These Old Bones chords by Dolly Parton
Guitar chords with lyrics
D A D
These old bones will tell your story, these old bones will never lie
G D
These old bones will tell you surely what you can't see with your eye
A D
These old bones, I shake and rattle, these old bones, I toss and roll
G A D
And it's all in where they scatter, tells you what the future holds
D A D
Oh, she lived up on the mountain eleven miles or so from town
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G D
With a one-eyed cat named Wink, a billy goat and a blue tick hound
A D
Her graying hair was braided and wrapped around her head
G A D
And her dress was long and faded, and her home a rusty shed
D A D
In a little pouch of burlap tied with a piece of twine
G D
There were bones all shapes and sizes, gathered through the course of time
A D
She'd throw them out before you, she swore that she could see
G A D
The present, past and future, she could ready your desti- ny
D A D
Every- body knew about her, came to get their fortune read
G D
Concerning health and wealth and power, who to love and when to wed
A D
Well, I just like helpin' people, I'm just glad that I could help
G A D
Why, I know everybody's secrets, but I keep it to my- self
Chorus:
D A D
These old bones will tell your story, these old bones will never lie
G D
These old bones will tell you surely what you can't see with your eye
A/E A D
These old bones, I shake and rattle, these old bones, I toss and roll
G A D
And it's all in where they scatter, tells you what the future holds
D A D
Some called her witchy woman, some said she was in- sane
G D
Some said she was a prophet, still everybody came
A D
Just because a body's different, well, that don't make 'em mad
G A D
Well, they've crucified a many for the special gifts they've had
D A D
I had often heard about her, dreamed a- bout her now and then
G D
For I, too, was clairvoyant, came a- bout when I was ten
A D
I was fascinated with her, and the things I'd heard a- bout
G A D
And I knew some day I'd meet her, and one day it came a- bout
D A D
Well, I know'd that you 'uz a'comin', I could feel it in my bones
G D
These old bones have also told me that I won't be here for long
A D
Did you know that you 'uz adopted, did you know you once't was mine?
G A D
But the county took you from me, said I wasn't right in mind
D A D
But I just know'd I had to see you 'fore these bones was laid to rest
G D
So I conjured up a message, it must'a worked, I guess
A D
This gift runs in the family, I know you also know
G A D
And I passed this gift on to you, these old bones, they're just for show
Chorus:
D A D
These old bones will tell your story, these old bones will never lie
G D
These old bones will tell you surely how to live and when you'll die
A D
These old bones I shake and rattle, these old bones I toss and roll
G A D
And it's all in where they scatter tells you what the future holds
D A D
I held her hand while she was dyin' and with the funeral through
G D
I headed on back up the mountain for Billy, Wink and Blue
A D
And that little pouch of burlap with those bones so worn and old
G A D
She give me somethin' special, now every time I throw
Chorus:
D A D
These old bones will tell your story, these old bones will never lie
G D
These old bones will tell you surely what you can't see with your eye
A/E A D
These old bones I shake and rattle, these old bones I toss and roll
G A D
And it's all in how they scatter, tells you what the future holds
(Ending chorus)
D A D G A D
These old bones, these old bones, these old bones, these old bones
A D G D
These old bones, these old bones, these old bones, these old bones
D A D G A D
These old bones, these old bones, these old bones, these old bones
A D G D
These old bones, these old bones, these old bones, these old bones
D A D G A D
These old bones, these old bones, these old bones, these old bones ---
(Talking on the ending chorus)
Now I can't tell you what you want to hear, I just tell you what I see
It's these old bones a'talkin', blame it on them, don't pack it on me
It's just like that time that there boy died up at the sawmill
Well, I know'd who done it, but I never said
And I know'd when somebody is a-cheatin'
Or when somebody's baby was gonna be born dead
But unless somebody just plain out and asked me
Well, I just figured there ain't no point goin' around actin' like you know everything
Just 'cause you might
Ah, you know, girl, I want you to take these bones
'Cause I don't want no young'un of mine a'going around unprepared
You just remember that the magic is inside you
There ain't no crystal ball