Gravedigger chords by Willie Nelson

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: Am

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
Am   Dm

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

Chorus:
Am
Gravedigger
        G
When you dig my grave
         E
Could you make it shallow
  G       F#m
So I can feel the rain
   Am
Gravedigger

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

Chorus:
Am
Gravedigger
        G
When you dig my grave
         E
Could you make it shallow
 C      G  F#m
So, that I can feel the rain
   Am
Gravedigger

Bridge:
Dm       F   C G
Ring around the rosey
Dm       F   G
Pocket full of posey
Dm    F   C G Dm F
Ashes to ashes
  C    G
We all fall down

Chorus:
   Am
Gravedigger
        C
When you dig my grave
          E
Could you make it shallow
    G     F#m
So that I can feel the rain
   Am    C
Gravedigger

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

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

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

End:
   Am
Gravedigger
        G
When you dig my grave
         E
Could you make it shallow
    C   F#m
So that I can feel the rain
Am     G F Am G F
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Am     G F E G G/D
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