Intro:
EDDA
When I'm dead put me 10 miles deep
Verse1:
EDE
Well hand me up my shotgun Maggie Mae
AE
Devil's come to take yer boy away
E
I been spotted on the run
D
But I'll be waitin' when they come
AE
Hand me up my shotgun Maggie Mae
Verse 2:
EDE
I was born a poor man's only son
AE
It ain't my fault I grew up on the run
E
Did my time as a workin' man
D
But they kept blood stains on my hands
A
I was born a poor man's only son
Chorus:
EDDE
When I'm dead put me ten miles deep
ADDE
When I'm dead put me ten miles deep
E
Brother when you lay me down
D
Down beneath the cold hard ground
AE
You better put me ten miles deep
Verse 3:
EE
I keep my pistol by my head at night
DE
Lordy I can't seem to do no right
E
My whole town they know my name
D
I killed a man and won my fame
AE
I keep my pistol by my head at night
Verse 4:
EDE
When I'm dead put me ten miles deep
AE
When Jesus comes he won't disturb my sleep
E
I knew it when they shot me down
D
I felt the flames from under ground
AE
When I'm dead put me ten miles deep
Chorus: (Played as above)
E
Brother when you lay me down
D
Down beneath the cold hard ground
AGGE
You better put me ten miles deep
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