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_ [A] Well, you're just getting ready, [G] honey, for the [Dm] cypress grove
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_ The church bells are ringing and the purse come driving slow
[D] The _ _
_ [Dm] _ church bells are ringing and the purse come driving slow
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_ _ [E] Somebody gone over [D] yonder, never coming [Dm] back no more
[Bb] I _ [D] _
_ [Dm] would rather be dead and six feet in the clay
[D] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] I would rather be dead and six feet in the clay
_ [D] Than _ _ _ to [A] stay here with you [G] _
and be [Dm] treated this way
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_ [Dm] I would drink muddy water and sleep in a hide-a-long
[D] I _ _
_ [Dm] would drink muddy water and sleep in a hide-a-long
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_ [A] Than to stay here and be treated [D] _ _
like a manger [Dm] dog
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_ [Dm] I would rather be buried in some cypress [D] grove _ _ _ _
[Dm] I would rather be buried in some cypress grove
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[D] Than have a [A] country woman, _ [G] love that I [Dm] can't control _ _ _ _ _
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