Gravedigger chords by Willie Nelson

Guitar chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: A minorAm

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
A minorAm      DmDm


Verse 1:
             A minorAm       G MajorG
Cyrus Jones, 1810 to 1913
         FF
Made his great grandchildren believe
                   A minorAm
He could live to a hundred and three
                                                  G MajorG
A majorA hundred and three is forever when you're just a little kid
  FF        G MajorG              A minorAm
So, Cyrus Jones lived forever


Chorus:
A minorAm
Gravedigger
                G MajorG
When you dig my grave
                  E MajorE
Could you make it shallow
   G MajorG              F# minorF#m
So I can feel the rain
     A minorAm
Gravedigger

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Verse 2:
A minorAm                         G MajorG
Muriel Stonewall, 1903 to 1954
         FF                                A minorAm
She lost both of her babies in the second great war
A minorAm
Now you should never have to watch
                      G MajorG
Your only children are lowered in the ground
    FF                    G MajorG               A minorAm
You should never have to bury your own babies


Chorus:
A minorAm
Gravedigger
                G MajorG
When you dig my grave
                  E MajorE
Could you make it shallow
  C majorC            G MajorG    F# minorF#m
So, that I can feel the rain
     A minorAm
Gravedigger


Bridge:
DmDm              FF     C majorC  G MajorG
Ring around the rosey
DmDm             FF      G MajorG
Pocket full of posey
DmDm       FF     C majorC  G MajorG  DmDm  FF
Ashes to ashes
   C majorC        G MajorG
We all fall down


Chorus:
     A minorAm
Gravedigger
                C majorC
When you dig my grave
                    E MajorE
Could you make it shallow
        G MajorG          F# minorF#m
So that I can feel the rain
     A minorAm       C majorC
Gravedigger


Verse 3:
A minorAm                         G MajorG
  Little Mikey Carson, '67 to '75
  FF                                         A minorAm
He rode his bike like the devil until the day he died
                          C majorC             G MajorG
When he grows up he wants to be Mr. Vertigo on the flying trapeze
  FF         A minorAm
Oh, 1940 to 1992


Chorus:
     A minorAm
Gravedigger
             G MajorG
When you dig my grave
                  E MajorE
Could you make it shallow
        A minorAm     G MajorG
So that I can feel the rain


Chorus:
A minorAm
Gravedigger
                G MajorG
When you dig my grave
                  E MajorE
Could you make it shallow
        A minorAm        G MajorG    F# minorF#m
So that I can feel the rain
                     A minorAm
I can Feel the rain

End:
     A minorAm
Gravedigger
                G MajorG
When you dig my grave
                  E MajorE
Could you make it shallow
        C majorC      F# minorF#m
So that I can feel the rain
A minorAm         G MajorG  FF  A minorAm  G MajorG  FF
Gravedigger
A minorAm         G MajorG  FF  E MajorE  G MajorG  G/DG/D
Gravedigger