Dried Up Old Bones chords by Tom Willett

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

verse 1:
E                                        B7
Someday someone will dig up my dried up old bones,
              B7                                        E
They'll say this poor man died of thirst in the desert alone,
      E                                                     B7
But they'll be wrong for although my life now is nearing an end,
         B7                                                     E
When you die in the desert you're surrounded by all kinds of friends,
          E                                            B7
There's a big hairy spider who wants me to smile so I will,
        B7                                                   E
He's dancin' on a rock cause it's too hot for him to stand still,
     E                                                B7
And look at those vultures they've all stopped their activity,
       B7                                              E
They're gathering round just to have their next meal here with me,
     E                                           B7
My mule has run off she's out there a mile and a half,
        B7                                              E
She's kickin' my canteen she sure knows how to make me laugh,
       E                                          B7
Here comes a rabbitt his tail is as white as pure snow,
       B7                                                 E
If the sun would just melt him I know some water would flow,
           E                                             B7
That old lizard just lays there and makes funny faces at me,
       B7                                                   E
As we both share the shade of that dried up skinny Joshua tree,
        E                                                 B7
That looks like a rattlesnake my eyesight's beginning to fail,
      B7                                                 E
He seems to be friendly it looks like he's waggin' his tail,
     E                                             B7
A coyote comes close but he might soon decide to leave,
         B7                                                  E
When he sees that old scorpion walkin' protectively on my sleeve,
       E                                     B7
So remember as you look at my dried up old bones,
    B7                                             E
I died with my friends in the desert you're never alone