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O Bury Me Not by Johnny Cash
O Bury Me Not
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Recitation:
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Lord, I've never lived where churches grow
I loved creation better as it stood
That day you finished it so long ago
And looked upon your work and called it good
I know that others find you in the light
That sifted down through tinted window panes
And yet I seem to feel you near tonight
In this dim, quiet starlight on the plains
I thank you, Lord, that I'm placed so well
That you've made my freedom so complete
That I'm no slave to whistle, clock or bell
Nor weak eyed prisoner of Waller Street
Just let me live my life as I've begun
And give me work that's open to the sky
Make me a partner of the wind and sun
And I won't ask a life that's soft or high
Let me be easy on the man that's down
Let me be square and generous with all
I'm careless sometimes, Lord, when I'm in town
But never let them say I'm mean or small
Make me as big and open as the plains
And honest as the horse between my knees
Clean as a wind that blows behind the rains
Free as the hawk that circles down the breeze
Forgive me, Lord, if sometimes I forget
You know about the reasons that are hid
You understand the things that gall or fret
Well, you knew me better than my mother did
Just keep an eye on all that's done or said
And right me sometimes when I turn aside
And guide me on that long, dim trail ahead
That stretched upward toward the great divide
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Oh, bury me not on the lone prairie
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These words came low and mournfully
A
From the pallid lips of a youth who lay
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On his dying bed at the close of day
Oh, bury me not and his voice failed there
But we took no heed to his dying prayer
In a shallow grave just six by three
We buried him there on the lone prairie.
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version 2
Capo:2nd fret
Chord fingering
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[rather spoken than sung]
[Verse 1]
A
Lord, I've never lived where churches grow,
E
I loved creation better as it stood,
E
that day you finished it so long ago,
A
and looked upon your work and called it good.
A
I know that others find you in the light,
E
that sifted down through tinted window panes,
E
and yet I seem to feel you near tonight
A
in this dim, quiet starlight on the plains.
A
I thank you, Lord, that I'm placed so well,
E
that you've made my freedom so complete,
E
that I'm no slave to whistle, clock or bell,
A
nor weak-eyed prisoner of Waller Street.
A
Just let me live my life as I've begun,
E
and give me work that's open to the sky,
E
make me a partner of the wind and sun,
A
and I won't ask a life that's soft or high.
A
Let me be easy on the man that's down,
E
let me be square and generous with all,
E
I'm careless sometimes, Lord, when I'm in town,
A
but never let ‘em say I'm mean or small.
A
Make me as big and open as the plains,
E
and honest as the horse between my knees,
E
clean as the wind that blows behind the rains,
A
free as the hawk that circles down the breeze.
A
Forgive me, Lord, if sometimes I forget,
E
you know about the reasons that are hid,
E
you understand the things that gall or fret,
A
well, you knew me better than my mother did.
A
Just keep an eye on all that's done or said,
E
and right me sometimes when I turn aside,
E
and guide me on that long, dim trail ahead
A
that stretches upward toward the great divide
[Chorus]
A
[sung] Oh, bury me not on the lone prairie,
E
these words came low and mournfully
A
from the pallid lips of a youth who lay
E A
on his dying bed at the close of day.
N.C A
Oh, bury me not, and his voice failed there,
E
but we took no heed to his dying prayer,
A
in a shallow grave just six by three,
E A
we buried him there on the lone prairie.
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