Burn My Body chords by William Elliott Whitmore

Chords with lyrics

The song is in 3/4

Chorus:

E MajorE          A augmentedA    E MajorE
Burn my body in the Northern Field
E MajorE          B7B7   E MajorE
Let the wind blow the ashes around
E MajorE                A augmentedA        E MajorE
And then you will know that my wounds have been healed
E MajorE         B7B7    E MajorE
Cause Lord I'll be homeward bound

Verse 1:

E MajorE       A augmentedA
Let the flames warm your hands
E MajorE      B7B7      E MajorE
Let the glow light your way
          A augmentedA    E MajorE
These gifts to you I bestow
             B7B7     E MajorE
And no ones listenin' don't bother to pray
        B7B7     E MajorE
If you do lord I'll never know

Verse 2:

E MajorE         A augmentedA     E MajorE
Well up and up the smoke will roll
         A augmentedA     E MajorE
Like a cloud of frightened crows
E MajorE         A augmentedA    E MajorE
To Carry my not so immortal soul
  B7B7     E MajorE
Up between the rows
  B7B7     E MajorE
Up between the rows

Chorus:

E MajorE          A augmentedA    E MajorE
Burn my body in the Northern Field
E MajorE           B7B7   E MajorE
Let the wind blow the ashes around
E MajorE               A augmentedA        E MajorE
And then you will know that my wounds have been healed
E MajorE         B7B7    E MajorE
Cause lord I'll be homeward bound
          B7B7  E MajorE
Oh lord I'll be homeward bound

Verse 3:

E MajorE              A augmentedA     E MajorE
Some words that are said can cut like a saw
E MajorE       B7B7      E MajorE
My ears nearly bled at the sound
                A augmentedA     E MajorE
And I cant help prepare for the springtime thaw
         B7B7    E MajorE
cause lord ill be homeward bound

Verse 4:

E MajorE
And the frost turns to flowers
     A augmentedA      E MajorE
and they all start to bloom
         B7B7    E MajorE
and there's nothin left to hoe
           A augmentedA     E MajorE
well tip one back and sing me a tune
         B7B7     E MajorE
And never let the fire grow cold
        B7B7     E MajorE
Never let the fire grow cold

Chorus:

E MajorE          A augmentedA    E MajorE
Burn my body in the Northern Field
E MajorE           B7B7   E MajorE
Let the wind blow the ashes around
E MajorE               A augmentedA        E MajorE
And then you will know that my wounds have been healed
E MajorE         B7B7    E MajorE
Cause lord I'll be homeward bound
          B7B7   E MajorE
Oh lord I'll be homeward bound