(INTRO)



    (Dm)

e|---------------------|

B|---------------------|

G|---2--2--2--2--2--2--|

D|--0--0--0--0--0--0---|

A|---------------------|

E|---------------------|





(CHORUS)



(Dm)              

There ain't no grave

                 

Can hold my body down

Dm              G

There ain't no grave

    Am            Dm  **FILL (YOU WILL HEAR FAINTLY

Can hold my body down        THIS LITTLE 3 NOTE FILL

                             THROUGHOUT AFTER THE Dm)





(FILL)**



e|--1-0----------------|

B|-------3-------------|

G|---------------------|

D|---------------------|

A|---------------------|

E|---------------------|





(VERSE)



Dm

When I hear that trumpet sound

          Dsus2                   Dm

I'm gonna rise right out of the ground

           G

Ain't no grave

     Am           Dm

Can hold my body down





(VERSE)



Dm                      Dsus2

Well, look way down the river

    Dm                 Dsus2

And what do you think I see

   Dm           Dsus2

I see a band of angels

             Dm         Dsus2

And they're coming after me





(CHORUS)



Dm         G     

Ain't no grave

     Am           Dm

Can hold my body down

Dm              G

There ain't no grave

     Am           Dm

Can hold my body down





(VERSE)



Dm                      Dsus2

Well, look down yonder, Gabriel

          Dm                 Dsus2

Put your feet on the land and sea

     Dm                Dsus2

But Gabriel, don't you blow your trumpet

  Dm               Dsus2

Until you hear from me





(CHORUS)



Dm              G

There ain't no grave

     Am           Dm

Can hold my body down

Dm         G     

Ain't no grave

     Am           Dm

Can hold my body down





(INSTRUMENTAL)



PLAY: Dm, Dsus2 - x5 or FILL**

      THEN Dm,G,Am,Dm - x2





(VERSE)



Dm                      Dsus2

Well meet me, Jesus, meet me

 Dm                         Dsus2

Meet me in the middle of the air

    Dm                   Dsus2

And if these wings don't fail me,

Dm                 Dsus2

I will meet you anywhere





(CHORUS)



Dm         G     

Ain't no grave

     Am           Dm

Can hold my body down

Dm              G

There ain't no grave

     Am           Dm

Can hold my body down





(VERSE)



Dm                        Dsus2

Well meet me, Mother and Father,

 Dm                    Dsus2

Meet me down the river road

    Dm                  Dsus2

And Mama, you know that I'll be there

 Dm                Dsus2

When I check in my load





(CHORUS)



Dm         G     

Ain't no grave

     Am           Dm

Can hold my body down

Dm              G

There ain't no grave

     Am           Dm

Can hold my body down

Dm              G

There ain't no grave

     Am            Dm  Dm or FILL** - to END

Can hold my body down