Johnny Cash

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