* Strum & Pause
Intro
[D] [Bm7] [G] [A]
Verse 1
[D] [D]
When the role is called up yonder… and my work on earth is done
[Bm7] [Bm7]
When they lay me six feet under… to meet the Father and the Son
[G] [G]
When the preacher brings the word… and my eulogy is read
[A] [A]
May my final prayer be answered… when they lay me to rest
Chorus 1
[D] [D]
Bury Me In Texas… when the good Lord calls me home
[Bm7] [Bm7]
In Texas… when my time has come and gone
[G] [G]
In Texas… when my story ends
[A] [A]
In Texas… until we meet again
[D] [D]
Bury Me In Texas…
Verse 2
[D] [D]
Where cowboys live forever… ‘cause legends never die.
[Bm7] [Bm7]
Where heads are bowed in reverence… over a fallen hero’s life
[G] [G]
Where a man’s good on a handshake… girl’s dance all night long
[A] [A]
Let my last address be south and west… when they cover up my bones
Chorus 2
[D] [D]
Bury Me In Texas… when the good Lord calls me home
[Bm7] [Bm7]
In Texas… when my time has come and gone
[G] [G]
In Texas… when my story ends
[A] [A]
In Texas… until we meet again
[D] [D]
Bury Me In Texas…
Bridge
[G] [A]
One more thing, sweet Jesus… when my numbers up
[G] [A] [A]*
Let my headstone read these words… in a cloud of a rodeo dust
Chorus 3
[D] [D]
Bury Me In Texas… when the good Lord calls me home
[Bm7] [Bm7]
In Texas… when my time has come and gone
[G] [G]
In Texas… when my story ends
[A] [A]
In Texas… until we meet again
Outro
[D] [D]
Bury Me In Texas… when the good Lord calls me home
[Bm7] [Bm7]
In Texas… when my time has come and gone
[G] [G]
In Texas… when my story ends
[A] [A] [D] [Bm7]
In Texas… until we meet again
[Spoken]
[Bm7] [G]
Our Father… who art in heaven… hallowed be thy name…
[A] [D]
Thy kingdom come… thy will be done… on earth as it is in heaven…
Give us this day… our daily bread
[Bm7] [A]
And forgive our trespasses… as we forgive those who trespass against us…
[G]
And lead us not onto temptation… but deliver us from evil…
[A] [D] [D]*
For thine is the Kingdom… the power… and the glory forever and ever… Amen
