Chords for Randy Travis - Send My Body (2021 Remaster)
Tempo:
107.4 bpm
Chords used:
E
A
B
C#
F#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[E]
[B] [E] Well the judge he found me guilty of wrong doing, [A] and he sentenced me to hang [E] in mid-July.
He looked down at me and said, your life's a ruin.
[C#] [F#] If I were you I'd break right [B] down and cry.
[E] Well nobody seems to care that I ain't guilty.
[A] Lord I never did the things they [B] said I've done.
[E] But I guess they're gonna have to hang somebody, [C#] [F#] and it's looking [B] like I'm gonna [E] be the one.
[A] So send my body home [E] on a freight train.
[A] And don't worry none that I don't [E] go first class.
[A]
Send my body home [E] on a freight [C#] train, [F#] so everyone can see me [B] when I pass.
[A] And don't worry none about no [E] fancy funeral.
[A] It don't matter how they [E] lay me down.
[A] You'll see they bury me [E] out by mama's [C#] apple tree, [F#] and send my [B] body back to [E] my hometown.
[A]
[E] [C#] [F#]
[B] [E]
Well my mama was a damn hard-working woman, [A] and she tried to raise us kids [E] without a paw.
Last thing that she said, she was on her [C#] dying bed, [F#] was son don't get in trouble [B] with the Lord.
[E] Whenever my time comes to meet my maker, [A] I'm gonna try to do my [E] very best.
I'm gonna try to stand and take it [C#] like a [F#] man.
When they [B] ask if I have [E] one request, well I'll [A] just say send my body home [E] on a freight train.
[A] And don't worry none that I don't [E] go first class.
[A] Send my body home [E] on a freight [C#] train, [F#] so everyone can see me [B] when I pass.
[A] Don't worry none about no [E] fancy funeral.
[A] It don't matter how they [E] lay me down.
[A] You'll see they bury me out [E] by mama's [C#] apple tree, [F#] and send my [B] body back to my [E] hometown.
You'll [A] just see they bury me out [E] by mama's [C#] apple tree, [F#] and send my [B] body back to my [E] hometown.
[B] [E] Well the judge he found me guilty of wrong doing, [A] and he sentenced me to hang [E] in mid-July.
He looked down at me and said, your life's a ruin.
[C#] [F#] If I were you I'd break right [B] down and cry.
[E] Well nobody seems to care that I ain't guilty.
[A] Lord I never did the things they [B] said I've done.
[E] But I guess they're gonna have to hang somebody, [C#] [F#] and it's looking [B] like I'm gonna [E] be the one.
[A] So send my body home [E] on a freight train.
[A] And don't worry none that I don't [E] go first class.
[A]
Send my body home [E] on a freight [C#] train, [F#] so everyone can see me [B] when I pass.
[A] And don't worry none about no [E] fancy funeral.
[A] It don't matter how they [E] lay me down.
[A] You'll see they bury me [E] out by mama's [C#] apple tree, [F#] and send my [B] body back to [E] my hometown.
[A]
[E] [C#] [F#]
[B] [E]
Well my mama was a damn hard-working woman, [A] and she tried to raise us kids [E] without a paw.
Last thing that she said, she was on her [C#] dying bed, [F#] was son don't get in trouble [B] with the Lord.
[E] Whenever my time comes to meet my maker, [A] I'm gonna try to do my [E] very best.
I'm gonna try to stand and take it [C#] like a [F#] man.
When they [B] ask if I have [E] one request, well I'll [A] just say send my body home [E] on a freight train.
[A] And don't worry none that I don't [E] go first class.
[A] Send my body home [E] on a freight [C#] train, [F#] so everyone can see me [B] when I pass.
[A] Don't worry none about no [E] fancy funeral.
[A] It don't matter how they [E] lay me down.
[A] You'll see they bury me out [E] by mama's [C#] apple tree, [F#] and send my [B] body back to my [E] hometown.
You'll [A] just see they bury me out [E] by mama's [C#] apple tree, [F#] and send my [B] body back to my [E] hometown.
