The Caretaker Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]I live in the[D] cemetery
[C]'Old Caretaker' they call
[G]me
In the wintertime I rake the [D]leaves
[G]And in the summer[C] I cut[G] the weeds
When a funer[C]al comes
The people [G]cry [C]and [G]pray
They [D]bury their dead
Then they [C]all [G]go away
[C]Then here I work
And I [G]somehow hide
From a [D]world that rushes
[G]By outside
But [C]each night
When I [G]rest my head
I'm con[D]tented
As [C]the peaceful dead
[G]

[Verse 2]
But who's going to cry
When old Josh dies?
[D]Who's going to cry
[C]When old Josh [G]dies?

[Verse 3]
[G]Once I was a young [D]man
[G]Dashing with the girls
Now no one wants [D]an old man
When [C]I lost my h[G]andsome curls
But [C]I want to say
When [G]my time [D]comes
Lay me facing
[C]The rising [G]sun
[C]Put me in a corner
Where I [G]buried my pup
Tell [D]the preacher to pray
[C]Then cover [G]me up
[C]Don't plant flowers
Where [G]my head should [D]be
Maybe God would
Let [C]some grow [G]for me
And [C]all the little children
That I [G]love like my own
Will [D]they be sorry
That [C]Old Josh is [G]gone?

[Verse 4]
But [G]who's going to cry
When old Josh dies?
[D]Who's going to cry
[C]When old Josh [G]dies?