Tom: Am
Am F G Am
Wear your best and darkest clothes my friend
Am F G
Shoes may shine and hair may be bound
F G C C/B Am
Have a drink if you like to calm your nerve
Am F G Am
Once they're laid there in the ground
[Verse 2]
Am F G Am
We'll be strong for our loved ones dear
Am F G
Till they're worn out and sleeping sound
F G C C/B Am
For the old will mourn and the children wail
Am F G Am
Once they're laid there in the ground
[Chorus]
F
Said I wouldn't leave you alone and I didn't
F
Said I wouldn't leave you alone and I didn't
Gsus4
Said I wouldn't leave you alone and I didn't
Gsus4
Said I wouldn't leave you alone and I didn't
F
Said I wouldn't leave you alone and I didn't
F
Said I wouldn't leave you alone and I didn't
Gsus4
Said I wouldn't leave you alone and I didn't
Gsus4
Said I wouldn't leave you alone
Am G Am F
Am F G
In the ground
[Verse 3]
Am F G Am
There's a letter in my bedside drawer
Am F G
Waiting there to be found
F G C C/B Am
Though I go with you, I won't re--turn
Am F G Am
Once you've laid me in the ground
[Chorus]
F
Said I wouldn't leave you alone and I didn't
F
Said I wouldn't leave you alone and I didn't
Gsus4
Said I wouldn't leave you alone and I didn't
Gsus4
Said I wouldn't leave you alone and I didn't
F
Said I wouldn't leave you alone and I didn't
F
Said I wouldn't leave you alone and I didn't
Gsus4
Said I wouldn't leave you alone and I didn't
Gsus4
Said I wouldn't leave you alone
[Bridge]
Am G Am F
In the ground, in the ground
Am F G Am
Once you've laid me in the ground
Am G Am F
In the ground, in the ground
Am F G Am
Once you've laid me in the ground
[Verse 4]
F G Am
In the ground I'll lay till we meet one day
Am F G Am
When we'll lay there in the ground
