Earthy Bed

[Intro ] Am [Verso 1] Am C D F In open lands where wild winds sigh Am C D E Beneath the wide and open sky Am C D F No word, no poem, no dirge but the sound Am C E Am Of a shovel and a man digging up the ground [Verso 2] Am C D F No marble tombstone with words carved upon Am C D E Just earthy bed for one alone Am C D F No one, no one, no one for no soul Am C E Am Just some cold flesh and bones at the bottom of a hole [Verso 3] Am C D F For lack of gold, this humble plot Am C D E Where flowers bloom, forget-me-not Am C D F No stone, no cross marks her final rest Am C E Am Just nature's cloak upon the breast [Verso 4] Am C D F With tender palms and arms so sore Am C D E I laid her down forevermore Am C D F In open fields, beneath the sky Am C E Am Where dreams and hopes forever lie [Verso 5] Am C D F No money for a coffin made out of precious wood Am C D E The cruel mirror of her livelihood Am C D F Fortune, misfortune, in the end it is but the same Am C E Am May she find peace at last, by nature's hand [Verso 6] Am C D F Though tears may fall like gentle summer rain Am C D E And sorrow may call with silent pain Am C D F As above, so below Am C E Am The universe bestows life's ebb and flow [Verso 7] Am C D F The sun dips low, the shadows stretch and grow Am C D E Upon the land, a farmer fallowed Am C D F Just simple grace, in earthy sod Am C E Am Where rests her soul in peace with God Outro Am