When I'm dead, put me ten miles deep
Hand me up my shotgun Maggie Mae
Devil's come to take your boy away
I've been spotted on the run
But I'll be waiting when they come
Hand me up my shotgun, Maggie Mae
I was born a poor man's only son
I did my time as a working man
My feet kept bloodstains on my hands
I was born a poor man's only son
What I'm dead, put me ten miles deep
Brother, when you lay me down
Down beneath the cold hard ground
And you better put me ten
I keep my pistol by my head at night
Lordy, I can't seem to do no right
My hometown, they know my name
I killed a man and won my fame
Keep my pistol by my head at night
What I did just put me ten miles deep
he won't disturb my sleep
I knew it when they shot me down
I felt the flames from underground
just put me ten miles deep
When I'm dead, put me ten miles deep
Brother, when you lay me down
Down beneath the cold hard ground
You better put me ten miles deep
Brother, when you lay me down
Down beneath the cold hard ground
You better put me ten miles deep