Am       F       G          Am
Wear your best and darkest clothes my friend
          Am        F          G
Shoes may shine and hair may be bound
       F            G       C    C/B  Am
Have a drink if you like to calm your nerve
             Am         F  G   Am
Once they're laid there in the ground

[Verse 2]
         Am     F       G          Am
We'll be strong for our loved ones dear
             Am           F        G
Till they're worn out and sleeping sound
        F        G             C   C/B  Am
For the old will mourn and the children wail
             Am         F  G   Am
Once they're laid there in the ground

[Chorus]
F
Said I wouldn't leave you alone and I didn't
F
Said I wouldn't leave you alone and I didn't
Gsus4
Said I wouldn't leave you alone and I didn't
Gsus4
Said I wouldn't leave you alone and I didn't
F
Said I wouldn't leave you alone and I didn't
F
Said I wouldn't leave you alone and I didn't
Gsus4
Said I wouldn't leave you alone and I didn't
Gsus4
Said I wouldn't leave you alone

Am G Am F

       Am      F  G
In the ground

[Verse 3]
          Am     F     G       Am
There's a letter in my bedside drawer
Am      F           G
Waiting there to be found
         F       G      C     C/B Am
Though I go with you, I won't re--turn
            Am      F  G   Am
Once you've laid me in the ground

[Chorus]
F
Said I wouldn't leave you alone and I didn't
F
Said I wouldn't leave you alone and I didn't
Gsus4
Said I wouldn't leave you alone and I didn't
Gsus4
Said I wouldn't leave you alone and I didn't
F
Said I wouldn't leave you alone and I didn't
F
Said I wouldn't leave you alone and I didn't
Gsus4
Said I wouldn't leave you alone and I didn't
Gsus4
Said I wouldn't leave you alone

[Bridge]
       Am  G          Am  F
In the ground, in the ground
            Am      F  G   Am
Once you've laid me in the ground
       Am  G          Am  F
In the ground, in the ground
            Am      F  G   Am
Once you've laid me in the ground

[Verse 4]
       F           G           Am
In the ground I'll lay till we meet one day
           Am        F  G   Am
When we'll lay there in the ground