Intro
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Verse 1
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Was a warm, spring day when I buried you
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The swallows sang o’er the red clay dirt
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And our little Lily with her face a mess
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And flowers whiter than your wedding dress
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Laid a garden where you laid to rest
Verse 2
[G] [F]
And we joined the swallows in a Psalm or two
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The preacher said the words over you
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Ash to ashes and dust to dust
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Seeds for planting, I’ll be next to you
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’Til we break on up with the morning dew
Chorus
[G] [F]
Oh, love of mine, rest your weary bones up
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Life is a breath, but death is a vapor for us
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Oh, love of mine, rest your weary bones up
[C] [Dm]
Life is a breath, but death is a vapor for us
Verse 3
[G] [F]
You were whiskey warm, sweet on my tongue
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A wild summer prairie thunderstorm
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A benediction, a loud amen
[C] [Dm]
I still remember how it felt back then
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‘fore the Lord who gave you took you back again
Chorus
[G] [F]
Oh, love of mine, rest your weary bones up
[C] [Dm]
Life is a breath, but death is a vapor for us
[G] [F]
Oh, love of mine, rest your weary bones up
[C] [Dm]
Life is a breath, but death is a vapor for us
Bridge
[G] [F]
Oh, love of mine, when that clarion comes
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And shakes the dust and all these bones spring up
[G] [F]
We’ll wake the dawn and join that glorious song
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Life is a breath, but death is a vapor for us
Verse 4
[G] [F]
Now standing here in the churchyard sun
[C] [Dm]
Rememberin’ every selfish thing I’ve done
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They sear the mem’ry, a burning thing
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Ev’ry wayward word and crooked thing said
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And I wish that I could do it all again
Outro
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We can talk it over when I see you there
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Through the valley and up o’er the hills
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Where the morning breaks over whitest shores
[C] [Dm]
Beyond the shadow, beyond that door
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To the city brighter than a bride, adorned
