Ground Dont Want Me

| F      | C      | G      | C   C G |
| F      | C      | G      | F       | Fadd9   |

[Verse 1]
  Am                            C/G
I buried Mama standing with the knife still in her chest,
   F                                C/G        G
As per her last instructions at her death.
              Am                         C/G
Said, “You’ll never get to Heaven son so go to Hell real slow.”
        Dm                             Dm
Now the ground don’t want me Mama, the ground don’t want me, no, no, no.

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[Verse 2]
     Am                                         C/G
I've stacked the deck, I've held the dead man's hand so many times,
F                                C/G              G
Eights and aces wishing for the death I hoped was mine, but
Am                                    C/G
Cards and guns are all the same, each man must draw his own,
        Dm                             Dm
Now the ground don’t want me Mama, the ground don’t want me, no, no, no.

| Am    G |

[Chorus]
F                           C/G
  What is the body when the soul has flown?
G                  | C/G       G |
  Has it only been forgotten?
F                       C/G
  I wanna lay down in a field of bone,
G                         F         Fadd9
  But an angel guards the Garden.

[Verse 3]
         Am                            C/G
I killed men in Blue Eye, Barbaco, New Life and Crystal Wells.
   F                             C/G                G
In every town the broken-hearted rang their steeple bells,
    Am                      C/G
For every man a box and for every hole a rose.
        Dm                             Dm
Now the ground don’t want me Mama, the ground don’t want me, no, no, no.

| Am    G |

[Chorus]
F                           C/G
  What is the body when the soul has flown?
G                   | C/G     G |
  Has it only been forgotten?
F                       C/G
  I wanna lay down in a field of bone,
G                         F       Fadd9
  But an angel guards the Garden.

[Solo]
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| F      | C      | G      | F       | Fadd9

[Verse 4]
         Am                                C/G
Then one morning near Arkana I chanced to watch some violets rise,
      F                             C/G               G
Their lunar blues undoing down the fastening stays of night and I
Am                                     C/G
Thought how sweet to sleep beneath the flowers such as those.
        Dm                             Dm
Now the ground don’t want me Mama, the ground don’t want me, no, no, no.

| Am    G |

[Chorus]
F                           C/G
  What is the body when the soul has flown?
G                   | C/G     G |
  Has it only been forgotten?
F                       C/G
  I wanna lay down in a field of bone,
G                         F         Fadd9
  But an angel guards the Garden.

[Verse 5]
    Am                                C/G
Sometimes I think 'bout Mama with the knife still in her chest.
    F                                   C/G            G
Sometimes I think about all those lucky men I sent to rest,
             Am                                C/G
And how it's them who are a sleepin', and it's me who is the ghost.
        Dm                             Dm
Now the ground don’t want me Mama, the ground don’t want me, no, no, no.

| Am    G |

[Chorus]
F                           C/G
  What is the body when the soul has flown?
G                   | C/G     G |
  Has it only been forgotten?
F                       C/G
  I wanna lay down in a field of bone,
G                         F        Fadd9    Fadd9
  But an angel guards the Garden.

[Outro]
| Am    | C/G   | F     | C/G G |
| Am    | C/G   | Dm    | Dm    | Am

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Capo 5 (Capo 2 in a different performance)
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[Intro]
Am    Am    Am    Am

[Verse 1]
Am                             C/G
Buried Mamma standing with the knife still in her chest,
   F                                C/G        G
As per her last instructions at her death.
             Am                          C/G
Said, “You’ll never get to Heaven son so go to Hell real slow.”
        Dm                              Dm
But the ground don’t want me Mamma, the ground don’t want me, no, no, no

Am G

[Chorus]
F                       C/G
What is the body if the soul has flown?
G                  C/G
Has it only been forgotten?
F                      C/G
I wanna’ lay down in a field of bone,
G                       F
But an angel guards the garden.

Am    C/G    G    Fmaj7
Am    C/G    G    Fmaj7

[Verse 2]
        Am                               C/G
I killed men in Blue Eyes, Barberco, New Life and Crystal Wells.
   F                             C/G                G
In every town the broken hearted rang their steeple bells.
    Am                   C/G
For every man a box, for every hole a rose.
        Dm                              Dm
And the ground don’t want me Mamma, the ground don’t want me, no, no, no.

| Am  G |

[Chorus]
F                       C/G
What is the body if the soul has flown?
G                  C/G
Has it only been forgotten?
F                      C/G
I wanna’ lay down in a field of bone,
G                       F                             Am
But an angel guards the garden, an angel guards the garden.

      C/G    G    Fmaj7
Am    C/G    G    Fmaj7

[Verse 3]
        Am                                 C/G
Then one morning near ArKana, I chanced to watch some violets rise,
      F                            C/G                G
Their lunar blues undoing down the fastening stays of night.
   Am                               C/G
Now Lord how sweet to sleep beneath flowers such as those,
        Dm                              Dm
But the ground don’t want me Mamma, the ground don’t want me, no, no, no

Am G

[Chorus]
F                       C/G
What is the body if the soul has flown?
G                  C/G
Has it only been forgotten?
F                      C/G
I wanna’ lay down in a field of bone,
G                       F                           Am
But an angel guards the garden, an angel guards the garden.

      C/G    G    Fmaj7
Am    C/G    G    Fmaj7

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