xG G6 Em Em7 Em/G G "Oh bury me not on the lone Prairie" G G6 Em Em7 Em Em4 G These words came low and mourn - ful - ly G G(5) G Gm7 From the pallid lips of a youth who lay G Em Em7 G On his dying bed at the close of day. G G6 Em Em7 Em/G G He has wasted and pined 'til o'er his brow G G6 Em Em7 Em Em4 G Death's shades were slowly gathering now. G G(5) G Gm7 He thought of home and loved ones nigh, G Em Em7 G And the cowboys gathered to see him die. G G6 Em Em7 Em/G G "Oh bury me not on the lone Prairie, G G6 Em Em7 Em Em4 G Where the coyotes howl and the wind blows free. G G(5) G Gm7 In a narrow grave just six by three G Em Em7 G Oh bury me not on the lone Prairie." G G6 Em Em7 Em/G G "It matters not, I've oft been told, G G6 Em Em7 Em Em4 G Where the body lies when the heart grows cold. G G(5) G Gm7 Yet grant, oh grant, this wish to me, G Em Em7 G Oh bury me not on the lone Prairie." G G6 Em Em7 Em/G G "I've always wished to be laid when I died G G6 Em Em7 Em Em4 G In a little churchyard on a green hillside. G G(5) G Gm7 By my father's grave there let me be, G Em Em7 G Oh bury me not on the lone Prairie." G G6 Em Em7 Em/G G "I wish to lie where a mother's prayer G G6 Em Em7 Em Em4 G And a sister's tear will mingle there. G G(5) G Gm7 Where friends can come and weep o'er me. G Em Em7 G Oh bury me not on the lone Prairie." G G6 Em Em7 Em/G G "For there's another whose tears will shed G G6 Em Em7 Em Em4 G For the one who lies in a Prairie bed. G G(5) G Gm7 It breaks my heart to think of her now, G Em Em7 G She has curled these locks; she has kissed this brow." G G6 Em Em7 Em/G G "Oh bury me not..." And his voice failed there G G6 Em Em7 Em Em4 G But they took no heed to his dying prayer. G G(5) G Gm7 In a narrow grave, just six by three, G Em Em7 G They buried him there on the lone Prairie. G G6 Em Em7 Em/G G And the cowboys now as they roam the plain G G6 Em Em7 Em Em4 G For they marked the spot where his bones were lain, G G(5) G Gm7 Fling a handful of roses o'er his grave G Em Em7 G With a prayer to God, his soul to save.
