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+G
Cyrus Jones, 1810 to 1913
FF
Made his great grandchildren believe
A minorAm
He could live to a hundred and three
G+G
A augmentedA hundred and three is forever when you're just a little kid
FF G+G A minorAm
So, Cyrus Jones lived forever
Chorus:
A minorAm
Gravedigger
G+G
When you dig my grave
E MajorE
Could you make it shallow
G+G F# minorF#m
So I can feel the rain
A minorAm
Gravedigger
Verse 2:
A minorAm G+G
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+G
Your only children are lowered in the ground
FF G+G A minorAm
You should never have to bury your own babies
Chorus:
A minorAm
Gravedigger
G+G
When you dig my grave
E MajorE
Could you make it shallow
C majorC G+G F# minorF#m
So, that I can feel the rain
A minorAm
Gravedigger
Bridge:
DmDm FF C majorC G+G
Ring around the rosey
DmDm FF G+G
Pocket full of posey
DmDm FF C majorC G+G DmDm FF
Ashes to ashes
C majorC G+G
We all fall down
Chorus:
A minorAm
Gravedigger
C majorC
When you dig my grave
E MajorE
Could you make it shallow
G+G F# minorF#m
So that I can feel the rain
A minorAm C majorC
Gravedigger
Verse 3:
A minorAm G+G
Little Mikey Carson, '67 to '75
FF A minorAm
He rode his bike like the devil until the day he died
C majorC G+G
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+G
When you dig my grave
E MajorE
Could you make it shallow
A minorAm G+G
So that I can feel the rain
Chorus:
A minorAm
Gravedigger
G+G
When you dig my grave
E MajorE
Could you make it shallow
A minorAm G+G F# minorF#m
So that I can feel the rain
A minorAm
I can Feel the rain
End:
A minorAm
Gravedigger
G+G
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+G FF A minorAm G+G FF
Gravedigger
A minorAm G+G FF E MajorE G+G G/DG/D
Gravedigger