{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1875507,"song":"Ground Dont Want Me","artist":"Josh Ritter","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11420541-ground-dont-want-me-chords-by-josh-ritter/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1875507?type=chord","rating":4.85707,"votes":6,"content":"[Intro]\r\n| [ch]F[/ch]      | [ch]C[/ch]      | [ch]G[/ch]      | [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] |\r\n| [ch]F[/ch]      | [ch]C[/ch]      | [ch]G[/ch]      | [ch]F[/ch]       | [ch]Fadd9[/ch]   |\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]                            [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nI buried Mama standing with the knife still in her chest,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]                                [ch]C/G[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAs per her last instructions at her death.[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Am[/ch]                         [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nSaid, “You’ll never get to Heaven son so go to Hell real slow.”[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Dm[/ch]                             [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nNow the ground don’t want me Mama, the ground don’t want me, no, no, no.[/tab]\r\n\r\n| [ch]Am[/ch]    | [ch]Am7[/ch]   |\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]                                         [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nI've stacked the deck, I've held the dead man's hand so many times,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                [ch]C/G[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nEights and aces wishing for the death I hoped was mine, but[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                    [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nCards and guns are all the same, each man must draw his own,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Dm[/ch]                             [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nNow the ground don’t want me Mama, the ground don’t want me, no, no, no.[/tab]\r\n\r\n| [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch] |\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                           [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\n  What is the body when the soul has flown?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                  | [ch]C/G[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch] |\r\n  Has it only been forgotten?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                       [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\n  I wanna lay down in a field of bone,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]Fadd9[/ch]\r\n  But an angel guards the Garden.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]                            [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nI killed men in Blue Eye, Barbaco, New Life and Crystal Wells.[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]                             [ch]C/G[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn every town the broken-hearted rang their steeple bells,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                      [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nFor every man a box and for every hole a rose.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Dm[/ch]                             [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nNow the ground don’t want me Mama, the ground don’t want me, no, no, no.[/tab]\r\n\r\n| [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch] |\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                           [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\n  What is the body when the soul has flown?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                   | [ch]C/G[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch] |\r\n  Has it only been forgotten?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                       [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\n  I wanna lay down in a field of bone,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]Fadd9[/ch]\r\n  But an angel guards the Garden.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Solo]\r\n| [ch]F[/ch]      | [ch]C[/ch]      | [ch]G[/ch]      | [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] |\r\n| [ch]F[/ch]      | [ch]C[/ch]      | [ch]G[/ch]      | [ch]F[/ch]       | [ch]Fadd9[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]                                [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nThen one morning near Arkana I chanced to watch some violets rise,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]                             [ch]C/G[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTheir lunar blues undoing down the fastening stays of night and I[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                     [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nThought how sweet to sleep beneath the flowers such as those.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Dm[/ch]                             [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nNow the ground don’t want me Mama, the ground don’t want me, no, no, no.[/tab]\r\n\r\n| [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch] |\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                           [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\n  What is the body when the soul has flown?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                   | [ch]C/G[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch] |\r\n  Has it only been forgotten?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                       [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\n  I wanna lay down in a field of bone,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]Fadd9[/ch]\r\n  But an angel guards the Garden.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                                [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nSometimes I think 'bout Mama with the knife still in her chest.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                                   [ch]C/G[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSometimes I think about all those lucky men I sent to rest,[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Am[/ch]                                [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nAnd how it's them who are a sleepin', and it's me who is the ghost.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Dm[/ch]                             [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nNow the ground don’t want me Mama, the ground don’t want me, no, no, no.[/tab]\r\n\r\n| [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch] |\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                           [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\n  What is the body when the soul has flown?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                   | [ch]C/G[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch] |\r\n  Has it only been forgotten?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                       [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\n  I wanna lay down in a field of bone,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]Fadd9[/ch]    [ch]Fadd9[/ch]\r\n  But an angel guards the Garden.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n| [ch]Am[/ch]    | [ch]C/G[/ch]   | [ch]F[/ch]     | [ch]C/G[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] |\r\n| [ch]Am[/ch]    | [ch]C/G[/ch]   | [ch]Dm[/ch]    | [ch]Dm[/ch]    | [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n\r\n[tab](A better audio only recording of the same performance can be heard here \r\n--> https://archive.org/details/joshritter2015-05-29. Also an amazing resource\r\nin general for listening to recordings of live shows!)[/tab]\r\nCapo 5 (Capo 2 in a different performance)\r\n[ch]Fmaj7[/ch] - xx3210\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                             [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nBuried Mamma standing with the knife still in her chest,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]                                [ch]C/G[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAs per her last instructions at her death.[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Am[/ch]                          [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nSaid, “You’ll never get to Heaven son so go to Hell real slow.”[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Dm[/ch]                              [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nBut the ground don’t want me Mamma, the ground don’t want me, no, no, no[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                       [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nWhat is the body if the soul has flown?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nHas it only been forgotten?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nI wanna’ lay down in a field of bone,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBut an angel guards the garden.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]C/G[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]C/G[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                               [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nI killed men in Blue Eyes, Barberco, New Life and Crystal Wells.[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]                             [ch]C/G[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn every town the broken hearted rang their steeple bells.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nFor every man a box, for every hole a rose.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Dm[/ch]                              [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd the ground don’t want me Mamma, the ground don’t want me, no, no, no.[/tab]\r\n\r\n| [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch] |\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                       [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nWhat is the body if the soul has flown?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nHas it only been forgotten?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nI wanna’ lay down in a field of bone,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]F[/ch]                             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBut an angel guards the garden, an angel guards the garden.[/tab]\r\n\r\n      [ch]C/G[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]C/G[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                                 [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nThen one morning near ArKana, I chanced to watch some violets rise,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]                            [ch]C/G[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTheir lunar blues undoing down the fastening stays of night.[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]                               [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nNow Lord how sweet to sleep beneath flowers such as those,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Dm[/ch]                              [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nBut the ground don’t want me Mamma, the ground don’t want me, no, no, no[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                       [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nWhat is the body if the soul has flown?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nHas it only been forgotten?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nI wanna’ lay down in a field of bone,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]F[/ch]                           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBut an angel guards the garden, an angel guards the garden.[/tab]\r\n\r\n      [ch]C/G[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]C/G[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]\r\n\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]","plain_text":"[Intro]\n| F      | C      | G      | C   C G |\n| F      | C      | G      | F       | Fadd9   |\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n| Am    | Am7   |\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n| Am    G |\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n| Am    G |\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Solo]\n| F      | C      | G      | C   C G |\n| F      | C      | G      | F       | Fadd9\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n| Am    G |\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n| Am    G |\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\n| Am    | C/G   | F     | C/G G |\n| Am    | C/G   | Dm    | Dm    | Am\n\n\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nCapo 5 (Capo 2 in a different performance)\nFmaj7 - 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