{"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":834016,"song":"Bury Me Not On The Lone Prairie","artist":"Johnny Cash","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/834016-bury-me-not-on-the-lone-prairie-chords-by-johnny-cash/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/834016?type=chord","rating":4.2809,"votes":16,"content":"[tab][ch]G[/ch]   [ch]G6[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]Em7[/ch]    [ch]Em/G[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\"Oh bury me not on the lone Prairie\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]     [ch]G6[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]Em7[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]      Em4   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThese words came low and mourn - ful - ly[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]               [ch]G(5)[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Gm7[/ch]\r\nFrom the pallid lips of a youth who lay[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]Em7[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOn his dying bed at the close of day.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]   [ch]G6[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]Em7[/ch]          [ch]Em/G[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe has wasted and pined 'til o'er his brow[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]     [ch]G6[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]Em7[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]      Em4   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nDeath's shades were slowly gathering now.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]               [ch]G(5)[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Gm7[/ch]\r\nHe thought of home and loved ones nigh,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]Em7[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd the cowboys gathered to see him die.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]   [ch]G6[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]Em7[/ch]    [ch]Em/G[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\"Oh bury me not on the lone Prairie,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]     [ch]G6[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]Em7[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]      Em4   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhere the coyotes howl and the wind blows free.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]               [ch]G(5)[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Gm7[/ch]\r\nIn a narrow grave just six by three[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]Em7[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh bury me not on the lone Prairie.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]   [ch]G6[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]Em7[/ch]    [ch]Em/G[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\"It matters not, I've oft been told,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]     [ch]G6[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]Em7[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]      Em4   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhere the body lies when the heart grows cold.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]               [ch]G(5)[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Gm7[/ch]\r\nYet grant, oh grant, this wish to me,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]Em7[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh bury me not on the lone Prairie.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]   [ch]G6[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]Em7[/ch]    [ch]Em/G[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\"I've always wished to be laid when I died[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]     [ch]G6[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]Em7[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]      Em4   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn a little churchyard on a green hillside.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]               [ch]G(5)[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Gm7[/ch]\r\nBy my father's grave there let me be,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]Em7[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh bury me not on the lone Prairie.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]   [ch]G6[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]Em7[/ch]    [ch]Em/G[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\"I wish to lie where a mother's prayer[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]     [ch]G6[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]Em7[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]      Em4   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd a sister's tear will mingle there.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]               [ch]G(5)[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Gm7[/ch]\r\nWhere friends can come and weep o'er me.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]Em7[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh bury me not on the lone Prairie.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]   [ch]G6[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]Em7[/ch]    [ch]Em/G[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\"For there's another whose tears will shed[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]     [ch]G6[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]Em7[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]      Em4   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFor the one who lies in a Prairie bed.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]               [ch]G(5)[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Gm7[/ch]\r\nIt breaks my heart to think of her now,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]Em7[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe has curled these locks; she has kissed this brow.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]   [ch]G6[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]Em7[/ch]    [ch]Em/G[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\"Oh bury me not...\" And his voice failed there[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]     [ch]G6[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]Em7[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]      Em4   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut they took no heed to his dying prayer.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]               [ch]G(5)[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Gm7[/ch]\r\nIn a narrow grave, just six by three,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]Em7[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey buried him there on the lone Prairie.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]   [ch]G6[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]Em7[/ch]    [ch]Em/G[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd the cowboys now as they roam the plain[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]     [ch]G6[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]Em7[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]      Em4   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFor they marked the spot where his bones were lain,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]               [ch]G(5)[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Gm7[/ch]\r\nFling a handful of roses o'er his grave[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]Em7[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWith a prayer to God, his soul to save. 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