Standard Tuning: EADGBe "Hear the Willow Cry"
CAPO 2ND FRET by the Steeldrivers
[Intro]
Em B7 D A7 Em B7 D Em
[Chorus]
Em B7
Won't you bury me beneath the tree
D A7
Where my family lies, where my family lies.
Em B7
Let the fog lay low, on the mountain high!
D Em
Hear the willow cry, hear the willow cry!
[Verse 1]
C G
Ain't no redemption for the thing that I have done.
Am Em
Devil owned you once the bullets left the gun.
C G
All I can think of with this rope around my neck,
Am B7
Is I'd be much obliged if you'd grant me one request!
[Chorus]
Em B7
Won't you bury me beneath the tree
D A7
Where my family lies, where my family lies.
Em B7
Let the fog lay low, on the mountain high!
D Em
Hear the willow cry, hear the willow cry!
{Instrumental]
Em B7 D A7 Em B7 D Em
[Verse 2]
C G
My soul's as black as coal an' I walk the streets at night
Am Em
an' In my heart I knew that something wasnt right
C G
And, I went crazy when I found her with that man
Am B7
But I felt better once the blood was on my hands
[Chorus]
Em B7
Won't you bury me beneath the tree
D A7
Where my family lies, where my family lies.
Em B7
Let the fog lay low, on the mountain high!
D Em
Hear the willow cry, hear the willow cry!
{Instrumental]
Em B7 D A7 Em B7 D Em
[Chorus]
Em B7
Won't you bury me beneath the tree
D A7
Where my family lies, where my family lies.
Em B7
Let the fog lay low, on the mountain high!
D Em
Hear the willow cry, hear the willow cry!
D Em
Hear the willow cry, hear the willow cry!
[Outro]
Em B7 D Em