Burying Ground chords by
Muddy Waters
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Key: D minor
Verse 1
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BURYING GROUND
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Rec. July 12, 1949 in Chicago,
IL;
Muddy Waters,
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voc, g; Ernest "Big" Crawford, b
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Aristocrat unissued
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I got a letter this
Verse 2
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nomin'
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This is the way my letter
read
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Verse 3
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Hey man, come on home Muddy Waters
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They tell me your baby's dead
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Verse 4
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I said I wasn't going
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To my baby's burying
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ground
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No, I ain't going
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To my baby's
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burying ground
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Well you know,
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I was standin' right there child
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When the gravedigger
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let her down
Interlude 1
"Yeah, men!"
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Church bell was tollin'
Verse 5
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My nan the hearse was drivin' slow
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Interlude 2
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Well you know I got to be
Verse 6
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with a ...
Outro 1
When I see my baby's face anymore
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