Throw Me In The Lake chords by Jen Miller

• Capo on 4th
• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Intro:

Am
When I die
                      C
Don’t put me in the ground
          Am                      C
I don’t want the soil to hold me down
          Am                         C
Bring me back to where I learned to swim
        Am                 C
When I was just a little child

Bridge:
        Fm7       Am         G
And I know it is morbid to say

Chorus:
                      Fm7
Just throw me in the lake
Am                         G
Because I want to see the mountains
  G              Fm7
Throw me in the lake
     Am       G
Where I can swim

Verse:
      Am                           C
Our dog, Benny, his ashes run the shore
        Am                   C
And the trees grew with the family
    Am                     C
Windy roads I could drive sleeping
   Am                          C
Lead us to the place we loved the most

Bridge:
    Fm7           Am        G
And I know it is morbid to say

Chorus:
                     Fm7
Just throw me in the lake
          Am                  G
Because I want to see the mountains
                     Fm7
Just throw me in the lake
    Am       G
Where I can swim

Chorus:
           Fm7                      Am
Some people want a funeral in a tiny church
     G
Some people want to be a tree holding onto earth
                  Fm7          Am
Some people want Jameson, forgiveness, and a wake
   G
But I just want you to take me back to Rutherford county and

Outro:
        Fm7
Throw me in the lake
         Am            G
Where I can see the mountains
      Fm7
Just throw me in the lake
  Am         G
Where I can swim