Zane Elliott And Dan Young - Let Alberta Be My Grave
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Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: DCapotraste: Sem capotraste
[Verse 1]
D F#m
There's a little place out West - at the foot of the rocky hills
G A D
Countin' down the days til I can rest
D F#m
Nothing short of dying - can touch a living man's will
G A D
When he turns his mind toward home, and the sun finally sets
[Chorus 1]
F#m G D
Put me in the ground - lie me on the ra - ange
Em G D
Let the prairie sun and the prairie rain wash me away
F#m G D
Cover up my bones - forget about my sin and shame
G A D
Let the sky be my tombstone - let Alberta be my grave
[Verse 2]
D F#m
I never liked the thought - of a pine box in the clay
G A D
So if you need the space I know a good place there to lie
[Chorus 2]
F#m G D
Put me in the ground - lie me on the ra - ange
Em G D
Let the prairie sun and the prairie rain wash me away
F#m G D
Cover up my bones - ain't no need to carve my name
G A D
Let the sky be my tombstone - let Alberta be my grave
[Bridge]
D F#m Em
I know that the grass ain't always green
D F#m Em
You work half the year, the other half you freeze
D F#m Em
But I'mma lay my head on a pillow of stone
D G A D
And my heart in a valley off the Yellowhead road
D F#m Em
I'mma lay my head on a pillow of stone
D G A E
And my heart in a valley off the Yellowhead road
[Chorus 3]
[Key change]
G#m A E
Put me in the ground - lie me on the ra - ange
F#m A E
Let the prairie sun and the prairie rain wash me away
G#m A E
Cover up my bones - Underneath those waves of grain
A B E
Let the sky be my tombstone - let Alberta be my grave
A B E
Let the sky be my tombstone - let Alberta be my grave
How to play Zane Elliott And Dan Young - Let Alberta Be My Grave
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