{"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":2113331,"song":"These Old Bones","artist":"Dolly Parton","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/2113331-these-old-bones-chords-by-dolly-parton/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2113331?type=chord","rating":5,"votes":9,"content":"\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]                                     [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThese old bones will tell your story, these old bones will never lie[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                    [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThese old bones will tell you surely what you can't see with your eye[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                               [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThese old bones, I shake and rattle, these old bones, I toss and roll[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                              [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd it's all in where they scatter, tells you what the future holds[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                               [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOh, she lived up on the mountain eleven miles or so from town[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                        [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWith a one-eyed cat named Wink, a billy goat and a blue tick hound[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHer graying hair was braided and wrapped around her head[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                          [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd her dress was long and faded, and her home a rusty shed[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                                  [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIn a little pouch of burlap tied with a piece of twine[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThere were bones all shapes and sizes, gathered through the course of time[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                     [ch]A[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nShe'd throw them out before you, she swore that she could see[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                        [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe present, past and future, she could ready your desti- ny[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                            [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nEvery- body knew about her, came to get their fortune read[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                               [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nConcerning health and wealth and power, who to love and when to wed[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                           [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWell, I just like helpin' people, I'm just glad that I could help[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                       [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhy, I know everybody's secrets, but I keep it to my- self[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]                                     [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThese old bones will tell your story, these old bones will never lie[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                    [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThese old bones will tell you surely what you can't see with your eye[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                               [ch]A/E[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThese old bones, I shake and rattle, these old bones, I toss and roll[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                              [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd it's all in where they scatter, tells you what the future holds[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                             [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSome called her witchy woman, some said she was in- sane[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                   [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSome said she was a prophet, still everybody came[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                       [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nJust because a body's different, well, that don't make 'em mad[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                       [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWell, they've crucified a many for the special gifts they've had[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                                 [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI had often heard about her, dreamed a- bout her now and then[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                     [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFor I, too, was clairvoyant, came a- bout when I was ten[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                   [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI was fascinated with her, and the things I'd heard a- bout[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                          [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd I knew some day I'd meet her, and one day it came a- bout[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                                     [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWell, I know'd that you 'uz a'comin', I could feel it in my bones[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                         [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThese old bones have also told me that I won't be here for long[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                           [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nDid you know that you 'uz adopted, did you know you once't was mine?[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                      [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut the county took you from me, said I wasn't right in mind[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]                                   [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut I just know'd I had to see you 'fore these bones was laid to rest[/tab]\r\n[tab]                               [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSo I conjured up a message, it must'a worked, I guess[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThis gift runs in the family, I know you also know[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                            [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd I passed this gift on to you, these old bones, they're just for show[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]                                     [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThese old bones will tell your story, these old bones will never lie[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                            [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThese old bones will tell you surely how to live and when you'll die[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                              [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThese old bones I shake and rattle, these old bones I toss and roll[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                             [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd it's all in where they scatter tells you what the future holds[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]                            [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI held her hand while she was dyin' and with the funeral through[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                     [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI headed on back up the mountain for Billy, Wink and Blue[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                           [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd that little pouch of burlap with those bones so worn and old[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                   [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nShe give me somethin' special, now every time I throw[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]                                     [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThese old bones will tell your story, these old bones will never lie[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                    [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThese old bones will tell you surely what you can't see with your eye[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                              [ch]A/E[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThese old bones I shake and rattle, these old bones I toss and roll[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                            [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd it's all in how they scatter, tells you what the future holds[/tab]\r\n\r\n(Ending chorus)\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThese old bones, these old bones, these old bones, these old bones[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThese old bones, these old bones, these old bones, these old bones[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThese old bones, these old bones, these old bones, these old bones[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThese old bones, these old bones, these old bones, these old bones[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThese old bones, these old bones, these old bones, these old bones ---[/tab]\r\n\r\n(Talking on the ending chorus)\r\nNow I can't tell you what you want to hear, I just tell you what I see\r\nIt's these old bones a'talkin', blame it on them, don't pack it on me\r\nIt's just like that time that there boy died up at the sawmill\r\nWell, I know'd who done it, but I never said\r\nAnd I know'd when somebody is a-cheatin'\r\nOr when somebody's baby was gonna be born dead\r\nBut unless somebody just plain out and asked me\r\nWell, I just figured there ain't no point goin' around actin' like you know everything\r\nJust 'cause you might\r\nAh, you know, girl, I want you to take these bones\r\n'Cause I don't want no young'un of mine a'going around unprepared\r\nYou just remember that the magic is inside you\r\nThere ain't no crystal ball","plain_text":"[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n(Ending chorus)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n(Talking on the ending chorus)\nNow I can't tell you what you want to hear, I just tell you what I see\nIt's these old bones a'talkin', blame it on them, don't pack it on me\nIt's just like that time that there boy died up at the sawmill\nWell, I know'd who done it, but I never said\nAnd I know'd when somebody is a-cheatin'\nOr when somebody's baby was gonna be born dead\nBut unless somebody just plain out and asked me\nWell, I just figured there ain't no point goin' around actin' like you know everything\nJust 'cause you might\nAh, you know, girl, I want you to take these bones\n'Cause I don't want no young'un of mine a'going around unprepared\nYou just remember that the magic is inside you\nThere ain't no crystal ball","chords":["D","A","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]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}