Lay Some Flowers On My Grave Chords by Blind Willie Mctell

[Ab] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [Db] _ [F] _
_ _ _ You must [Dm] lay _ [C] some flowers on [F] my grave.
[Gm] _ [Bbm] _ [F] _ _ _
You [Am] must lay some flowers [A] [D] on [C] my _ grave. _ _
_ _ [Dm] My [F] _ mother's [Gm] father [F] is gone, _ [Bb] left me in this world alone.
You [F] must _ lay [A] some flowers on [F] my grave.
[G] _ [Bb] _ [F] _ _ _ [Dm] My father [C] was a road sport and a [F] gambler too,
[Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ _ and he left me here just [Ab] singing [C] the blues. _ _ _ _ _
[F] I hope my heart will _ change, [Bb] I don't want to die the same.
[F] You must [C] lay some flowers [Bb] on my grave.
_ _ [F] _ _
_ [Dm] Put a wreath [Db] of [C]
flowers at my [F] right side,
[Bb] _ _ [F] _
_ then you [Dm] know [Am] that my tale's _ [C] satisfied. _ _ _
_ _ [F] Put a bouquet in my breast, [Bb] you know the poor boy's going [Bbm] to rest.
[A] You must [F] _ lay [C]
some flowers [F] on my grave.
[Bb] _ _
[F] _ _ _ [Dm] Now when _ [C] this old building is [A] falling [Gm] down, _
[Bbm] _ [F] _ _ just lay [Dm] me six [Am] feet in the cold, cold [C] ground. _
_ _ _ [F] Wrap me up in the solid clay, _ [Bb] cause I'll come here to die [D] one day.
Hot [F] mama, [Am] lay _ some flowers on my grave.
[Bb] _
[F] _ _ Put a morning _
[C] glory at [F] my hidden [Bb] feet,
_ [Bbm] _
[F] _ _ then you know _ that my [Gm] tale's going to sleep.
[C] _ _
_ _ [F] On my headboard write my name, [Bb] I'll have a minigas heart in pain.
Hot [F] mama, [Am] lay some flowers on my [Bb] grave. _ _
[F] _ _ [Dm] Now snatch _ [Cm] the pillar from under [F] my [Bb] head.
[Bbm] _ [F] _
_ _ Don't grieve and worry after the days [Gm] I'm dead.
[C] _ _ _
_ [F] When I bid you this last goodbye, _ [Bb] don't none of you women cry.
[F] You just lay [C] some flowers [F] on my [Bb] grave.
_ [F] _ _
Now when [C] I'm gone, come [F] no [Bb] more,
_ [F] _ _ _
and old [Dm] _ Paul Barrett's lay me [C] low. _ _ _ _
[F] When you hear that [C] coughing [F] sound, [Bb] you know my tale is in the ground.
Hot [F] mama, lay [Am] some flowers on my grave.
[Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Dm] Now when [C] the poor [A] boy's dead and [Bb] gone,
_ [Bbm] _ [F] _ _ _ I'm left in this old [Gm] world all alone.
[C] _
_ _ _ [Am] When [F] you hear the [Cm] church [F] bells toll, [Bb] you know my tale's dead