Chords for Ray Stevens - "Sittin' Up With The Dead" (Music Video)
Tempo:
93.1 bpm
Chords used:
C
G
D
A
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[C] [Gm]
[C]
[G] Well out in the country we didn't have [C] mortuary's and so it was always [G] customary for the undertaker to do his job [A] and lay your kin out right there at home.
Yeah [G] and the church [Dm] would loan you folding chairs [C] and you'd have visitation and everything right there [G] but when the night time come you'd have to sit up with the [D] dead cause it wasn't right to leave them alone.
[C]
[G] Well the last time I sat up was 65 [C] when my old arthritic uncle Fred [G] died he was 97 so stooped over the [A] mortician couldn't straighten him out.
They [G] used a logging chain to hold him down [C] covered that all up with a cape and a gown [G] and didn't tell nobody in the family cause that's the [D] kind of stuff folks just don't want to know about.
[C]
[G] Well we were all sitting there it was 3 in the morning [C] and [G] then they come up a cloud of thunder lightning and [Bb] storming.
[C] Well [G] that lightning flashed and that thunder clapped and [C] that chain round all up and Fred went [D] snap rattled and fell to the floor with a thump and uncle Fred just sat right up.
[Gm] And I ain't sitting up with the dead no more [C] I don't know about you.
[G] No I ain't sitting up with the dead no more no [D] matter what you say or do.
[G] They say the dead can't hurt you cause they already left but [C] what you left can sure make you hurt yourself.
[G] And I ain't sitting up [Em] with the dead no more [A] since the dead started sitting up too.
[C] Lord have mercy.
[G]
[C] [G] Well when uncle Fred sat up so did everyone [C] there and there came a crash party of the folding chairs and that [Dm] preacher nearly knocked me down.
He said oh [A] I'm heading out that kitchen door [Dm]
I'll grab that kitchen door and [C] he said no worries son it will happen in a [G] minute.
And I ain't never seen so much [A] jumping and shoving before.
[C]
[G] And then somebody stepped on old Cat Steel [C] he let out a scream a screech a wail and to [G] say the least that howl didn't help to calm [A] the situation [D] down.
And [G] then that lightning flashed and that house went black and [C] I spoke to my feet I said boys make [G] tracks and I went through that [D] screen door lickety split for time.
[C]
[G] Well I cut through the cemetery fell in a hole.
[C] [G] It was uncle Fred's grave and it was dark and cold.
[Bb] [C] [G] Yeah the town drunk dug it and he dug it too deep and [C] unbeknownst to me he's still in there asleep.
[D] And I'm scratching and jumping trying to get out of that hole and he [Ab] woke up and said you might as well come over here and sit down beside me boy cause he ain't getting [Eb]
[Dm] no sleep.
But I did.
And [Gm] I ain't sitting up with the dead no [C] more.
I don't know about you.
No [Dm] I ain't sitting up with [G] the dead no more.
[D] No matter what you say or do.
They [G] say the dead can't hurt you cause they already left.
[C] But what they left can sure make you hurt yourself.
[G] And I ain't sitting up with the [Em] dead no more.
Since [D] the dead started sitting up too.
[C] Wasn't no sense in nobody sitting [G] up with uncle Fred anyhow.
Uncle Fred's done [C] been gone sitting up with his own self.
[Gm] Next time I'm just gonna send flowers.
Yeah.
[C]
[G] Well out in the country we didn't have [C] mortuary's and so it was always [G] customary for the undertaker to do his job [A] and lay your kin out right there at home.
Yeah [G] and the church [Dm] would loan you folding chairs [C] and you'd have visitation and everything right there [G] but when the night time come you'd have to sit up with the [D] dead cause it wasn't right to leave them alone.
[C]
[G] Well the last time I sat up was 65 [C] when my old arthritic uncle Fred [G] died he was 97 so stooped over the [A] mortician couldn't straighten him out.
They [G] used a logging chain to hold him down [C] covered that all up with a cape and a gown [G] and didn't tell nobody in the family cause that's the [D] kind of stuff folks just don't want to know about.
[C]
[G] Well we were all sitting there it was 3 in the morning [C] and [G] then they come up a cloud of thunder lightning and [Bb] storming.
[C] Well [G] that lightning flashed and that thunder clapped and [C] that chain round all up and Fred went [D] snap rattled and fell to the floor with a thump and uncle Fred just sat right up.
