Gravestone Chords - Robert Daniel Irwin

Intro

A# A# A# A# A# A# C# C# C# C# D# D# D# D# D# D# G# F G# G F A# A# A# C# C# C# C# D# D# D# D# D# D# G# F G# G F A# A# A# C# D# G# A# G# G F C# D# G# A# G# G F

Verse 1

F F# G G D The burned tobacco from your pipe Am C Spilled on letters that you’d write G D C C9 Still lingers in my smoky memory. G D The stale Winstons in the air Am C Curl like ringlets in your hair. G D A The past just rolls along and I can see.

Chorus

A# A# A# C# D# I said, “I’m here. I hear you knocking, G# A# Knocking on my gravestone.” G# G F A# A# A# C# D# I said, “I’m here. I hear you knocking, G# A# Knocking on my gravestone.” G# G F

Verse 2

F F# G G D Your chocolate pudding pie homemade Am C Soaks up too sweet lemonade G D C C9 Drunk from old cartoon jelly glasses. G D Dancing on my mind and tongue: Am C You were old when I was young. G D A Memories fade with each day that passes.

Chorus

Verse 3

F F# G G D Your pocket watch tells the time. Am C And my birth year on a dime G D C C9 Reminds me even children have a past. G D This old Zippo holds the flame; Am C The warm metal is the same. G D A How long do you suppose these dreams will last?

Bridge

D C Where and when C D Turn to now and then. D C How and why C D Get no reply. D C Where and when C D Turn to now and then. D C How and why C D Get no reply. D G A But that is not the end.

Verse 4

G D White stones spread out far and wide, Am C Stretching out on every side. G D C C9 I can’t seem to pick myself up from my knees. G D The rain gathered and it fell. Am C I opened up a black umbrella, G D A And I heard voices call, but not to me.

Chorus

A# A# A# C# D# They said, “I’m here. I hear you knocking, G# A# Knocking on my gravestone.” G# G F A# A# A# C# D# They said, “I’m here. I hear you knocking, G# A# Knocking on my gravestone.” G# G F A# A# A# C# D# I said, “I’m here. I hear you knocking, G# A# Knocking on my gravestone.” G# G F

Outro