Pineola Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]Whe[F]n[C][G]
Daddy
told me [F]what happened
I couldn't be[C]lieve what he just [G]said
Sonny shot himself with [F]a 44
And they [C]found him lyin' on his [G]bed

[Verse 2]
I could not speak a [F]single word
No [C]tears streamed down [G]my face
I just sat there on the [F]living room couch
Star[C]in' off into [G]space

[Verse 3]
[G]Mama and Daddy went [F]over to the house
To [C]see what had to be [G]done
They took the sheets off [F]of the bed
And they [C]went to call [G]someone

[Verse 4]
Some of us gathered at a [F]friend's house
To [C]help each other ease [G]the pain
I just sat alone in a [F]corner chair
I couldn't [C]say much of anything
[G]

[Verse 5]
We drove on out to [F]the country
His [C]friends all stood [G]around
Subiaco [F]Cemetery
Is [C]where we lay him [G]down

[Verse 6]
I saw his mama, she was [F]standin' there
His [C]sister, she was there [G]too
I saw them look at us standin'
[F]around the grave
And [C]not a soul [G]they knew

[Verse 7]
Born and [G]raised [F]in Pineola
His [C]mama believed in the [G]Pentecost
She got the preacher to say [F]some words
So [C]his soul wouldn't [G]be lost

[Interlude 1]
[G][F][C]
[G][F][C][G][F]
[C][G][F][C][G]

[Verse 8]
Some [G]of us, we stood in si[F]lence
Some [C]bowed their heads and [G]prayed
I think I must've picked
up a [F]handful of dust
And [C]let it fall over his [G]grave

[Verse 9]
I think I must've picked [F]up a
handful of dust
And [C]let it fall over [G]his grave

[Outro 1]
[G][F][C]
[G][F][C][G][F]
[C][G][F][C][G]
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