Willie Nelson - Gravedigger

gravedigger
willie nelson
tabbed by : juan hernandez
this is how i play this song , i don’t know if this is
the exact same way willie plays it , but it sounds good .

intro : Am | G | E | Am G | D/F# | Am | Am

Am G
cyrus jones , 1810 to 1913
F
made his great grandchildren believe
Am
he could live to a hundred and three
Am G
a hundred and three is forever when you’re just a little
kid
F Am
so cyrus jones lived forever

chorus : ( note : played the same as the intro )

Am
gravedigger
G
when you dig my grave
E
could you make it shallow
Am G D/F#
so that i can feel the rain
Am Am
gravedigger

Am G
muriel stonewall , 1903 to 1954
F Am
lost both of her babies in the second great war
Am
now you should never have to watch
G
your only children are lowered in the ground
F Am
you should never have to bury your own babies

Am
gravedigger
G
when you dig my grave
E
could you make it shallow

Am G D/F#
so that i can feel the rain
Am Am
gravedigger

Dm F C G
ring around the rosey
Dm F C G
pocket full of posey
Dm F C G
ashes to ashes

we all fall down

Am
gravedigger
G
when you dig my grave
E
could you make it shallow
Am G D/F#
so that i can feel the rain
Am Am
gravedigger

Am G
little mikey carson , ’67 to ’75
F
he rode his
Am
bike like the devil until the day he died
Am G
when he grows up he wants to be mr . vertigo on the flying
trapeze
F Am
oh , 1940 to 1992

Am
gravedigger
G
when you dig my grave
E
could you make it shallow
Am G D/F#
so that i can feel the rain

Am
gravedigger
G
when you dig my grave
E
could you make it shallow
Am G D/F#
so that i can feel the rain
Am
i can feel the rain
Am
gravedigger
G
when you dig my grave
E
could you make it shallow
Am G D/F#
so that i can feel the rain
Am
gravedigger
Am
gravedigger