Send My Body Home Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[D][A][D]

[Verse 1]
Well, the judge [D]he found
me guilty of wrong doing
And he sen[G]tenced me to hang
in mid Ju[D]ly
He looked down at me and said,
"Your life's [Bm]a ruined
[B]"If I w[E]ere you,
I'd break right down a [A]cry"

[Verse 2]
Well, [D]nobody seems to care
that I ain't guilty
Lord, I nev[G]er did the things
they said I've [D]done
But I guess they're gonna have
to hang [Bm]somebody
And it's [E]looking like I'm [A]gonna be the one
[D]

[Verse 3]
So [G]send my body home on a freight [D]train
And don't [G]worry none that I
don't go [D]first class
[G]Send my body home on [D]a fright [B]train
So [E]everyone can see me
when I pass
[A]

[Verse 4]
And don't [G]worry none about
no fancy fu[D]neral
'Cause [G]it don't matter how
they lay [D]me down
[G]Just see they bury me out by
[D]mama's apple [B]tree
[E]And send my body [A]back to my
home [D]town

[Interlude 1]
[D][G][D][B][E][A][D]

[Verse 5]
Well, [D]my mama was a damn
hard working woman
And she [G]tried to raise us
kids without [D]a fault
Last thing she said,
she was on her dying [B]bed was
[E]"Son, don't get in trouble
with the law"
[A]

[Verse 6]
[D]Whenever my time comes
to meet my maker
I'm [G]gonna try to do my very [D]be st
I'm gonna try to stand
and take it like [Bm]a man
[B]When the[E]y ask if I h[A]ave one reque[D]st

[Verse 7]
[D]Well, I'll just [G]say, "Send my body
home on [D]a freight train
And don't [G]worry none that
I don't go [D]first class
[G]Send my body home on [D]a fright [B]train
So [E]everyone can see me
when I pass"
[A]

[Verse 8]
"And don't [G]worry none about
no fancy fu[D]neral
'Cause [G]it don't matter how
they lay me [D]down
[G]Just see they bury me out by
[D]mama's apple [B]tree
And [E]send my body [A]back
to my home [D]town"
Yeah, just [G]see they bury me
out by [D]mama's apple [B]tree
And [E]send my body [A]back to my home [D]town
[G]