See That My Grave Is Kept Clean(Chords)

Blind Lemon Jefferson

Key: E
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Intro 

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                                                                            well it's 

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  one kind...   favor I..  of you.           well its one kind    favor I ask of        

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   you               Lawd..one kind..  favor..     of you 

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      Please ask my       grave is kept     clean 


verse 1 

E                  B7             E    
Well it's one kind favor I ask of you, 
E          A                      E 
Well it's one kind favor I ask of you, 
E 
Lawd it's one kind favor I'll ask of you, 
E             B7            E 
Please ask my grave is kept clean. 


verse 2 

E               B7               E 
It's a long old lane that got no end, 
E      A                     E 
It's a long lane that got no end, 
E 
It's a long lane ain't got no end, 
E              B7              E 
And it's a bad wind that never change. 


verse 3 

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Lord, it's two white horses in a line, 
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Well, it's two white horses in a line, 
E 
Well, it's two white horses in a line, 
E            B7             E 
Want take me to my burying ground. 


verse 4 

E                B7                          E 
My heart stopped beating and my hands turned cold, 
   A                                         E 
My heart stopped beating and my hands turned cold, 
E 
Well, my heart stopped beating, Lord, my hands turned cold, 
E               B7                          E 
It wasn't long 'fore service by the cypress grove. 


Verse 5 

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Have you ever heard that coffin sound? 
         A                   E 
Have you ever heard a coffin sound? 
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Have you ever heard Lawd that coffin sound? 
E                      B7                E 
Than you know that the poor boy's in the ground. 


Verse 6 

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Oh, dig my grave with a silver spade,  
    A                          E 
But dig my grave with a silver spade, 
E                           
Well, dig my grave with a silver spade,  
E               B7                 E 
You may lead me down with a golden chain. 


Verse 7 

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Have you ever heard a church bell toll? 
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Have you ever heard a church bell toll? 
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Have you ever hear a church bell toll? 
E                      B7                   E 
Than you know that the poor boy is dead and gone. 


Outro 
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Written by Blind Lemon Jefferson/Traditional
See That My Grave Is Kept Clean(Chords)

Blind Lemon Jefferson

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