O Bury Me Not On The Lone Prairie chords by David Allan Coe
Verse 1
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Oh, bury me not on the lone
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prairie.
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These words came low and mournfully
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From the pallid lips of a youth who lay
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On his dying bed at the close of day.
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Oh, bury me not on a lone prairie
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Where the wild coyotes
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will howl over me
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In a narrow grave just six by three
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Bury me not on a lone prairie,
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and it matters not, and I have been told,
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where the body lies
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when the heart grows cold.
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Oh, Lord, please grant this wish to me,
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and bury me not on the lone prairie,
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oh, bury me not."
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And his voice failed there,
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but we took no heed of his dying prayer.
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And in a narrow grave, just six by three,
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we buried that cowboy
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out on the lone prairie.
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Oh, we buried him there on the lone prairie,
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where the rattlesnakes crawl
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and the wind blows free
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where the buffalo roam
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and the tumbleweeds will cover his
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grave on a lone prairie
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please don't let that hap
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pen to me
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bury me not on that lone prairie
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where the buzzards wait
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and the wind blows free
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i'm begging you please
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Bury me not on the lone prairie.
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Sometimes I feel like a
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motherless child
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Sometimes I feel like
a motherless child
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Sometimes I feel like a
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motherless child
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And I've got no place to call my home
O Bury Me Not On The Lone Prairie
David Allan Coe
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