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The Funeral easy guitar chords by
Hank Williams
Hank Williams

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Verse 1
D
G


I was walking in Savannah past
D

a church, decayed and dim
Bm
D

When slowly through the window came a
A

plaintive funeral hymn

My sympathy awakened and a wonder

quickly grew
D

'Til I found myself environed

in a little colored pew
G
Out front a colored
Verse 2

couple sat

in sorrow nearly wild
D

On the altar was a casket and
A

in the casket was a child
G

I could picture him while living,
D

curly hair protruding lips
G

I'd seen perhaps a thousand in my hurried

southern trips
Verse 3

Then rose a sad,
D

old colored preacher from his little wooden desk

With a manner sort of awkward
G

and countenance grotesque

The simplicity and shrewdness
Gm
D

in his Ethiopian face
G
A

Showed the wisdom and the ignorance of a crushed,

undying race
D
Verse 4

And he said, "Now don't be weepin'

for this pretty bit of clay
Gm

For the little boy who lived there has
G

done gone and run away
D

He was doing very finely and he
A

'ppreciates your love
Em
D

But his sho nough father wanted him in the

big house up above
Verse 5
D

The Lord didn't give you that baby, by no hundred thousand

miles
G

He just think you need some sunshine

and he lent it for a while
D

And he let you keep and love him 'til

your hearts were bigger grown
A

And these silver tears you're shedding

now, are just interest on the loan
Bm
D
Just think my poor dear mourners creeping long on sorrow?s
Verse 6


way
G
Gm

What a blessed picnic this
G

here baby got today
D

Your good fathers and good
A

mothers crowd the little fella round

In the angels 'tender garden of
D

the big plantation ground
G
And his eyes they brightly
Verse 7

sparkle

at the pretty things he view
D

But a tear came and he whispered,

"I want my parents too"
G

Then the angel's chief musicians

teach that little boy a song
D

Says if only they be faithful, they'll

soon be comin' 'long
A
D
And so my poor dear mourners,
Verse 8


let your hearts with Jesus rest

And don't go to criticizn' the
G

one what knows the best
D

He has give us many comforts He's

got the right to take away
A

To the Lord be praised in glory,
G
D
G
D

now and ever, let us pray
A
D
G


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  • Gm

    3
  • Em

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