Chords for Put Me in the Ground

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_ _ _ I live out in the woods, in a cabin all _ alone. _ _ _
A ten by twelve one room [G] shack is what I call [D] my home.
_ _ _ _ I don't live alone by choice, it's by necessity. _ _ _ _ _
_ I'm hiding from the [C] law, cause I'm a wanted [D] man you see.
[G] And they'll put [D] me in the _ ground, _ if [G] they ever [D] track me down. _ _
_ _ [G] That's why I make my home up in the hills where the law [D] don't come around.
[C] Cause they'll put [G] me in [D] the ground, if they ever track me down. _ _ _
_ It was late one afternoon, way back in the _ past.
_ _ _ The revenue would bust through the trees as we was cooking the day's last.
My _ _ _ brother Drew was gone, the revenue would droop.
_ _ _ _ Two _ gunshots, two bodies dead, [G] no one [D] else but Buddy Bugray.
[C] And they'll [G] put me [D] in the ground, _ _ _ _ [G] if they [D] ever track me down. _ _ _
[G] That's why I make my home up in the hills where the law don't [D] come around. _
Cause they'll put me in the ground, _ if they ever track me down. _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ With no one there to see, just how the deal went down. _ _ _ _
The only two who know the truth, [G] they're six [D] foot in the ground. _
_ _ _ Like it ain't bad enough, my brother lost his life. _ _ _
I'm a wanted man stuck in [Am] these woods, [D] hiding from his fire.
[C] And [D] they'll put me in the ground, _ _ if [G] they ever track [D] me down. _ _ _
_ [G] That's why I make my home up in the hills where the law don't [D] come around.
Cause [G] they'll put [D] me in the ground, [C] if they [D] ever track me down.
If they ever track me down. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ we're the John D.
Hale Band and you've reached the end of our CD.
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[D] [Em] Way back in the [G] sticks in southern Arkansas, [Em] way out in the [G] past.
Hidden from the law [C] lived a band of holy [G] rollers with a sneaky look and glass.
[D] And every Sunday morning, [G] well you'd find them smoking grass. _ _
[Em] Well they're reading from the Bible [G] as they're cooking up that [D] sweet [Em] persimmon.
And they [G] all have everything you need, [C] baptizing the holy [G] water straight out of a bottle.
[D] It's not a church like Jimmy [G] Swagger, more like Cheech and Chong. _
_ [C] They say the higher the man, [G] the closer to God.
So they [D] step on and [C] on, cause they [G] drink and smoke and pop.
[C] They worship God for [G] days on end, they never take a rest.
[D] Down at the local first assembly [C] church, they cook [F] them at the [C] dip.
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_ _ _ [Em] They're brothers of all [G] ages and sisters of all kinds.
[Em] Yeah, getting pow [G]-wowed by this holy man.
[C] Well they teach him to [G] do mammoth stunts and what not.
[D] Don't covet that [G] neighbor's wheat and pass it to the left.
_ _ They say the higher the man, the closer to God.
[D] So they step on and on, cause they [C] drink and [G] smoke and pop.
[C] They worship God [G] for days on end, they never take a [D] rest.
Down at the local first assembly [C] church, they cook them [F] at the dip.
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[C] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [D] Well the preacher's in [Em] the [C] pulpit, smoking [G] up that [D] hash.
Well the usher's in the [C] aisle, [G] wrecking all the cash.
[D] Choir's in the [C] hall, singing when the [G] bells are [D] called.
While the congregation's [C] getting [G] stoned to the bone. _ _
They [C] say the higher the [G] man, the closer to God.
[D] So they step on and on, [C] cause they drink [G] and smoke and pop.
[C] They worship God for [G] days on end, they never take a rest.
[D] Down at the local first assembly [C] church, they cook [G] them at the dip. _
_ _ _ [D] Everybody's getting [G] high on [C] God in their [F] Sunday [C] fit.
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[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ Amen, _ _ _ _ _ _ brother.
Here, [Gm] drink.
I _ hope God has a good sense