Bones chords by Libby Roderick

• Difficulty: Intermediate

Key: Bb

♫ Intro:

N.C.
I come from a long line of dead people
N.C.
I come from a tall pile of bones
N.C.
My people lie sleeping all under the world
N.C.                                  Bb
Their souls turn to roots, leaves and    stones.


♫ Chorus:
  Bb          Bb7        Eb     Bb
I come from a long line of dead people
  Bb                     F
I come from a tall pile of bones
   Bb         Bb7        Eb          Bb
My people lie sleeping all under the world
      Bb            F                 Bb
Their souls turn to roots, leaves and    stones.

♫ Verse 1:
   Bb              Bb7           Eb     Bb
My grandpa went by whiskey in an L.A. hotel
  Bb               F
His dad died of Ohio coal
    Bb                Bb7                     Eb        Bb
And before him, and before that, they slipped under the ground
      Bb          F          Bb
Fewer bones walk above than below.


♫ Instrumental:
Bb  Bb7  Eb  Bb
Bb  F    Bb


♫ Verse 2:
         Bb            Bb7      Eb           Bb
My great grandmother’s eyes stare out from my face
           Bb                     F
Her skinny bones dance around in my clothes
        Bb              Bb7            Eb           Bb
You can almost hear the whisper of her sweet southern song
     Bb                 F            Bb
In this voice I’ve been   calling my own.


♫ Bridge:
  Bb
A toast to the living, watch us walk down the aisle
         Bb                                 F      Bb
So these bones can be married to the flesh    for awhile.
  Bb
A song, a song for the living, though the flesh worries when
      Bb                              F     Bb
These bones will be leaving to join family again.


♫ Chorus:
  Bb          Bb7        Eb     Bb
I come from a long line of dead people
  Bb                     F
I come from a tall pile of bones
   Bb         Bb7        Eb          Bb
My people lie sleeping all under the world
      Bb            F                 Bb
Their souls turn to roots, leaves and    stones.


♫ Outro:
  Bb     Bb7    Eb  Bb
Mmhmm  mmhmm  mmhmmmmm
  Bb     F      Bb
Mmhmm  mmhmm  mmhmm