Chords for John Prine - Please Don't Bury Me - September 78
Tempo:
107.6 bpm
Chords used:
E
A
B
C#
D#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[E] I woke up this [A] morning, I put on my slippers, [E] I walked in the kitchen [B] and died.
[C#]
[E] And oh, what a feeling when [A] my soul went through the ceiling, [E]
[B] and all up into the heaven [E] I did ride.
[A] When I got there, they said, [E] daddy, the heaven was away.
You slept behind the floor and it [B] hit your head.
[E] And all the angels sang, [A] just before you [E] passed away.
He's the man of [B] the day, the last man [E] that you see.
[A]
Please don't bury me [E] down in that cold, cold ground.
No apple would help, it would cut me up, it would pass me [C#] all around.
[E]
Throw my brain in a [A] hurricane, and the black would [E] have my eyes.
[A] And the death would take both of my [B] ears and get over [E] my side.
[A]
[E] [D#] [E]
Get my stomach, give me a [A] walk, if they run [E] out of beer.
Put my socks in a cedar [F#] box to get them [G#m] out of here.
[E] A penis that mad look could have my [A] arms.
I've [E] got your nose, [A] sell my [E] heart.
There's a drunk [B] man a mile [E] up the road.
[A] But please don't bury me [E] down in that cold, cold ground.
No apple would help, it would cut me up, it would pass me [C#] all around.
[E] Throw my brain in a [A] hurricane, and the black would [E] have my eyes.
[A] And the death would [E] take both of my [B] ears and get over [E] my [A] side.
[C#] [B] [E]
[B]
[E] Give my feet to the footless, [A] careless fancy tree.
[D#]
[E] Give my knees to the [F] needy, [F#] don't put that stuff [B] on me.
[E] Hand me down my walking [A] cane, it's a sin to be [E] on the line.
[A] Send my mouth [E] way down south and get my feet [G#] back.
[A] But please don't bury me [E] down in that cold, cold ground.
No apple would help, it would cut me up, it would pass me all [C#] around.
Throw my brain in a hurricane, [A] and the black would have [E] my eyes.
[A] And the death would take [E] both of my [C#] ears and get over [E] my side.
[A] [E]
[N]
Thanks a whole lot, we sure appreciate it.
[G#] [N]
[C#]
[E] And oh, what a feeling when [A] my soul went through the ceiling, [E]
[B] and all up into the heaven [E] I did ride.
[A] When I got there, they said, [E] daddy, the heaven was away.
You slept behind the floor and it [B] hit your head.
[E] And all the angels sang, [A] just before you [E] passed away.
He's the man of [B] the day, the last man [E] that you see.
[A]
Please don't bury me [E] down in that cold, cold ground.
No apple would help, it would cut me up, it would pass me [C#] all around.
[E]
Throw my brain in a [A] hurricane, and the black would [E] have my eyes.
[A] And the death would take both of my [B] ears and get over [E] my side.
[A]
[E] [D#] [E]
Get my stomach, give me a [A] walk, if they run [E] out of beer.
Put my socks in a cedar [F#] box to get them [G#m] out of here.
[E] A penis that mad look could have my [A] arms.
I've [E] got your nose, [A] sell my [E] heart.
There's a drunk [B] man a mile [E] up the road.
[A] But please don't bury me [E] down in that cold, cold ground.
No apple would help, it would cut me up, it would pass me [C#] all around.
[E] Throw my brain in a [A] hurricane, and the black would [E] have my eyes.
[A] And the death would [E] take both of my [B] ears and get over [E] my [A] side.
[C#] [B] [E]
[B]
[E] Give my feet to the footless, [A] careless fancy tree.
[D#]
[E] Give my knees to the [F] needy, [F#] don't put that stuff [B] on me.
[E] Hand me down my walking [A] cane, it's a sin to be [E] on the line.
[A] Send my mouth [E] way down south and get my feet [G#] back.
[A] But please don't bury me [E] down in that cold, cold ground.
No apple would help, it would cut me up, it would pass me all [C#] around.
Throw my brain in a hurricane, [A] and the black would have [E] my eyes.
[A] And the death would take [E] both of my [C#] ears and get over [E] my side.
[A] [E]
[N]
Thanks a whole lot, we sure appreciate it.
