Standard Tuning: EADGBe "Hear the Willow Cry"
CAPO 2ND FRET by the Steeldrivers
Chorus/ Intro:
EmB7
Won't you bury me beneath the tree
DA7
Where my family lies, where my family lies.
EmB7
Let the fog lay low, on the mountain high!
DEm
Hear the willow cry, hear the willow cry!
Verse 1:
CG
Ain't no redemption for the thing that I have done.
AmEm
Devil owned you once the bullets left the gun.
CG
All I can think of with this rope around my neck,
AmB7
is I'd be much obliged if you'd grant me one request!
Chorus:
EmB7
Won't you bury me beneath the tree
DA7
Where my family lies, where my family lies.
EmB7
Let the fog lay low, on the mountain high!
DEm
Hear the willow cry, hear the willow cry!
Verse 2:
C
My soul's as black as coal
G
an' I walk the streets at night
AmEm
an' In my heart I knew that something wasnt right
CG
And, I went crazy when I found her with that man
AmB7
But I felt better once the blood was on my hands
Chorus:
EmB7
Won't you bury me beneath the tree
DA7
Where my family lies, where my family lies.
EmB7
Let the fog lay low, on the mountain high!
DEm
Hear the willow cry, hear the willow cry!
Chorus
EmB7
Won't you bury me beneath the tree
DA7
Where my family lies, where my family lies.
EmB7
Let the fog lay low, on the mountain high!
DEm
Hear the willow cry, hear the willow cry!
DEm
Hear the willow cry, hear the willow cry!