Key: E
Introduction:
E D A
When I'm dead put me 10 miles deep
E D E
Well hand me up my shotgun Maggie Mae
A E
Devil's come to take yer boy away
E
I been spotted on the run
D
But I'll be waitin' when they come
A E
Hand me up my shotgun Maggie Mae
E D E
I was born a poor man's only son
A E
It ain't my fault I grew up on the run
E
Did my time as a workin' man
D
But they kept blood stains on my hands
A
I was born a poor man's only son
E D E
When I'm dead put me ten miles deep
A D E
When I'm dead put me ten miles deep
E
Brother when you lay me down
D
Down beneath the cold hard ground
A E
You better put me ten miles deep
E
I keep my pistol by my head at night
D E
Lordy I can't seem to do no right
E
My whole town they know my name
D
I killed a man and won my fame
A E
I keep my pistol by my head at night
E D E
When I'm dead put me ten miles deep
A E
When Jesus comes he won't disturb my sleep
E
I knew it when they shot me down
D
I felt the flames from under ground
A E
When I'm dead put me ten miles deep
Chorus: (Played as above)
E
Brother when you lay me down
D
Down beneath the cold hard ground
A G E
You better put me ten miles deep