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The Grave Robber by Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice
The Grave Robber
Tuning:E A D G B E
Key:F#
Capo:4th fret
[Chords]
G: 3x0033
[Verse 1]
D A7 D
He wore golden cufflinks and fine tailored suits
D A7 D
He'd been seen out walking in new leather boots
G D
Always a dandy the ladies admired
D A7 D
All over three counties his likeness was sired
[Verse 2]
D A7 D
A well mannered gent his respects always paid
D A7 D
In funeral homes where the bodies were laid
G D
He'd shed a sad tear on a ring or a tie
D A7 D
On those who acquired the misfortune to die
[Verse 3]
D A7 D
He carried a spade in the back of his truck
D A7 D
But nobody ever saw him pick it up.
G D
The terrible truth is that robbin' the tombs
D A7 D
Went on many years in the darkness and gloom.
[Verse 4]
D A7 D
"They can't take it with him," he privately thought,
D A7 D
Especially all the nice clothes that they bought.
G D
And rather than waste them on moldering bones,
D A7 D
He'd lavish them later on young wider Jones.
[Verse 5]
D A7 D
He took all the rings and the dresses and shoes,
D A7 D
Scratched over the hole like a tomcat would do.
G D
It made him no difference, he gave not a hoot,
D A7 D
He'd cover them up and walk off with the loot.
[Verse 6]
D A7 D
"Who would have thought it?" an old lady said,
D A7 D
"I never dreamed he was robbin' the dead."
G D
"For so long I never suspected a thing,
D A7 D
Til I saw him wearing my dead husband's ring."
[Verse 7]
D A7 D
"That's mama's gold locket," one lady love cried,
D A7 D
"We buried it with her last month when she died."
G D
"He thought it would win me and never did see,
D A7 D
That baby face in there's a picture of me."
[Verse 8]
D A7 D
Now outside the prison, it's written in stone,
D D
They buried him there but his body is gone.
G D
Coy-otes sing over a whole in the ground,
D A7 D
And the McCapee Grave Robber cannot be found.
[Outro]
G D
The grave robber of McCapee County,
D A7 D
A handsome young fellow who made the girls swoon.
G D
The grave robber of McCapee County
D N.C.
Diggin' up graves by the light of the moon.
[Arpeggio]
D
[Spoken]
N.C.
It's an epic tune, I'll tell you that.
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