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Bury Me Down By The River chords
The Bee Gees 1970 (Cucumber Castle)
B E B 2x *
B E B
I wasn't born in the morning, no
E F# F#7
I must have been born in the night
B E D#7 G#m
I've done my load and I'll carry my load
B F# B F#
And all I own is my life
B E B
I wasn't born to be lucky,
E F# F#7
'cause luck had no future with me
B E D#7 G#m
I've done my wrong and I'll sing, sing, sing my song
B F# B F#
and stand beneath the hanging tree
B E B
Bury me down by a river
E F# F#7
Let all the towns people see
B E D#7 G#m
Their enemy's dead, let me lay, lay my head
B F# B
Just put me down and set me free
B E B
I wasn't born as a rich man, no
E F# F#7
B rich man I never, I never could be
B E D#7 G#m
I've done my wrong and I'll sing, sing, sing my song
B F# B F#
and stand beneath the hanging tree (Everybody sing now)
B E B
Bury me down by a river
E F# F#7
Let all the towns people see
B E D#7 G#m
Their enemy's dead, let me lay, lay my head
B F# B
Just put me down and set me free
(I want to hear everybody sing)
B E B
Bury me down by a river
E F# F#7
Let all the towns people see
B E D#7 G#m
Their enemy's dead, let me lay, lay my head
B F# B E B
Just put me down and set me free (set me free)
* Alternate:
Capo II
B = A
E = D
F# = E
F#7 = E7
D#7 = C#7
G#m = F#m
Set8