Burying Ground Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[Am]BURYING GROUND[G][Am]
[D][Bm][D][Am]
Rec. July 12, 1949 in Chicago,
IL;
Muddy Waters,
[G]voc, g; Ernest "Bi[Am]g" Crawford, b[D]
[Am]Aristocrat [D]uni[Am]ssued
I got a [D]letter this

[Verse 2]
[G]nom[Bb]in'[Dm][Am][F]
This is the way [D]my letter
read
[Bm][Am][D]

[Verse 3]
Hey man, [Bm]come on [D]home Muddy Water[Am]s
[D]They tell me you[Am]r baby's dea[D]d
[Bm][D]

[Verse 4]
I [Am]said I wasn't going
[G]To my [Am]baby[F]'s burying
[Am]ground[Bb][D][G]
[Am]No, I ai[D]n't going
[G]To [Bb]my ba[D]by[Am]'s[F][D]
burying [Am]ground[D][Bb]
[D]Well you kno[Bm]w,
I was standin' [D]right there [Am]child[D]
When the gravedig[Am]ger
let her [D]down[Bb][D]

[Interlude 1]
"Yeah, men!"
[D][Am][D][Am][C][D][Am][D][Am]
[G]
[Bm][D][E][D][Am][Bm][D][Bb][Am]
[D][Am][D]
[A]
Church [Am]bell was tollin'

[Verse 5]
My nan the hearse was drivin' [D]slow[Am]
[Bb]

[Interlude 2]
[Am][G][Bb][D][Am][F][D]
[Am][D]
Well you [Am]know I got to be

[Verse 6]
with [D]a .[Am]..

[Outro 1]
When I see my baby's face anymore
[D][Bm][D]