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
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
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