Chords for Mike Cross - Little Ditches

[Gbm] _ _ [C] My papa _ _ _ was a tombstone grinder _ _
_ _ [F] My mama drove the hearse [G] through the town _
_ _ _ [C] My sister [A] used [E] to spread around [A] the flowers _
_ _ [E] _ [D] While my brother helped to let the bodies [G] _ down
_ _ _ _ [C] Most families _ _ like to groove on livin' _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] But ours was just the other [Ab] way _ _ [G] around
_ _ [A] Cause we [Em] _
earned our riches [D] puttin' folks in little _ _ ditches
[G] _ _
Six feet [Bm] under [C] the [G] ground
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
Now _ _ _ _ _ [Em] daddy looked [C] just like an old church deacon
_ _ But [E] _ _ [F] _
underneath he really [G] was a clown
_ _ _ He'd [B] say [A] folks are [E] just [B] dying for [A] our service
_ _ _ _ [Em] God [D] knows we'll be the last to let them [G] _ down
_ _ _ Yes [C] we're in a grave and gruesome business
_ _ _ But [F] you can't just leave dead bodies [Ab] layin' _ around
[G] _ _ So [A] we, [Em] we earned our riches [D] puttin' folks in little _ ditches
[G] _ _ [D] Six [G] feet under [C] the ground
Ah, little ragtime [F] guitar
_ _ _ [Ab] _ Picket, son
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Mama loved to hear that organ _ playin'
_ _ _ And [F] she cried just like she meant it [G] every _ time _ _ _ _
[C] And she [Bm] always seemed [E] to pick the [A] perfect moment _ _ _ _ _
[D] Pass that white silk hanky down [G] the pass it down the line
And you know [C] she found some good in almost every body _ _ _ _ _
[F] Whether they were hell or [Ab] heaven _ bound
[G] _ _ _
And we, [Em] we earned our riches [D] puttin' folks in _ little _
[G] _ ditches
Six feet under [C] the ground
Yes [E] we _ did
[D] _ _ Six [G] feet under [C] the ground
Can [A] you dig _ [D] it?
_ Six [G] feet under [C] the ground
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