For Matt Davis chords by Murder By Death

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: A minorAm

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
(muted)
A minorAm

Verse:
     A minorAm
Oh let me lay
        DmDm
     Down beside
    G+G         A minorAm
My dear friend who's gone away
A minorAm              DmDm
Cover me o-ver with dirt and sod
    E7E7         A minorAm
Let me hasten my departure day

Verse:
A minorAm   DmDm       A minorAm
For how long? For that day?
       DmDm       E7E7
When we'll be dancing on the storm clouds
     A minorAm       DmDm
Shake the rain from the sky
     A minorAm G+G Fm7Fm7
Onto our graaaaaves
       E MajorE        A minorAm
We'll all be waiting for that day

Verse:
A minorAm                DmDm
Well Will Whitmore mixed up some shine
       E MajorE       DmDm
Filled up the jug and met us walking
     A minorAm
Down the line

Pre-Chorus:
  DmDm    A minorAm
The line, the line
     DmDm        A minorAm
He met us walking down the line
  DmDm         E MajorE
To join our friend in heaven
     A minorAm
Down the line

Pre-Chorus:
  DmDm    A minorAm
The line, the line
     DmDm        A minorAm
He met us walking down the line
  DmDm         E MajorE
To join our friend in heaven
     A minorAm
Down the line

A minorAm

Chorus:
A minorAm    DmDm      E MajorE
And every chain gang in heaven
   A minorAm       C majorC
They lifted up their arms
      DmDm        A minorAm
And made an aisle for him to walk
      E MajorE
Between the rows
     DmDm           E MajorE
And each plant bowed down toward him
   A minorAm      C majorC
As he passed, as he passed
        DmDm      A minorAm
They kept their necks in reverence
    E MajorE
For the preacher’s son

Interlude:
A minorAm DmDm E MajorE A minorAm
Am DmDm E MajorE FF A minorAm

Chorus:
A minorAm    DmDm      E MajorE
And every chain gang in heaven
   A minorAm       C majorC
They lifted up their arms
      DmDm        A minorAm
And made an aisle for him to walk
      E MajorE
Between the rows
     DmDm           E MajorE
And each plant bowed down toward him
   A minorAm      C majorC
As he passed, as he passed
        DmDm      A minorAm
They kept their necks in reverence
    E MajorE
For the preacher’s son

Outro:
A minorAm DmDm E MajorE A minorAm
Am DmDm E MajorE