[Intro]
G C/G (x2)
[Verse 1]
G C G
On the day that I die, I'll have peace of mind
D Em C
When I tend to my garden and my limbs harden
G C/G G C/G G C/G G C/G
I will fall, face first, in the dirt
[Verse 2]
G G Am7 G/B C G
And on the day that I die, I'm with my funeral band
D7 Em C
On brass we play, with brass I say,
G C/G G C/G
"Bury me, bury me in the sand"
G C/G G C/G
I say, "Bury me, bury me in the sand"
[Chorus 1]
G G7
But today can't be that day
C A/C#
when I've got no dirt and I've got no spade
G C/G G C/G
I can't bury me, bury me in the sand.
G C/G G C/G
I can't bury me, bury me in the sand.
[Verse 3]
G G Am7 G/B C G
And on the day that I die, in the afternoon
D Em C
Well there's a Sabal palm whose crown I don, singin',
G C/G G C/G
"Glory, glory, Lord I miss you"
G C/G G C/G
Yeah, Glory, glory, Lord I miss you
[Chorus 2]
G G7
But today can't be that day
C A/C#
when you're so close that I could kiss you
G C/G G C/G
I say, "Glory glory I can't miss you"
G C/G G C/G
I say, "Glory glory I can't miss you"
[Interlude]
G G7 C G
D Em C
G C/G (x4)
[Verse 4]
G C/G G
And on the day that I die, my love is by my side
D7 Em C
and with a, a gentle hand she understands me,
G C/G G C/G
I say, "Honey, I'm ready to go"
G C/G G C/G
I say, "Honey, I'm ready to go"
[Chorus 3]
G G7
But today can't be that day
C A/C#
when there's still so much that I dont know
G C/G G C/G
I'm not ready to go
G C/G G C/G
I say, "No, I'm not ready to go"
[Interlude]
G G7 C A/C#
G C/G (x3)
[Ending]
G C/G G C/G
I say, "Bury me, bury me in the sand"
G C/G G C/G
I say, "Bury me, bury me in the sand"
G C/G G C/G
Go on and bury me, bury me in the sand
G G Am G/B C G
And I say, "Bury me, bury me.....in the sand"
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