Burying Ground Blues chords by
Muddy Waters
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Key: Gb major

Intro 1

Verse 1
D D 
 
I got a letter this mornin',
D D 
 
this is the way my letter read
G G 
 
D D 
 
I got a letter this mornin',
G G 
 
D D 
 
this is the way my letter read
D D 
 
A A 
 
It says you better come home Muddy Water,
D D 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
tell me your baby's dead

Interlude 1

Verse 2
D D 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
Started to write, but I believe I'll go
D D 
 
D D 
 
G G 
 
myself
D D 
 
G G 
 
No I ain't gonna write,
D D 
 
D D 
 
I believe I'll go myself
A A 
 
Letter too slow,
D D 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
D D 
 
telegram (?)

Verse 3
D D 
 
Said I wasn't going,
G G 
 
D D 
 
to my baby's burying ground
D D 
 
Tell me what you mean
D D 
 
I ain't going,
G G 
 
D D 
 
to my baby's burying ground
A A 
 
I was standing right there,
D D 
 
when the grave- digger let her down

Interlude 2

Verse 4
D D 
 
Church bell was tolling,
G G 
 
D D 
 
my Muddy hearse was driving low
D D 
 
D D 
 
I didn't say it, I didnt say it
G G 
 
D D 
 
Church bell was tolling,
G G 
 
D D 
 
D D 
 
my Muddy hearse was driving low
Gotta be a rushing day,
D D 
 
when I won't see my baby's face anymore

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