Away Out On The Old Saint Sabbath chords by The Carter Family

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
A     E A

Verse 1:
A                                             D       A
Away out on the old Saint Sabbath lay down to take my rest,
                                 E             A
my knapsack for my pillow and my gun across my chest.


Chorus:
             E                           A
Please don’t bury me on the lonesome prairie,
             E                       A
Please don’t bury me on the lone prairie!
                                     D
You can bury me in the east, you can bury me in the west,
             E                   A
please don’t bury me on the lone prairie!

Interlude:
 A  D  A  A  E  A


Verse 2:
                                       D         A
My father he lies sleeping beneath the deep blue sea,
           D        A               E                 A
I have no father no mother, there's none but Nell and me.


Chorus:
             E                           A
Please don’t bury me on the lonesome prairie,
             E                       A
Please don’t bury me on the lone prairie!
                                     D
You can bury me in the east, you can bury me in the west,
             E                   A
please don’t bury me on the lone prairie!

Interlude:
A     E  A


Verse 3:
                                        D           A
My mother she lies sleeping beneath the church yard sod,
                                       E                  A
her body lies there mouldering and her spirit has gone to God.



Chorus:
             E                           A
Please don’t bury me on the lonesome prairie,
             E                       A
Please don’t bury me on the lone prairie!
                                     D
You can bury me in the east, you can bury me in the west,
             E                   A
please don’t bury me on the lone prairie!

Outro:
A  D  A  A  E  A