Tom: Em
Em C
I was born in a flood of tears.
Am G
My parents much too late in years.
Em C
And the last of the cold was mine one day,
Am G
But they left me in a forgotten place.
[Bridge]
C Am G Am G Em
My daddy was once a good boy, but he got lost in the dust.
[Chorus]
Em
Ain't no roses on my grave.
C
Put me in the cold cold ground.
Am
Meet me in the morning,
G A G
And watch as the winter rain is falling.
Em
Ain't no roses on my grave.
C
Put me in the cold cold ground.
Am
Meet me in the morning,
G A G Em
And watch as the winter rain is falling... down.
[Verse 2]
Em C
I was born on a flooded plain.
Am G
From a rusted shack to the world I came.
Em C
And the water rose and the weather veined.
Am G
I spread my wings, my eyes a blaze.
[Bridge]
C Am G Am G Em
My daddy was once a good boy, but he got lost in the dust.
[Chorus]
Em
Ain't no roses on my grave.
C
Put me in the cold cold ground.
Am
Meet me in the morning,
G A G
And watch as the winter rain is falling.
Em
Ain't no roses on my grave.
C
Put me in the cold cold ground.
Am
Meet me in the morning,
G A G
And watch as the winter rain is falling...
[Chorus 2]
C Am
Hold me down, hold me down,
G
Beat me in the morning waves,
Am G
So all my sins have all been washed away.
C Am
Hold me down, hold me down,
G
Beat me in the morning waves,
Am G Am Em
So all my sins have all been washed away.
[Verse 3]
Em C G Am
I went down to the river to wash my sins away.
Em C Am G Am
But no water in that river and my tears fell down like rain.
Em C Am G Am
Now the waters rising up above a shack on the dirty plain
Em C Am G Am
My family on the roof top, Lord, I can almost hear them sing
[Chorus]
Em
Ain't no roses on my grave.
C
Put me in the cold cold ground.
Am
Meet me in the morning,
G A G
And watch as the winter rain is falling.
Em
Ain't no roses on my grave.
C
Put me in the cold cold ground.
Am
Meet me in the morning,
G A G
And watch as the winter rain is falling...
[Chorus 2]
C Am
Hold me down, hold me down,
G
Beat my head under the waves,
Am G
So all my sins have all been washed away.
C Am
Hold me down, hold me down,
G
Down beneath the deepest grave,
Am G Am Em
Let that rain wash my sins away
C Am
Am
Down beneath the deepest grave,
G Em
Let the rain wash my sins away.
C Am
Am
Beat me in the morning waves,
G Em
So all my sins have all been washed away.
C Am
Am
Keep my head under the waves,
G Em
So all my sins have all been washed away.
C Am
Am
Down beneath the deepest grave,
G Em
Let the rain wash my sins away.
Em C
I was born in a flood of tears,
Am G Am
My parents much too late in years.
C G Am Em
My daddy was once a good boy but he got lost in the dust.
