| A | D | A | F#m |
| A | A | F#m | E |
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| A | D | E | A
[Verse 1]
A
If I should fall from grace with God
D A
Where no doctor can relieve me.
A
If I'm buried 'neath the sod
D F#m
But the angels won't receive me.
[Chorus]
A
Let me go, boys,
F#m D
Let me go, boys.
A D A
Let me go down in the mud
E A
Where the rivers all run dry.
[Link]
|(A) | D A | A | E A |
| A | D A | A | E A
[Verse 2]
A
This land was always ours,
D A
Was the proud land of our fathers.
A
It belongs to us and them,
D F#m
Not to any of the others.
[Chorus]
A
Let them go, boys,
F#m D
Let them go, boys.
A D A
Let 'em go down in the mud
E A
Where the rivers all run dry.
[Link]
|(A) | D A | A | E A |
| A | D A | A | E A |
[Instrumental]
| A | E | A | A | x4
| A | D | E | A | x2
[Verse 3]
A
Bury me at sea
D A
Where no murdered ghost can haunt me.
A
If I rock upon the waves
D F#m
No corpse can lie upon me.
[Chorus]
A
It's coming up threes, boys,
F#m D
It's coming up threes, boys.
A D A
Let them go down in the mud
E A
Where the rivers all run dry.
[Link]
|(A) | D A | A | E A |
| A | D A | A | E A
[Verse 4]
A
If I should fall from grace with God
D A
Where no doctor can relieve me.
A
If I'm buried 'neath the sod
D F#m
So the angels won't receive me.
[Chorus]
A
Let me go, boys,
F#m D
Let me go, boys.
A D A
Let me go down in the mud
E A
Where the rivers all run dry.
[Link]
|(A) | D A | A | E A |
| A | D A | A | E A |
[Outro]
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| A | A | F#m | E |
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