Intro:
When I'm [E]dead put me [D]10 [D]miles [A]deep
Verse1:
[E]Well hand me up my [D]shotgun Maggie [E]Mae
[A]Devil's come to take yer boy [E]away
[E]I been spotted on the run
[D]But I'll be waitin' when they come
[A]Hand me up my shotgun Maggie [E]Mae
Verse 2:
[E]I was born a [D]poor man's only [E]son
[A]It ain't my fault I grew up on the [E]run
[E]Did my time as a workin' man
[D]But they kept blood stains on my hands
[A]I was born a poor man's only son
Chorus:
[E]When I'm dead put me [D]ten [D]miles [E]deep
[A]When I'm dead put me [D]ten [D]miles [E]deep
[E]Brother when you lay me down
[D]Down beneath the cold hard ground
[A]You better put me ten miles [E]deep
Verse 3:
[E]I keep my pistol by my head at n[E]ight
[D]Lordy I can't seem to do no [E]right
[E]My whole town they know my name
[D]I killed a man and won my fame
[A]I keep my pistol by my head at [E]night
Verse 4:
[E]When I'm dead put me [D]ten miles [E]deep
[A]When Jesus comes he won't disturb my [E]sleep
[E]I knew it when they shot me down
[D]I felt the flames from under ground
[A]When I'm dead put me ten miles [E]deep
Chorus: (Played as above)
[E]Brother when you lay me down
[D]Down beneath the cold hard ground
[A]You better put me [G]ten [G]miles [E]deep
When I'm [E]dead put me [D]10 [D]miles [A]deep
Verse1:
[E]Well hand me up my [D]shotgun Maggie [E]Mae
[A]Devil's come to take yer boy [E]away
[E]I been spotted on the run
[D]But I'll be waitin' when they come
[A]Hand me up my shotgun Maggie [E]Mae
Verse 2:
[E]I was born a [D]poor man's only [E]son
[A]It ain't my fault I grew up on the [E]run
[E]Did my time as a workin' man
[D]But they kept blood stains on my hands
[A]I was born a poor man's only son
Chorus:
[E]When I'm dead put me [D]ten [D]miles [E]deep
[A]When I'm dead put me [D]ten [D]miles [E]deep
[E]Brother when you lay me down
[D]Down beneath the cold hard ground
[A]You better put me ten miles [E]deep
Verse 3:
[E]I keep my pistol by my head at n[E]ight
[D]Lordy I can't seem to do no [E]right
[E]My whole town they know my name
[D]I killed a man and won my fame
[A]I keep my pistol by my head at [E]night
Verse 4:
[E]When I'm dead put me [D]ten miles [E]deep
[A]When Jesus comes he won't disturb my [E]sleep
[E]I knew it when they shot me down
[D]I felt the flames from under ground
[A]When I'm dead put me ten miles [E]deep
Chorus: (Played as above)
[E]Brother when you lay me down
[D]Down beneath the cold hard ground
[A]You better put me [G]ten [G]miles [E]deep