Bury Me Beneath The WillowCifra

 
Transcription key:  Eb 
4/4 Timing (with a bass-strum-bass-strum pattern) 
 
INTRO: 
D / / /  G / / /  D / A /  D / / / 
 
 
VERSE 1 (AK): 
  D                G          
Tonight I'm sad my heart is lonely 
D                  A 
For the only one I love 
     D               G 
When will I see him, oh no never 
D   /   A7       /      D 
Till we meet in heaven above 
 
 
CHORUS (Together): 
   D         G 
So bury me beneath the willow 
D                        A / A7 / 
Under the weeping willow tree 
   D                   G 
So she will know where I am sleeping 
D  /   A          /         D 
And perhaps she’ll weep for me 
 
 
VERSE 2 (LL): 
    D                G 
She told me that she   dearly loved me 
D                          A 
  How could I believe it untrue 
  D              G 
Until the angels   softly whispered 
D     /    A7        /     D 
  She will prove untrue to you 
 
 
CHORUS (Together): 
   D         G 
So bury me beneath the willow 
D                        A / A7 / 
Under the weeping willow tree 
   D                   G 
So she will know where I am sleeping 
D  /   A          /         D 
And perhaps she’ll weep for me 
 
 
INSTRUMENTAL BREAK: 
D / / /  G / / /  D / / /  A / / / 
D / / /  G / / /  D / A /  D / / / 
 
 
VERSE 3 (AK): 
  D              G 
Tomorrow was our wedding day 
   D                         A 
Oh god, oh god, where can he be 
     D              G 
He’s out a-courting with another 
D  /   A7         /     D 
And no longer cares for me 
 
 
CHORUS (Together): 
   D         G 
So bury me beneath the willow 
D                        A / A7 /  
Under the weeping willow tree 
   D                   G 
So she will know where I am sleeping 
D  /   A          /         D 
And perhaps she’ll weep for me 
   D         G 
So bury me beneath the willow 
D                        A / A7 /  
Under the weeping willow tree 
   D                   G 
So she will know where I am sleeping 
D  /   A          /         D 
And perhaps she’ll weep for me 
 
 
OUTRO: 
D / A /  D / / / 
 
 
Chords: 
D          G          A         A7 
e --2--    e ---3-    e 0----   e 0-(3) 
b ---3-    b 0-(3)    b --2--   b --2- 
g --2--    g 0----    g --2--   g 0---- 
d 0----    d 0----    d --2--   d --2-- 
a X----    a --2--    a 0----   a 0---- 
E -----    E ---3-    E X----   E X----