Please Don't Bury Me chords by
John Prine

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Key: E major

Verse 1
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D D 
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G G 
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Woke up this morning
D D 
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Put on my slippers
A A 
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Walked in the kitchen and  died
D D 
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And oh what a feeling!
G G 
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When my soul went through the ceiling
A A 
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D D 
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And on up into heaven I did ride
G G 
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When I  got there they did say
D D 
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John, it happened this way
You slipped upon the floor
A A 
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And hit your head
D D 
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And all the angels say
G G 
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D D 
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Just before you passed away
A A 
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These were the very last words
That you said
D D 
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G G 
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Verse 2
Please don't bury me
D D 
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Down in the cold cold ground
No, I'd druther have
'em cut me up
A A 
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And pass me all around
D D 
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Throw my brain in a hurricane
G G 
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D D 
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And the blind can have my eyes
G G 
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D D 
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And the deaf can take both of my ears
A A 
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If they don't mind the size

Interlude 1

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D

A

D

Verse 3
D D 
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Give my stomach to Milwaukee
G G 
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D D 
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If they run out of beer
Put my socks in a cedar box
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A A 
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Just get 'em out of here
D D 
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Venus de Milo can have my arms
G G 
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D D 
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Look out! I've got your nose
G G 
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D D 
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Sell my heart to the Junkman
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D D 
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And give my love to Rose

Verse 4
G G 
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But please don't bury me
D D 
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Down in that cold, cold ground
No, I'd druther have 'em cut me up
A A 
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And pass me all around
D D 
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Throw my brain in a hurricane
G G 
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D D 
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And the blind can have my eyes
G G 
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D D 
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And the deaf can take both of my ears
A A 
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If they don't mind the size

Interlude 2

D

G

D

G

D

E

A

D

G

D

G

D

A

D

Verse 5
D D 
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Give my feet to the footloose
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D D 
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Careless, fancy free
Give my knees to the needy
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A A 
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Don't pull that stuff on me
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Hand me down my walking cane
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D D 
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It's a sin to tell a lie
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D D 
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Send my mouth way down south
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D D 
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And kiss my ass goodbye

Verse 6
G G 
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But please don't bury me
D D 
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Down in that cold cold ground
No, I'd druther have 'em cut me up
A A 
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And pass me all around
D D 
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Throw my brain in a hurricane
G G 
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D D 
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And the blind can have my eyes
G G 
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D D 
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And the deaf can take both of my ears
A A 
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If they don't mind the size
D D 
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