Key:
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] Well the judge he found me guilty of wrong doing, _ [A] and he sentenced me to hang [E] in mid-July.
_ He looked down at me and said, your life's a ruin.
[C#] _ [F#] If I were you I'd break right [B] down and cry.
[E] Well nobody seems to care that I ain't guilty.
_ [A] Lord I never did the things they [B] said I've done.
_ [E] But I guess they're gonna have to hang somebody, [C#] _ [F#] and it's looking [B] like I'm gonna [E] be the one.
_ [A] So send my body home [E] on a freight train.
[A] And don't worry none that I don't [E] go first class.
_ [A]
Send my body home [E] on a freight [C#] train, [F#] so everyone can see me [B] when I pass.
[A] And don't worry none about no [E] fancy funeral.
_ [A] It don't matter how they [E] lay me down.
[A] You'll see they bury me [E] out by mama's [C#] apple tree, [F#] and send my [B] body back to [E] my hometown.
_ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ [C#] _ _ [F#] _
_ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Well my mama was a damn hard-working woman, _ [A] and she tried to raise us kids [E] without a paw.
_ _ Last thing that she said, she was on her [C#] dying bed, [F#] was son don't get in trouble [B] with the Lord.
_ _ [E] Whenever my time comes to meet my maker, _ [A] I'm gonna try to do my [E] very best.
_ I'm gonna try to stand and take it [C#] like a [F#] man.
When they [B] ask if I have [E] one request, well I'll [A] just say send my body home [E] on a freight train.
[A] And don't worry none that I don't [E] go first class.
_ [A] Send my body home [E] on a freight [C#] train, [F#] so everyone can see me [B] when I pass.
_ [A] Don't worry none about no [E] fancy funeral.
_ [A] It don't matter how they [E] lay me down.
_ [A] You'll see they bury me out [E] by mama's [C#] apple tree, [F#] and send my [B] body back to my [E] hometown.
_ You'll [A] just see they bury me out [E] by mama's [C#] apple tree, [F#] and send my [B] body back to my [E] hometown.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] Well the judge he found me guilty of wrong doing, _ [A] and he sentenced me to hang [E] in mid-July.
_ He looked down at me and said, your life's a ruin.
[C#] _ [F#] If I were you I'd break right [B] down and cry.
[E] Well nobody seems to care that I ain't guilty.
_ [A] Lord I never did the things they [B] said I've done.
_ [E] But I guess they're gonna have to hang somebody, [C#] _ [F#] and it's looking [B] like I'm gonna [E] be the one.
_ [A] So send my body home [E] on a freight train.
[A] And don't worry none that I don't [E] go first class.
_ [A]
Send my body home [E] on a freight [C#] train, [F#] so everyone can see me [B] when I pass.
[A] And don't worry none about no [E] fancy funeral.
_ [A] It don't matter how they [E] lay me down.
[A] You'll see they bury me [E] out by mama's [C#] apple tree, [F#] and send my [B] body back to [E] my hometown.
_ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ [C#] _ _ [F#] _
_ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Well my mama was a damn hard-working woman, _ [A] and she tried to raise us kids [E] without a paw.
_ _ Last thing that she said, she was on her [C#] dying bed, [F#] was son don't get in trouble [B] with the Lord.
_ _ [E] Whenever my time comes to meet my maker, _ [A] I'm gonna try to do my [E] very best.
_ I'm gonna try to stand and take it [C#] like a [F#] man.
When they [B] ask if I have [E] one request, well I'll [A] just say send my body home [E] on a freight train.
[A] And don't worry none that I don't [E] go first class.
_ [A] Send my body home [E] on a freight [C#] train, [F#] so everyone can see me [B] when I pass.
_ [A] Don't worry none about no [E] fancy funeral.
_ [A] It don't matter how they [E] lay me down.
_ [A] You'll see they bury me out [E] by mama's [C#] apple tree, [F#] and send my [B] body back to my [E] hometown.
_ You'll [A] just see they bury me out [E] by mama's [C#] apple tree, [F#] and send my [B] body back to my [E] hometown.
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