Oh, Death chords by Dock Boggs
Verse 1
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What is this that I can't see
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With icy hands takin' hold on me?
"I am death and none can excel
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I'll open the doors to heaven or hell"
Verse 2
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Oh death, oh death
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Can't you spare me over
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'til another year?
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Oh death, oh death
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Please spare me over 'til an other year
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Verse 3
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"Oh death", someone would pray
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"Could you call some other
day?"
"God's children's prayed,
the preacher's preached
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The time of mercy is out
of your reach"
Verse 4
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"I'll fix your feet so you can't walk
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I'll lock your jaws so you can't talk
Close your eyes so you can't see
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This very hour come go with me"
Verse 5
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"Death I come to take the soul
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Leave the body and leave it cold
To drop the flesh off of the frame
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The earth and worm both have a claim"
Verse 6
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Oh death, oh death
Can't you spare me over
'til another year?
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Oh death, oh death
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Please spare me over 'til another year
Verse 7
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My mother come to my bed
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Place a cold towel upon my head
My head is warm, my feet is cold
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Death is moving upon my soul
Verse 8
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Oh death, how you treating me
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You close my eyes so I can't see
You hurt my body, you make me cold
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You're ruling my life right out of my soul
Verse 9
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Oh death, oh death
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Can't you spare me over
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'til another year?
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C
Oh death, oh death
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Please spare me over 'til an other year
Verse 10
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Oh death, please consider my age
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Please don't take me at this stage
My wealth is all at your command
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If you will move your icy hand
Verse 11
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"The old, the young, the rich or poor
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Are all alike with me, you know
No wealth, no land, no silver, no gold
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Nothin' satisfies me but your soul"
Verse 12
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Oh death, oh death
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Can't you spare me over
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'til another year?
Oh death, oh death
F
C
Please spare me over 'til another year
Oh, Death
Dock Boggs
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