[G#] [N]
Key:
E
A
B
C#
D#
E
A
B
_ [E] I woke up this [A] morning, I put on my slippers, [E] I walked in the kitchen [B] and died.
_ [C#]
[E] And oh, what a feeling when [A] my soul went through the ceiling, [E]
[B] and all up into the heaven [E] I did ride.
_ [A] When I got there, they said, [E] daddy, the heaven was away.
You slept behind the floor and it [B] hit your head.
_ [E] And all the angels sang, [A] just before you [E] passed away.
He's the man of [B] the day, the last man [E] that you see.
_ _ [A]
Please don't bury me [E] down in that cold, cold ground.
No apple would help, it would cut me up, it would pass me [C#] all around.
[E]
Throw my brain in a [A] hurricane, and the black would [E] have my eyes.
[A] And the death would take both of my [B] ears and get over [E] my side.
[A] _
_ [E] _ _ [D#] _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ Get my stomach, give me a [A] walk, if they run [E] out of beer.
Put my socks in a cedar [F#] box to get them [G#m] out of here.
[E] A penis that mad look could have my [A] arms.
I've [E] got your nose, [A] sell my [E] heart.
There's a drunk [B] man a mile [E] up the road.
[A] But please don't bury me [E] down in that cold, cold ground.
No apple would help, it would cut me up, it would pass me [C#] all around.
[E] Throw my brain in a [A] hurricane, and the black would [E] have my eyes.
[A] And the death would [E] take both of my [B] ears and get over [E] my [A] side.
_ [C#] _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [B]
[E] Give my feet to the footless, [A] careless fancy tree.
[D#]
[E] Give my knees to the [F] needy, [F#] don't put that stuff [B] on me.
[E] Hand me down my walking [A] cane, it's a sin to be [E] on the line.
[A] Send my mouth [E] way down south and get my feet [G#] back.
[A] But please don't bury me [E] down in that cold, cold ground.
No apple would help, it would cut me up, it would pass me all [C#] around.
Throw my brain in a hurricane, [A] and the black would have [E] my eyes.
[A] And the death would take [E] both of my [C#] ears and get over [E] my side.
_ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _
Thanks a whole lot, we sure appreciate it.
_ [G#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ [C#]
[E] And oh, what a feeling when [A] my soul went through the ceiling, [E]
[B] and all up into the heaven [E] I did ride.
_ [A] When I got there, they said, [E] daddy, the heaven was away.
You slept behind the floor and it [B] hit your head.
_ [E] And all the angels sang, [A] just before you [E] passed away.
He's the man of [B] the day, the last man [E] that you see.
_ _ [A]
Please don't bury me [E] down in that cold, cold ground.
No apple would help, it would cut me up, it would pass me [C#] all around.
[E]
Throw my brain in a [A] hurricane, and the black would [E] have my eyes.
[A] And the death would take both of my [B] ears and get over [E] my side.
[A] _
_ [E] _ _ [D#] _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ Get my stomach, give me a [A] walk, if they run [E] out of beer.
Put my socks in a cedar [F#] box to get them [G#m] out of here.
[E] A penis that mad look could have my [A] arms.
I've [E] got your nose, [A] sell my [E] heart.
There's a drunk [B] man a mile [E] up the road.
[A] But please don't bury me [E] down in that cold, cold ground.
No apple would help, it would cut me up, it would pass me [C#] all around.
[E] Throw my brain in a [A] hurricane, and the black would [E] have my eyes.
[A] And the death would [E] take both of my [B] ears and get over [E] my [A] side.
_ [C#] _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [B]
[E] Give my feet to the footless, [A] careless fancy tree.
[D#]
[E] Give my knees to the [F] needy, [F#] don't put that stuff [B] on me.
[E] Hand me down my walking [A] cane, it's a sin to be [E] on the line.
[A] Send my mouth [E] way down south and get my feet [G#] back.
[A] But please don't bury me [E] down in that cold, cold ground.
No apple would help, it would cut me up, it would pass me all [C#] around.
Throw my brain in a hurricane, [A] and the black would have [E] my eyes.
[A] And the death would take [E] both of my [C#] ears and get over [E] my side.
_ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _
Thanks a whole lot, we sure appreciate it.
_ [G#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
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