Dave Matthews Band – Gravedigger

Standard Tuning

Chords:

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Intro: Am | G | E | Am G | D/F# | Am | Am

Am G
Cyrus Jones, 1810 to 1913
F
Made his great grandchildren believe
Am
He could live to a hundred and three
Am G
A hundred and three is forever when you’re just a little
kid
F Am
So Cyrus Jones lived forever

Am
Gravedigger
G
When you dig my grave
E
Could you make it shallow
Am G D/F#
So that I can feel the rain
Am Am
Gravedigger

Am G
Muriel Stonewall, 1903 to 1954
F Am
Lost both of her babies in the second great war
Am
Now you should never have to watch
G
Your only children are lowered in the ground
F Am
You should never have to bury your own babies

Am
Gravedigger
G
When you dig my grave
E
Could you make it shallow

Am G D/F#
So that I can feel the rain
Am Am
Gravedigger

Dm F C G
Ring around the rosey
Dm F C G
Pocket full of posey
Dm F C G
Ashes to ashes

We all fall down

Am
Gravedigger
G
When you dig my grave
E
Could you make it shallow
Am G D/F#
So that I can feel the rain
Am Am
Gravedigger

Am G
Little Mikey Carson, ’67 to ’75
F
He rode his
Am
Bike like the devil until the day he died
Am G
When he grows up he wants to be Mr. Vertigo on the flying
trapeze
F Am
Oh, 1940 to 1992

Am
Gravedigger
G
When you dig my grave
E
Could you make it shallow
Am G D/F#
So that I can feel the rain

Am
Gravedigger
G
When you dig my grave
E
Could you make it shallow
Am G D/F#
So that I can feel the rain
Am
I can Feel the rain
Am
Gravedigger
G
When you dig my grave
E
Could you make it shallow
Am G D/F#
So that I can feel the rain
Am
Gravedigger
Am
Gravedigger