Intro
| G | D | G | G | 
 
Verse 1
G                            C 
Beside a new made grave heartbroken 
   G                             D     D7 
My love for her won't let me go away 
    G                           C 
And leave her there to sleep forever 
     G                 D7              G 
all alone beneath that lonely mound of clay 
 
Verse 2
                                      C 
Many is the times, I've looked toward heaven 
    G                          D    D7 
And prayed she would never go away 
     G                         C 
This sinner's prayer was never answered 
         G                     D               G 
So she's sleeping beneath that lonely mound of clay 
 
Chorus
                             C 
Oh Lord why did you take her from me 
    G                   D 
Why didn't you take me away 
     G                       C 
So I could have been there beside her 
     G                 D               G 
All alone beneath that lonely mound of clay 
 
Break
| G | G | C | C | 
| G | D | G | G | 
 
Verse 3
                            C 
I'll stay beside you little darlin' 
      G                           D     D7 
And I promise that I'll never go away 
  G                        C 
Until my life down here is over 
           G                 D               G 
Then we'll meet beneath that lonely mound of clay 
 
Outro
                               C 
O'oh Lord why did you take her from me 
    G                  D7 
Why didn't you take me away 
     G                       C 
So I could have been there beside her 
     G                 D               G 
All alone beneath that lonely mound of clay