{"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":1718705,"song":"Please Dont Bury Me","artist":"John Prine","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1718705-please-dont-bury-me-chords-by-john-prine/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1718705?type=chord","rating":4.81548,"votes":104,"content":"[Verse 1]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWoke up this mornin', put on my slippers[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWalked in the kitchen and died[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch] \r\nAnd oh, what a feeling[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen my soul went through the ceiling[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd on up into heaven I did rise[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen I got there they did say[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\"John, it happened this ole way,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nYou slipped upon the floor and hit your head\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd all the angels say just before you passed away[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThese were the very last words that you said[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nPlease don't bury me down in the cold cold ground[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI'd rather have them cut me up and pass me all around[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                     [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThrow my brain in a hurricane and the blind can have my eyes[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd the deaf can take both my ears[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIf they don't mind the size[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nGive my stomach to Milwaukee if they run out of beer[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nPut my socks in a cedar box,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\njust get them out of here[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nVenus de Milo can have my arms,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nlook out I got your nose[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSell my heart to the junk man and give my love to Rose[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]D[/ch] \r\nPlease don't bury me down in that cold cold ground[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI'd rather have them cut me up and pass me all around[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                     [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThrow my brain in a hurricane and the blind can have my eyes[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd the deaf can take both my ears[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nif they don't mind the size[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nGive my feet to the foot loose, careless, fancy free[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] \r\nGive my knees to the needy,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]\r\ndon't pull that stuff on me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nHand me down my walkin' cane,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nit's a sin to tell a lie[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSend my mouth way down south and kiss my ass goodbye[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nPlease don't bury me down in the cold cold ground[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI'd rather have them cut me up and pass me all around[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                     [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThrow my brain in a hurricane and the blind can have my eyes[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch] \r\nAnd the deaf can take both my ears[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nif they don't mind the size[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["D","G","A","E"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}