Difficulty
Beginner πΆ
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Key: Eb
Tuning: 1/2 step down
π€ Intro:
N.C. E5 N.C. E5
π€ Chorus:
E5
Bodies, please don't cry
E5
Bodies, don't die
E5
Bodies, please don't cry
E5
Bodies
π€ Verse 1:
E5
I been taking all the silver
E5
I been saving all the gold
E5
I'm gonna stuff it down the throat of a weak, old corpse
E5
Save that doggone soul
E5
I been saving up my pain
E5
I'm gonna give it back in spades
E5
I been strangling the cries from the murder of love
E5
Save your soul tonight
π€ Chorus:
E5
Bodies, please don't cry
E5
Bodies, don't die
Β§E5
Bodies, please don't cry
E5
Bodies
E5
(I'm gonna save!)
Guitar π€ Solo:
E5
π€ Verse 2:
E5
I been raising up the dead
E5
Gonna send them to the house of Cain
E5
I been praying in the light of the waning moon
E5
Slay your doggone soul
E5
I've been taken out of Heaven
E5
I been put upon this world
E5
I been walking up and down, to and fro
E5
Save your doggone soul
π€ Chorus:
E5
Bodies, please don't cry
E5
Bodies, don't die
E5
Bodies, please don't cry
E5
Bodies
π€ Post-Chorus:
E5
I got bodies on the left
E5
I got bodies on the right
E5
I got bodies up and down, all across town
E5
Save your soul tonight
E5
Bodies, please don't cry
E5
Bodies
π€ Outro:
E5
Come on, take it home
E5
Come on, take 'em back
E5
Come on, take 'em back home
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Song History
Published: November 10, 2022
Last Updated: September 10, 2025