Intro:
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When I'm dead put me 10 miles deep

Verse1:

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Well hand me up my shotgun Maggie Mae

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Devil's come to take yer boy away

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I been spotted on the run

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But I'll be waitin' when they come

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Hand me up my shotgun Maggie Mae


Verse 2:

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I was born a poor man's only son

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It ain't my fault I grew up on the run

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Did my time as a workin' man

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But they kept blood stains on my hands

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I was born a poor man's only son


Chorus:

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When I'm dead put me ten miles deep

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When I'm dead put me ten miles deep

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Brother when you lay me down

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Down beneath the cold hard ground

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You better put me ten miles deep


Verse 3:

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I keep my pistol by my head at night

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Lordy I can't seem to do no right

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My whole town they know my name
 
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I killed a man and won my fame

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I keep my pistol by my head at night


Verse 4:

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When I'm dead put me ten miles deep

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When Jesus comes he won't disturb my sleep

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I knew it when they shot me down

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I felt the flames from under ground

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When I'm dead put me ten miles deep


Chorus: (Played as above)

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Brother when you lay me down

D
Down beneath the cold hard ground

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You better put me ten miles deep