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Gravedigger Chords by Dave Matthews Band

Gravedigger chords by Dave Matthews Band

Guitar chords with lyrics

Key: 'Am'

First part:

Am               Am2
Cyrus Jones, 1810 to 1913
F                                         Am
Made his, great grandchildren believe you could live to a hundred & three
  Am                             Am2
Well, a hundred & three is forever when you're just a little kid
F                     Am
So
Cyrus Jones lived forever


Chorus:

Am
Gravedigger
              Am2
When you dig my grave
                  E
Could you make it shallow
        Am    Am2      D/G
So that I can feel the rain
     Am
Gravedigger

Part 2:

Am                Am2
Muriel Stonewall, 1903 to 1954
 F                                          Am
Lost both of her babies, in the second great war
               Am                                      Am2
Now you should never have to watch as your only children are lowered in thed
   F                                 Am
You should, never have to bury your own babies

Chorus:

Am
Gravedigger
              Am2
When you dig my grave
                  E
Could you make it shallow
        Am    Am2      D/G
So that I can feel the rain
     Am
Gravedigger

Part 3:

Dm             F        C    G    A#
Ring around the rosie
Dm            F         C    G    A#
Pocket full of posey
Dm       F       C     G    A#
Ashes to ashes
Dm     F      C           G
              We all fall down

Chorus:

Am
Gravedigger
              Am2
When you dig my grave
                  E
Could you make it shallow
        Am    Am2      D/G
So that I can feel the rain
     Am
Gravedigger

Part 4:

Am                  Am2
Little Mikey Carson, 67 to 75
         F                              Am
Rode his, bike like the devil until the day he died
             Am                                  Am2
When he grows up he wants to be Mr. Vertigo on the flying trapeze, oh, well
F        Am
1940 to 1990---2!

Chorus:

Am
Gravedigger
              Am2
When you dig my grave
                  E
Could you make it shallow
        Am    Am2      D/G
So that I can feel the rain
     Am
Gravedigger

Am                           Am2
Gravedigger, when you dig my grave
                  E
Could you make it shallow
       Am              Am2        D/G
So that I can feel the rain
I can feel the rain, oh
Am                         Am2
Gravedigger, when you dig my grave
                  E
Could you make it shallow
        Am   Am2    D/G
So that I can feel the rain
Am         Am2  F  E
Gravegigger

Final: Am  Am2  F  E

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