Johnny Cash – Bury Me Not On The Lone Prairie chords

G   G6      Em  Em7    Em/G    G"Oh bury me not on the lone Prairie"
G     G6         Em  Em7 Em      Em4   GThese words came low and mourn - ful - ly
G               G(5)      G         Gm7From the pallid lips of a youth who lay
G            Em         Em7      GOn his dying bed at the close of day.


G   G6        Em  Em7          Em/G    GHe has wasted and pined 'til o'er his brow
G     G6         Em  Em7 Em      Em4   GDeath's shades were slowly gathering now.
G               G(5)      G         Gm7He thought of home and loved ones nigh,
G            Em         Em7      GAnd 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   GWhere the coyotes howl and the wind blows free.
G               G(5)      G         Gm7In a narrow grave just six by three
G            Em         Em7      GOh 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   GWhere the body lies when the heart grows cold.
G               G(5)      G         Gm7Yet grant, oh grant, this wish to me,
G            Em         Em7      GOh 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   GIn a little churchyard on a green hillside.
G               G(5)      G         Gm7By my father's grave there let me be,
G            Em         Em7      GOh 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   GAnd a sister's tear will mingle there.
G               G(5)      G         Gm7Where friends can come and weep o'er me.
G            Em         Em7      GOh 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   GFor the one who lies in a Prairie bed.
G               G(5)      G         Gm7It breaks my heart to think of her now,
G                  Em             Em7            GShe 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   GBut they took no heed to his dying prayer.
G               G(5)      G         Gm7In a narrow grave, just six by three,
G            Em         Em7      GThey buried him there on the lone Prairie.


G   G6      Em  Em7    Em/G    GAnd the cowboys now as they roam the plain
G     G6         Em  Em7 Em      Em4   GFor they marked the spot where his bones were lain,
G               G(5)      G         Gm7Fling a handful of roses o'er his grave
G            Em         Em7      GWith a prayer to God, his soul to save.