Chords for Ralph Stanley: "O'Death" - Live

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Ralph Stanley: "O'Death" - Live chords
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Well, I've been in the business for 62 years and I sang in it when I was a little boy.
So I'd say I've been a singer now 75 years.
That's pretty good for an old man like me.
81 years old and I'm proud of every day of it and every gray hair I've got.
[F#] I'd like to do you a [A] acapella song [F#] now that I had the privilege of recording on the soundtrack of Old Brother
for our [G#] town.
[F]
[N] Oh, dear
Oh, oh, oh, dear
Won't you spare me over till another year
Well, what is this that I can't see
With ice cold hands taking hold of me
Well, I am dead, none can excel
I'll open the door to heaven or hell
Oh, dear, someone would pray
Could you wait to call me another day
The children prayed, the preacher preached
Time and mercy around your wreath
I'll fix your feet till you can't walk
I'll lock your jaws till you can't talk
I'll close till you can't see
This very hour, come and go with me
Death, I come to take the soul
Leave the body and leave it cold
To drop the flesh right off the frame
The earth and worm both have a claim
Oh, oh, oh, dear
Won't you spare me over till another year
Won't you spare me over till another year
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134211111
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134211112
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134211114
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Well, I've been in the business for 62 years and I sang in it when I was a little boy.
So I'd say I've been a singer now 75 years.
That's pretty good for an old man like me.
_ _ _ 81 years old and I'm proud of every day of it and every gray hair I've got. _
_ [F#] _ _ I'd like to do you a [A] acapella song [F#] now that I had the privilege of recording on the soundtrack of Old Brother
for our [G#] town.
[F] _
_ _ _ [N] _ _ Oh, dear
_ Oh, _ oh, oh, dear
_ Won't you spare me over till another year
Well, what is this that I can't see
With ice cold hands taking hold of me
_ Well, I am dead, none can excel
I'll open the door to heaven or hell
_ _ Oh, dear, someone would pray
Could you wait to call me another day
The children prayed, the preacher preached
Time and mercy around your wreath
_ I'll fix your feet till you can't walk
I'll lock your jaws till you can't talk
_ I'll close till you can't see
This very hour, come and go with me
_ _ Death, I come to take the soul
_ _ Leave the body and leave it cold
To drop the flesh right off the frame
The earth and worm both have a claim _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Oh, oh, oh, _ _ dear
_ _ Won't you spare me over till another year
_ Won't you spare me over till another year _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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