Gravedigger chords by Willie Nelson

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: A minorAm

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
A minorAm   DmDm

Verse 1:
       A minorAm    G+G
Cyrus Jones, 1810 to 1913
     FF
Made his great grandchildren believe
          A minorAm
He could live to a hundred and three
                         G+G
A augmentedA hundred and three is forever when you're just a little kid
 FF    G+G       A minorAm
So, Cyrus Jones lived forever

Chorus:
A minorAm
Gravedigger
        G+G
When you dig my grave
         E MajorE
Could you make it shallow
  G+G       F# minorF#m
So I can feel the rain
   A minorAm
Gravedigger

Verse 2:
A minorAm             G+G
Muriel Stonewall, 1903 to 1954
     FF                A minorAm
She lost both of her babies in the second great war
A minorAm
Now you should never have to watch
           G+G
Your only children are lowered in the ground
  FF          G+G        A minorAm
You should never have to bury your own babies

Chorus:
A minorAm
Gravedigger
        G+G
When you dig my grave
         E MajorE
Could you make it shallow
 C majorC      G+G  F# minorF#m
So, that I can feel the rain
   A minorAm
Gravedigger

Bridge:
DmDm       FF   C majorC G+G
Ring around the rosey
DmDm       FF   G+G
Pocket full of posey
DmDm    FF   C majorC G+G DmDm FF
Ashes to ashes
  C majorC    G+G
We all fall down

Chorus:
   A minorAm
Gravedigger
        C majorC
When you dig my grave
          E MajorE
Could you make it shallow
    G+G     F# minorF#m
So that I can feel the rain
   A minorAm    C majorC
Gravedigger

Verse 3:
A minorAm             G+G
 Little Mikey Carson, '67 to '75
 FF                     A minorAm
He rode his bike like the devil until the day he died
             C majorC       G+G
When he grows up he wants to be Mr. Vertigo on the flying trapeze
 FF     A minorAm
Oh, 1940 to 1992

Chorus:
   A minorAm
Gravedigger
       G+G
When you dig my grave
         E MajorE
Could you make it shallow
    A minorAm   G+G
So that I can feel the rain

Chorus:
A minorAm
Gravedigger
        G+G
When you dig my grave
         E MajorE
Could you make it shallow
    A minorAm    G+G  F# minorF#m
So that I can feel the rain
           A minorAm
I can Feel the rain

End:
   A minorAm
Gravedigger
        G+G
When you dig my grave
         E MajorE
Could you make it shallow
    C majorC   F# minorF#m
So that I can feel the rain
A minorAm     G+G FF A minorAm G+G FF
Gravedigger
A minorAm     G+G FF E MajorE G+G G/DG/D
Gravedigger