[Gm] And I ain't sitting up with the dead no more [C] I don't know about you.
[G] No I ain't sitting up with the dead no more no [D] matter what you say or do.
[G] They say the dead can't hurt you cause they already left but [C] what you left can sure make you hurt yourself.
[G] And I ain't sitting up [Em] with the dead no more [A] since the dead started sitting up too.
[C] Lord have mercy.
[G]
[C] [G] Well when uncle Fred sat up so did everyone [C] there and there came a crash party of the folding chairs and that [Dm] preacher nearly knocked me down.
He said oh [A] I'm heading out that kitchen door [Dm]
I'll grab that kitchen door and [C] he said no worries son it will happen in a [G] minute.
And I ain't never seen so much [A] jumping and shoving before.
[C]
[G] And then somebody stepped on old Cat Steel [C] he let out a scream a screech a wail and to [G] say the least that howl didn't help to calm [A] the situation [D] down.
And [G] then that lightning flashed and that house went black and [C] I spoke to my feet I said boys make [G] tracks and I went through that [D] screen door lickety split for time.
[C]
[G] Well I cut through the cemetery fell in a hole.
[C] [G] It was uncle Fred's grave and it was dark and cold.
[Bb] [C] [G] Yeah the town drunk dug it and he dug it too deep and [C] unbeknownst to me he's still in there asleep.
[D] And I'm scratching and jumping trying to get out of that hole and he [Ab] woke up and said you might as well come over here and sit down beside me boy cause he ain't getting [Eb]
[Dm] no sleep.
But I did.
And [Gm] I ain't sitting up with the dead no [C] more.
I don't know about you.
No [Dm] I ain't sitting up with [G] the dead no more.
[D] No matter what you say or do.
They [G] say the dead can't hurt you cause they already left.
[C] But what they left can sure make you hurt yourself.
[G] And I ain't sitting up with the [Em] dead no more.
Since [D] the dead started sitting up too.
[C] Wasn't no sense in nobody sitting [G] up with uncle Fred anyhow.
Uncle Fred's done [C] been gone sitting up with his own self.
[Gm] Next time I'm just gonna send flowers.
Yeah.
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_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[G] _ Well out in the country we didn't have [C] mortuary's and so it was always [G] customary for the undertaker to do his job [A] and lay your kin out right there at home.
Yeah [G] and the church [Dm] would loan you folding chairs [C] and you'd have visitation and everything right there [G] but when the night time come you'd have to sit up with the [D] dead cause it wasn't right to leave them alone.
[C] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ Well the last time I sat up was 65 [C] when my old arthritic uncle Fred [G] died he was 97 so stooped over the [A] mortician couldn't straighten him out.
They [G] used a logging chain to hold him down [C] covered that all up with a cape and a gown [G] and didn't tell nobody in the family cause that's the [D] kind of stuff folks just don't want to know about.
[C] _ _ _ _
[G] _ Well we were all sitting there it was 3 in the morning [C] and [G] then they come up a cloud of thunder lightning and [Bb] storming.
[C] _ Well [G] that lightning flashed and that thunder clapped and [C] that chain round all up and Fred went [D] snap rattled and fell to the floor with a thump and uncle Fred just sat right up.
_ [Gm] And I ain't sitting up with the dead no more [C] I don't know about you.
[G] No I ain't sitting up with the dead no more no [D] matter what you say or do.
[G] They say the dead can't hurt you cause they already left but [C] what you left can sure make you hurt yourself.
[G] And I ain't sitting up [Em] with the dead no more [A] since the dead started sitting up too.
[C] _ Lord have mercy.
[G] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ Well when uncle Fred sat up so did everyone [C] there and there came a crash party of the folding chairs and that [Dm] preacher nearly knocked me down.
He said oh [A] I'm heading out that kitchen door [Dm]
I'll grab that kitchen door and [C] he said no worries son it will happen in a [G] minute.
And I ain't never seen so much [A] jumping and shoving before.
[C] _ _
_ _ [G] _ And then somebody stepped on old Cat Steel [C] he let out a scream a screech a wail and to [G] say the least that howl didn't help to calm [A] the situation [D] down.
And [G] then that lightning flashed and that house went black and [C] I spoke to my feet I said boys make [G] tracks and I went through that [D] screen door lickety split for time.
