This tab is based on the recording made Feb 1st 1928 (ref 20374)
[Introduction]
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well it's
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one kind... favor I.. of you. well its one kind favor I ask of
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you Lawd..one kind.. favor.. of you
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Please ask my grave is kept clean
[Verse 1]
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Well it's one kind favor I ask of you,
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Well it's one kind favor I ask of you,
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Lawd it's one kind favor I'll ask of you,
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Please ask my grave is kept clean.
[Verse 2]
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It's a long old lane that got no end,
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It's a long lane that got no end,
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It's a long lane ain't got no end,
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And it's a bad wind that never change.
[Verse 3]
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Lord, it's two white horses in a line,
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Well, it's two white horses in a line,
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Well, it's two white horses in a line,
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Want take me to my burying ground.
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My heart stopped beating and my hands turned cold,
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My heart stopped beating and my hands turned cold,
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Well, my heart stopped beating, Lord, my hands turned cold,
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It wasn't long 'fore service by the cypress grove.
[Verse 5]
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Have you ever heard that coffin sound?
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Have you ever heard a coffin sound?
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Have you ever heard Lawd that coffin sound?
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Than you know that the poor boy's in the ground.
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Oh, dig my grave with a silver spade,
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But dig my grave with a silver spade,
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Well, dig my grave with a silver spade,
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You may lead me down with a golden chain.
[Verse 7]
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Have you ever heard a church bell toll?
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Have you ever heard a church bell toll?
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Have you ever hear a church bell toll?
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Than you know that the poor boy is dead and gone.
[Outro]
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gone
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h hammer on
p pull off
/slide up
\slide down
x damped string (fretting finger)
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