Album: Freedom Highway
[Intro]
G C G F
C G C
[Verse 1]
G C
Hey Mrs. Collins, ain't it hard
F
To see young Louis in that old graveyard
C G C
Angels laid him away
[Verse 2]
G C
Mrs. Collins weeped, Mrs. Collins moaned
G F
What made her son Louis leave his home
[Chorus]
C G C
The angels laid him away
G Dm C
Angels laid him a - way
Em F
Laid him six feet under the clay
G G C
The angels laid him away
[Verse 3]
G C
Bob shot once and Louis shot too
G F
Shot poor Collins, shot him through and through
C G C
The angels laid him away
[Verse 4]
G C
When they heard old Louis was dead
G F
All the womenfolk they dressed in red
[Chorus]
C G C
The angels laid him away
G C
Angels laid him away
G F
Laid him six feet under the clay
C G C
The angels laid him away
[Outro]
G C
Angels laid him away
F
Laid him six feet under the clay
C G C
The angels laid him away
G
The angels laid him away