Fm    Fm    Fm    Fm
Fm    Fm    Fm    Fm

[Chorus]
Fm               Fm              Cm                 Fm
Smoke don't rise fuel don't burn sun don't shine no more
Fm             Fm                 Cm               Fm
Late one night sorrow come 'round scratching at my door
      Fm               Fm            Cm                   Fm
but I cut my hands and break my back draggin' this bag of stones
          Fm              Fm                       Cm       Bm       Fm
'til they bury me down beneath the ground with the dust and rattlin' bones

Fm    Fm    Fm    Fm
Fm    Fm    Fm    Fm

[Verse]
Fm               Fm           Cm                Fm
Left my home and left my love caught on a rusty nail
Fm            Fm              Cm                Fm
Devil rose up heavy with gold my soul's not for sale
       Fm            Fm              Cm                   Fm
then a holy man in a house of God he offered me a book of prayer
           Fm               Fm             Cm       Bb         Fm
but when I Left my home and left my love I left my  faith back there

[Chorus]
Fm               Fm              Cm                 Fm
Smoke don't rise fuel don't burn sun don't shine no more
Fm             Fm                 Cm               Fm
Late one night sorrow come 'round scratching at my door
      Fm               Fm            Cm                   Fm
but I cut my hands and break my back draggin' this bag of stones
          Fm              Fm                       Cm       Bm       Fm
'til they bury me down beneath the ground with the dust and rattlin' bones

Fm    Fm    Fm    Fm
Fm    Fm    Fm    Fm

[Verse]
Fm               Fm           Cm                 Fm
Shut my eyes and hang my head darkness makes no sound
Fm            Fm         Cm                    Fm
Climbin' up a bottleneck hurts on the way back down
       Fm                   Fm           Cm                       Fm
when a sadness falls on the morning bird wonder what the day will bring
      Fm               Fm              Cm         Bb       Fm
but I shut my eyes and hang my head at least that bird can sing

[Chorus]
Fm               Fm              Cm                 Fm
Smoke don't rise fuel don't burn sun don't shine no more
Fm             Fm                 Cm               Fm
Late one night sorrow come 'round scratching at my door
      Fm               Fm            Cm                   Fm
but I cut my hands and break my back draggin' this bag of stones
          Fm              Fm                       Cm       Bm       Fm
'til they bury me down beneath the ground with the dust and rattlin' bones
          Fm   N.C.                                                   Fm
'til they bury me down beneath the ground with the dust and rattlin' bones

 [Otro]
Fm    Fm    Fm    Fm
Fm    Fm    Fm    Fm