[C] _ _ _ _
[G] _ Well I cut through the cemetery fell in a hole. _
[C] _ _ [G] It was uncle Fred's grave and it was dark and cold.
[Bb] _ [C] _ [G] Yeah the town drunk dug it and he dug it too deep and [C] unbeknownst to me he's still in there asleep.
[D] And I'm scratching and jumping trying to get out of that hole and he [Ab] woke up and said you might as well come over here and sit down beside me boy cause he ain't getting _ _ [Eb] _ _
[Dm] no sleep.
But I did.
And [Gm] I ain't sitting up with the dead no [C] more.
I don't know about you.
No [Dm] I ain't sitting up with [G] the dead no more.
[D] No matter what you say or do.
They [G] say the dead can't hurt you cause they already left.
[C] But what they left can sure make you hurt yourself.
[G] And I ain't sitting up with the [Em] dead no more.
Since [D] the dead started sitting up too.
[C] Wasn't no sense in nobody sitting [G] up with uncle Fred anyhow.
Uncle Fred's done [C] been gone sitting up with his own self. _
[Gm] _ Next time I'm just gonna send flowers.
Yeah.
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[G] _ Well out in the country we didn't have [C] mortuary's and so it was always [G] customary for the undertaker to do his job [A] and lay your kin out right there at home.
Yeah [G] and the church [Dm] would loan you folding chairs [C] and you'd have visitation and everything right there [G] but when the night time come you'd have to sit up with the [D] dead cause it wasn't right to leave them alone.
[C] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ Well the last time I sat up was 65 [C] when my old arthritic uncle Fred [G] died he was 97 so stooped over the [A] mortician couldn't straighten him out.
They [G] used a logging chain to hold him down [C] covered that all up with a cape and a gown [G] and didn't tell nobody in the family cause that's the [D] kind of stuff folks just don't want to know about.
[C] _ _ _ _
[G] _ Well we were all sitting there it was 3 in the morning [C] and [G] then they come up a cloud of thunder lightning and [Bb] storming.
[C] _ Well [G] that lightning flashed and that thunder clapped and [C] that chain round all up and Fred went [D] snap rattled and fell to the floor with a thump and uncle Fred just sat right up.
_ [Gm] And I ain't sitting up with the dead no more [C] I don't know about you.
[G] No I ain't sitting up with the dead no more no [D] matter what you say or do.
[G] They say the dead can't hurt you cause they already left but [C] what you left can sure make you hurt yourself.
[G] And I ain't sitting up [Em] with the dead no more [A] since the dead started sitting up too.
[C] _ Lord have mercy.
[G] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ Well when uncle Fred sat up so did everyone [C] there and there came a crash party of the folding chairs and that [Dm] preacher nearly knocked me down.
He said oh [A] I'm heading out that kitchen door [Dm]
I'll grab that kitchen door and [C] he said no worries son it will happen in a [G] minute.
And I ain't never seen so much [A] jumping and shoving before.
[C] _ _
_ _ [G] _ And then somebody stepped on old Cat Steel [C] he let out a scream a screech a wail and to [G] say the least that howl didn't help to calm [A] the situation [D] down.
And [G] then that lightning flashed and that house went black and [C] I spoke to my feet I said boys make [G] tracks and I went through that [D] screen door lickety split for time.
[C] _ _ _ _
[G] _ Well I cut through the cemetery fell in a hole. _
[C] _ _ [G] It was uncle Fred's grave and it was dark and cold.
[Bb] _ [C] _ [G] Yeah the town drunk dug it and he dug it too deep and [C] unbeknownst to me he's still in there asleep.
[D] And I'm scratching and jumping trying to get out of that hole and he [Ab] woke up and said you might as well come over here and sit down beside me boy cause he ain't getting _ _ [Eb] _ _
[Dm] no sleep.
But I did.
And [Gm] I ain't sitting up with the dead no [C] more.
I don't know about you.
No [Dm] I ain't sitting up with [G] the dead no more.
[D] No matter what you say or do.
They [G] say the dead can't hurt you cause they already left.
[C] But what they left can sure make you hurt yourself.
[G] And I ain't sitting up with the [Em] dead no more.
Since [D] the dead started sitting up too.
[C] Wasn't no sense in nobody sitting [G] up with uncle Fred anyhow.
Uncle Fred's done [C] been gone sitting up with his own self. _
[Gm] _ Next time I'm just gonna send flowers.
Yeah.
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