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Bury Me Down By The River chords
The Bee Gees 1970 (Cucumber Castle)
A# D# A# 2x *
A# D# A#
I wasn't born in the morning, no
D# F F7
I must have been born in the night
A# D# D7 Gm
I've done my load and I'll carry my load
A# F A# F
And all I own is my life
A# D# A#
I wasn't born to be lucky,
D# F F7
'cause luck had no future with me
A# D# D7 Gm
I've done my wrong and I'll sing, sing, sing my song
A# F A# F
and stand beneath the hanging tree
A# D# A#
Bury me down by a river
D# F F7
Let all the towns people see
A# D# D7 Gm
Their enemy's dead, let me lay, lay my head
A# F A#
Just put me down and set me free
A# D# A#
I wasn't born as a rich man, no
D# F F7
A# rich man I never, I never could be
A# D# D7 Gm
I've done my wrong and I'll sing, sing, sing my song
A# F A# F
and stand beneath the hanging tree (Everybody sing now)
A# D# A#
Bury me down by a river
D# F F7
Let all the towns people see
A# D# D7 Gm
Their enemy's dead, let me lay, lay my head
A# F A#
Just put me down and set me free
(I want to hear everybody sing)
A# D# A#
Bury me down by a river
D# F F7
Let all the towns people see
A# D# D7 Gm
Their enemy's dead, let me lay, lay my head
A# F A# D# A#
Just put me down and set me free (set me free)
* Alternate:
Capo II
A# = G#
D# = C#
F = D#
F7 = D#7
D7 = C7
Gm = Fm
Set8