Verse
F#
Well the first time I saw my newborn girl, she was pullin' on her mama's hair
E F#
The sun comin' through the window, and I'd known her anywhere
[Chorus]
F#
Dig a hole, dig a hole in the meadow, dig a hole in the cold, cold ground
B F# E F#
Dig a hole, dig a hole in the meadow, to lay my Lily down, to lay my Lily down
[Riff] Oh to lay my Lily down, lay my Lily down
[Verse]
F#
Wake up, wake up my sleeping child, come and learn to laugh at hell
E F#
Cause the feral fire in your daddy's blood runs in your veins as well
[Chorus]
F#
Dig a hole, dig a hole in the meadow, dig a hole in the cold, cold ground
B F# E F#
Dig a hole, dig a hole in the meadow, oh to lay my Lily down, lay my Lily down
[Riff]
[Verse]
F#
The last time I saw little Lily, she was starin' at the windswept sea
E F#
With her two pearl-handled pistols and a banjo on her knee
[Chorus]
F#
Dig a hole, dig a hole in the meadow, dig a hole in the cold, cold ground
B F#
Dig a hole, dig a hole in the meadow, to lay my Lily down
[Chorus]
F#
Dig a hole, dig a hole in the meadow, dig a hole in the cold, cold ground
B F# E F#
Dig a hole, dig a hole in the meadow, oh to lay my Lily down, lay my Lily down
[Outro]
B F# E F# B F#
Lay my Lily down, lay my Lily down, oh to lay my Lily down