A |--------| |----------| |--10-10-| |---10-10--| |----9---|x|--9--9----| |-7------|3|-7--------| |--------| |----------| |--------| |----------| A I am not afraid when you call me down E A Down the basement steps under the house A E A Down, down in the ground A Black cows are limping, the white dogs bark E A Crickets are screaming, smoke in the barn A Just like a field snake eating a mouse E A Just like a bluegill hooked through its mouth A E A Down, down in the ground A Cry for the toy trains lost in the snow E A Cry for the dead deer surrounded by crows A You call me softly down in the dark E A Down where the red worms circle like sharks A E A Down, down in the ground A Under the black mud in your quiet house E A you have prepared my place to lie down A A house in the rock where sorrows drown E A Old man or baby make no more sound A E A Down, down in the ground A