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