Willie Nelson

Gravedigger(Chords)

Willie Nelson

Key: Am

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Intro: Am  G  E  Am G  D/F#  Am  Am 

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 Cyrus Jones, 1810 to 1913 
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 Made his great grandchildren believe 
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He could live to a hundred and three 
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 A hundred and three is forever when you're just a little  
kid 
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So Cyrus Jones lived forever 

Chorus: (Note: played the same as the intro) 

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Gravedigger 
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When you dig my grave 
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Could you make it shallow 
        Am     G           D/F# 
So that I can feel the rain 
         Am     Am 
Gravedigger 

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 Muriel Stonewall, 1903 to 1954 
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 Lost both of her babies in the second great war 
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Now you should never have to watch 
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Your only children are lowered in the ground 
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You should never have to bury your own babies 

     Am 
Gravedigger 
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When you dig my grave 
                  E 
Could you make it shallow 

        Am     G           D/F# 
So that I can feel the rain 
         Am     Am 
Gravedigger 

Dm          F         C  G 
Ring around the rosey 
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Pocket full of posey 
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Ashes to ashes 

We all fall down 

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Gravedigger 
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When you dig my grave 
                  E 
Could you make it shallow 
        Am     G           D/F# 
So that I can feel the rain 
         Am     Am 
Gravedigger 

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  Little Mikey Carson, '67 to '75 
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He rode his 
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Bike like the devil until the day he died 
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When he grows up he wants to be Mr. Vertigo on the flying  
trapeze 
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Oh, 1940 to 1992 

     Am 
Gravedigger 
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When you dig my grave 
                  E 
Could you make it shallow 
        Am     G           D/F# 
So that I can feel the rain 


         Am 
Gravedigger 
             G 
When you dig my grave 
                  E 
Could you make it shallow 
        Am     G           D/F# 
So that I can feel the rain 
                     Am 
I can Feel the rain 
     Am 
Gravedigger 
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When you dig my grave 
                     E 
Could you make it shallow 
        Am     G           D/F# 
So that I can feel the rain 
Am 
Gravedigger 
Am 
Gravedigger
	        

Written by Willie Nelson

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