Bury My Bones chords by Whiskey Myers

Chords with lyrics

Intro:
E minorEm Em D/F#D/F# G+G D MajorD E minorEm
Em E minorEm D/F#D/F# G+G D MajorD E minorEm
Em E minorEm D/F#D/F# G+G D MajorD E minorEm

Verse:

     E minorEm     D/F#D/F# G+G
If I die young, write my mother

        D MajorD
Tell her that I love her

          E minorEm
But my soul's gone home

      E minorEm      D/F#D/F# G+G
And take my vessel to Anderson County

      D MajorD
Drive real slow

           E minorEm
And take the long way home

    E minorEm     D/F#D/F# G+G
Tell my kin to pick up a shovel

       D MajorD
Wrestle that sugar sand

      E minorEm
And bury my bones

         E minorEm      D/F#D/F# G+G
Won't you bury my bones beneath these pines

       D MajorD            E minorEm
When it comes time for you to bury my bones

Instrumental Break:
E minorEm Em D/F#D/F# G+G D MajorD E minorEm
Em E minorEm D/F#D/F# G+G D MajorD E minorEm

Verse:

         E minorEm       D/F#D/F# G+G
Don't throw me no funeral sister don't cry

     D MajorD
Saw that fiddle brother

     E minorEm
Pass that shine

         E minorEm       D/F#D/F#  G+G
Deep down in the holler pick the tallest pine

      D MajorD
Dig it real deep

           E minorEm
Where the roots touch mine

       E minorEm       D/F#D/F# G+G
Cross the Red River where it opens wide

      D MajorD
The heroine sails

        E minorEm
To the Choctaw side

     E minorEm      D/F#D/F# G+G
Follow my trail to a silver stone

       D MajorD
And gather my body

         E minorEm
When you bury my bones

         E minorEm
Won't you bury my bones

Instrumental Break:
E minorEm Em D/F#D/F# G+G D MajorD E minorEm
Em E minorEm D/F#D/F# G+G D MajorD E minorEm
Em E minorEm D/F#D/F# G+G D MajorD E minorEm
Em E minorEm D/F#D/F# G+G D MajorD E minorEm
Em E minorEm D/F#D/F# G+G D MajorD E minorEm
Em E minorEm D/F#D/F# G+G D MajorD E minorEm

Chorus:

     C majorC        G+G
If I die young, write my mother

        D MajorD
Tell her that I love her

          E minorEm
But my soul's gone home

      C majorC        G+G
And take me back to Anderson County

      D MajorD
Drive real slow

           D MajorD
And take the long way home

    C majorC        G+G
Tell my kin to pick up a shovel

       D MajorD
Wrestle that sugar sand

      E minorEm
And bury my bones

    C majorC          G+G
Bury my bones beneath these pines

       D MajorD
When it comes time

Outro:

        E minorEm D/F#D/F# G+G D MajorD E minorEm
Yeah, if I die young

        E minorEm D/F#D/F# G+G D MajorD E minorEm
Yeah, if I die young

        E minorEm D/F#D/F# G+G D MajorD E minorEm
Yeah, if I die young

Solo:
E minorEm Em D/F#D/F# G+G D MajorD E minorEm
Em E minorEm D/F#D/F# G+G D MajorD E minorEm
Em E minorEm D/F#D/F# G+G D MajorD E minorEm
Em E minorEm D/F#D/F# G+G D MajorD E minorEm

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