IntroEmEmD/F#GDEmEmEmD/F#GDEmEmEmD/F#GDEmVerseEmD/F#G
If I die young, write my mother
D
Tell her that I love her
Em
But my soul's gone home
EmD/F#G
And take my vessel to Anderson County
D
Drive real slow
Em
And take the long way home
EmD/F#G
Tell my kin to pick up a shovel
D
Wrestle that sugar sand
Em
And bury my bones
EmD/F#G
Won't you bury my bones beneath these pines
DEm
When it comes time for you to bury my bones
Instrumental Break]
EmEmD/F#GDEmEmEmD/F#GDEmVerseEmD/F#G
Don't throw me no funeral sister don't cry
D
Saw that fiddle brother
Em
Pass that shine
EmD/F#G
Deep down in the holler pick the tallest pine
D
Dig it real deep
Em
Where the roots touch mine
EmD/F#G
Cross the Red River where it opens wide
D
The heroine sails
Em
To the Choctaw side
EmD/F#G
Follow my trail to a silver stone
D
And gather my body
Em
When you bury my bones
Em
Won't you bury my bones
Instrumental Break]
EmEmD/F#GDEmEmEmD/F#GDEmEmEmD/F#GDEmEmEmD/F#GDEmEmEmD/F#GDEmEmEmD/F#GDEmChorusCG
If I die young, write my mother
D
Tell her that I love her
Em
But my soul's gone home
CG
And take me back to Anderson County
D
Drive real slow
D
And take the long way home
CG
Tell my kin to pick up a shovel
D
Wrestle that sugar sand
Em
And bury my bones
CG
Bury my bones beneath these pines
D
When it comes time
OutroEmD/F#GDEm
Yeah, if I die young
EmD/F#GDEm
Yeah, if I die young
EmD/F#GDEm
Yeah, if I die young
[Solo]
EmEmD/F#GDEmEmEmD/F#GDEmEmEmD/F#GDEmEmEmD/F#GDEm
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