Aint No Grave Can Hold My Body Down

Johnny Cash

Tom: C

(intro)

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(chorus)
(Dm)
There ain't no grave

Can hold my body down
Dm              G
There ain't no grave
    Am            Dm   *FILL (you will hear faintly)
Can hold my body down        this little 3 note fill
                             throughout after the  Dm)

(*fill)
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(verse)
Dm
When i hear that trumpet sound
           G                      Dm
I'm gonna rise right out of the ground
           G
Ain't no grave
     Am           Dm
Can hold my body down

(verse)
Dm
Well  look way down the river
     G                  Dm
And what do you think i see
   G             Am
I see a band of angels
      Dm
And they're coming after me

(chorus)
Dm         G
Ain't no grave
     Am           Dm
Can hold my body down
Dm              G
There ain't no grave
     Am           Dm
Can hold my body down

(verse)
Dm
Well  look down yonder  gabriel
          G                   Dm
Put your feet on the land and sea
      G                 Am
But gabriel  don't you blow your trumpet
Dm
Until you hear from me

(chorus)
Dm              G
There ain't no grave
     Am           Dm
Can hold my body down
Dm         G
Ain't no grave
     Am           Dm
Can hold my body down

(instrumental) Dm  Dsus2 A
(chorus 2x)

(verse)
Dm
Well meet me  jesus  meet me
 G                            Dm
Meet me in the middle of the air
     G                    Am
And if these wings don't fail me
Dm
I will meet you anywhere

(chorus)
Dm         G
Ain't no grave
     Am           Dm
Can hold my body down
Dm              G
There ain't no grave
     Am           Dm
Can hold my body down

(verse)
Dm
Well meet me  mother and father
 G                      Dm
Meet me down the river road
     G                   Am
And mama  you know that i'll be there
     Dm
When i check in my load

(chorus)
Dm         G
Ain't no grave
     Am           Dm
Can hold my body down
Dm              G
There ain't no grave
     Am           Dm
Can hold my body down
Dm              G
There ain't no grave
     Am            Dm  Dm
Can hold my body down