Burying Ground chords by
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Key: D minor

Verse 1
Dm Dm 
 
C C 
 
Dm Dm 
 
BURYING GROUND
G G 
 
Em Em 
 
G G 
 
Dm Dm 
 
Rec. July 12, 1949 in Chicago,
IL;
Muddy Waters,
C C 
 
Dm Dm 
 
G G 
 
voc, g; Ernest "Big" Crawford, b
Dm Dm 
 
G G 
 
Dm Dm 
 
Aristocrat unissued
G G 
 
I got a letter this

Verse 2

nomin'

This is the way my letter

read

Verse 3

Hey man, come on home Muddy Waters

They tell me your baby's dead

Verse 4
Dm Dm 
 
I said I wasn't going
C C 
 
Dm Dm 
 
Bb Bb 
 
To my  baby's burying
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Eb Eb 
 
G G 
 
C C 
 
ground
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G G 
 
No, I ain't going
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Eb Eb 
 
G G 
 
Dm Dm 
 
Bb Bb 
 
G G 
 
To my baby's
Dm Dm 
 
G G 
 
Eb Eb 
 
burying ground
G G 
 
Em Em 
 
Well you know,
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Dm Dm 
 
G G 
 
I was standin' right there child
Dm Dm 
 
When the gravedigger
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Eb Eb 
 
G G 
 
let her down

Interlude 1
"Yeah, men!"
G G 
 
Dm Dm 
 
G G 
 
Dm Dm 
 
F F 
 
G G 
 
Dm Dm 
 
G G 
 
Dm Dm 
 
C C 
 
Em Em 
 
G G 
 
A A 
 
G G 
 
Dm Dm 
 
Em Em 
 
G G 
 
Eb Eb 
 
Dm Dm 
 
G G 
 
Dm Dm 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
Dm Dm 
 
Church bell was tollin'

Verse 5

My nan the hearse was drivin' slow

Interlude 2

Well you know I got to be

Verse 6

with a ...

Outro 1

When I see my baby's face anymore

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