Am

[Verse]
          Am
Oh let me lay
                Dm
          Down beside
        G                  Am
My dear friend who's gone away
Am                           Dm
Cover me o-ver with dirt and sod
       E7                  Am
Let me hasten my departure day

[Verse]
Am      Dm             Am
For how long? For that day?
              Dm             E7
When we'll be dancing on the storm clouds
          Am             Dm
Shake the rain  from the sky
         Am  G  Fm7
Onto our graaaaaves
             E                Am
We'll all be waiting for that day

[Verse]
Am                               Dm
Well Will Whitmore mixed up some shine
              E              Dm
Filled up the jug and met us walking
         Am
Down the line

[Pre-Chorus]
    Dm        Am
The line, the line
          Dm               Am
He met us walking down the line
   Dm                 E
To join our friend in heaven
         Am
Down the line

[Pre-Chorus]
    Dm        Am
The line, the line
          Dm               Am
He met us walking down the line
   Dm                 E
To join our friend in heaven
         Am
Down the line

Am

[Chorus]
Am        Dm            E
And every chain gang in heaven
     Am              C
They lifted up their arms
            Dm               Am
And made an aisle for him to walk
            E
Between the rows
         Dm                      E
And each plant bowed down toward him
      Am            C
As he passed, as he passed
                Dm            Am
They kept their necks in reverence
        E
For the preacher’s son

[Interlude]
Am Dm E Am
Am Dm E F Am

[Chorus]
Am        Dm            E
And every chain gang in heaven
     Am              C
They lifted up their arms
            Dm               Am
And made an aisle for him to walk
            E
Between the rows
         Dm                      E
And each plant bowed down toward him
      Am            C
As he passed, as he passed
                Dm            Am
They kept their necks in reverence
        E
For the preacher’s son

[Outro]
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