Ten Miles Deep

Intro:
         E            D   D     A
When I'm dead, put me ten miles deep


Verse 1:

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Hand me up my shotgun Maggie Mae
    A                             E
The Devil's come to take your boy away
E
I've been spotted on the run
D
But I'll be waitin when they come
A                            E
Hand me up my shotgun Maggie Mae


Verse 2:

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I was born a poor man's only son
A                                 E
It aint my fault I grew up on the run
E
I did my time as a working man
D
Fate kept blood stains on my hand
A                            E
I was born a poor man's only son


Chorus:
E                     D   D     E
When I'm dead, put me ten miles deep
A                     D   D     E
When I'm dead, put me ten miles deep
E
Said brother when you lay me down
D
Down beneath the cold hard ground
A                           E
You better put me ten miles deep


Verse 3:

E                      D       E
I keep my pistol by my head at night
A                           E
Lordy I can't seem to do no right
E
My hometown, they know my name
D
Killed a man and won my fame
A                            E
Keep my pistol by my head at night


Verse 4:

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When I'm dead just put me ten miles deep
A                                    E
When Jesus comes he won't disturb my sleep
E
I knew it when they shot me down
D
Felt the flames from underground
A                                   E
When I'm dead just put me ten miles deep


Chorus:

E                     D   D     E
When I'm dead, put me ten miles deep
A                     D   D     E
When I'm dead, put me ten miles deep
E
Said brother when you lay me down
D
Down beneath the cold hard ground
A                           E
You better put me ten miles deep


E
Said brother when you lay me down
D
Down beneath the cold hard ground
A                           E
You better put me ten miles deep