Chords
Bury My Bones

Key: E

Introduction: Em    D/F#    G    D    Em    D/F#    G    D    

                        Em                      D/F#  G  
If I die young, write my mother
                                          D  
Tell her that I love her
                                                  Em  
But my soul's gone home
                                Em                              D/F#  G  
And take my vessel to Anderson County
                             D  
Drive real slow
                                                          Em  
And take the long way home
                     Em                         D/F#  G  
Tell my kin to pick up a shovel
                                  D  
Wrestle that sugar sand
                                Em  
And bury my bones
                                                Em                              D/F#    G  
Won't you bury my bones beneath these pines
                                     D                                                            Em  
When it comes time for you to bury my bones
 Em    D/F#    G    D)  
                                                Em                                 D/F#    G  
Don't throw me no funeral sister don't cry
                        D  
Saw that fiddle brother
                          Em  
Pass that shine
                                             Em                                    D/F#         G  
Deep down in the holler pick the tallest pine
                                D  
Dig it real deep
                                                          Em  
Where the roots touch mine
                                     Em                                 D/F#    G  
Cross the Red River where it opens wide
                                D  
The heroine sails
                                        Em  
To the Choctaw side
                          Em                            D/F#  G  
Follow my trail to a silver stone
                                     D  
And gather my body
                                             Em  
When you bury my bones
                                                Em  
Won't you bury my bones
 Em    D/F#    G    D)  
 Em    D/F#    G    D)  
 Em    D/F#    G    D)  
 Em    D/F#    G    D)  
 Em    D/F#    G    D)  
                        C                                      G  
If I die young, write my mother
                                          D  
Tell her that I love her
                                                  Em  
But my soul's gone home
                                C                                         G  
And take me back to Anderson County
                             D  
Drive real slow
                                                          D  
And take the long way home
                     C                                         G  
Tell my kin to pick up a shovel
                                  D  
Wrestle that sugar sand
                                Em  
And bury my bones
                     C                                                 G  
Bury my bones beneath these pines
                                     D  
When it comes time
                                        Em  D/F#    G    D    Em  
Yeah, if I die young
                                        Em  D/F#    G    D    Em  
Yeah, if I die young
                                        Em  D/F#    G    D    Em  
Yeah, if I die young
        Em    D/F#    G    D  
                  Em    D/F#    G    D  
                  Em    D/F#    G    D  
                  Em    D/F#    G    D    Em