Dried Up Old Bones chords by Tom Willett

Chords with lyrics

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

verse 1:
E MajorE                    B7B7
Someday someone will dig up my dried up old bones,
       B7B7                    E MajorE
They'll say this poor man died of thirst in the desert alone,
   E MajorE                           B7B7
But they'll be wrong for although my life now is nearing an end,
     B7B7                           E MajorE
When you die in the desert you're surrounded by all kinds of friends,
     E MajorE                      B7B7
There's a big hairy spider who wants me to smile so I will,
    B7B7                          E MajorE
He's dancin' on a rock cause it's too hot for him to stand still,
   E MajorE                        B7B7
And look at those vultures they've all stopped their activity,
    B7B7                       E MajorE
They're gathering round just to have their next meal here with me,
   E MajorE                      B7B7
My mule has run off she's out there a mile and a half,
    B7B7                       E MajorE
She's kickin' my canteen she sure knows how to make me laugh,
    E MajorE                     B7B7
Here comes a rabbitt his tail is as white as pure snow,
    B7B7                         E MajorE
If the sun would just melt him I know some water would flow,
      E MajorE                       B7B7
That old lizard just lays there and makes funny faces at me,
    B7B7                          E MajorE
As we both share the shade of that dried up skinny Joshua tree,
    E MajorE                         B7B7
That looks like a rattlesnake my eyesight's beginning to fail,
   B7B7                         E MajorE
He seems to be friendly it looks like he's waggin' his tail,
   E MajorE                       B7B7
A augmentedA coyote comes close but he might soon decide to leave,
     B7B7                         E MajorE
When he sees that old scorpion walkin' protectively on my sleeve,
    E MajorE                   B7B7
So remember as you look at my dried up old bones,
  B7B7                       E MajorE
I died with my friends in the desert you're never alone