Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E) Chorus: A G I wanna lie down and listen A G I wanna lie down and listen A G A I gotta lie down and isn't that your black gown? A G So you cry now and you're pacin’ D E Feel your town might need erasin’ A G A You gotta lie down and isn't that your black gown?
Verse 1: D Is it really true A He has passed away? F#m E Neither I or you can really say Bm We were fast asleep A F#m Just the other day C#m D E I'd been dreaming about the bales of house-high hay E We went and climbed that day Verse 2: N.C. G If it ain't fixed, don't break it D E When the pain pricks you can take A F A Kill a werewolf wooden stake it C#m D Bring the sky down while we're waitin’ E D Put a line out or cut bacon C#m Bm Drop a dime now for Satan A Where's your black gown? C#m D If you find our you're mistaken E D Give exactly what you're takin’ C#m Bm When it's time to throw the rake in Break: A G A G A G A G Chorus: A G I wanna lie down and listen A G I wanna lie down and listen A G A I gotta lie down and isn't that your black gown?