Bury My Bones(Chords)

	        Intro: Em G D Em   G D Em 


Verse 1:
 
Em                       G 
If I die young, write my mother 
                D                            Em 
Tell her that I love her, but my soul's gone home 
                               G 
And take my vessel to Anderson County 
           D                          Em   G D Em   G D Em 
Drive real slow and take the long way home 


Verse 2:
Em                       G 
Tell my kin to pick up a shovel 
             D                      Em 
Wrestle that sugar sand and bury my bones 
                                       G 
Won't you bury my bones, beneath these pines? 
              D                       Em    G D Em   G D 
When it comes time for you to bury my bones 


Verse 3:
 
Em                                            G 
Now, don't throw me no funeral, sister, don't cry 
         D                           Em 
Saw that fiddle, brother, pass that 'shine 
                                          G 
Deep down in the holler, pick the tallest pine 
            D                          Em 
Dig it real deep where the roots touch mine 
                                   G 
Cross the Red River where it opens wide 
                  D                    Em 
Where the heroine sails to the Choctaw side 
                            G 
Follow my trail to a silver stone 
              D                     Em 
And gather my body when you bury my bones 
               Cmaj7 
Won't you bury my bones? 
        Em 
Bury my bones 
               Cmaj7 
Won't you bury my bones? 
N.C. 
Bury my bones 


Fiddle Solo: 
Em  G  D  Em    G  D  Em 


Guitar Solo: 
G  D  Em    G  D  Em 
C 


Bridge:
            Em 
Yeah, if I die young 
      C 
If I die young 


Outro: 
N.C.           Em              G 
Yeah, if I die young, write my mother 
                D                            Em 
Tell her that I love her, but my soul's gone home 
                           G 
Take my vessel to Anderson County 
           D                          Em 
Drive real slow and take the long way home