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 Sang an old gospel song  stoned on Blue Ribbon beer
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People don’t get Me wrong, God knows I’m stone sincere
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 Let the neighbors talk, ask the Preacher Man to pray
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When I die just gather My family,  sing Amazing Grace

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Oh when I die, lay My soul on a southbound train
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Don’t You cry Mamma, Jesus kept the pain
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You can bury My body in Detroit City in the early morning rain
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Oh when I die, lay My soul on a southbound train

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Got My old flat top Gibson on the back porch playin' blues
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It’s too cool to go barefoot, but I ain’t wearin no shoes
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Just mellowing out and rolling down the back roads of My mind
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Past them old churchyards and honkytonks, bullet riddled road signs

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Oh when I die, lay My soul on a southbound train
          A                          D
Don’t You cry Mamma, Jesus kept the pain
                G                                   D
You can bury My body in Detroit City in the morning rain
       A                                     D
When I die, just lay My soul on a southbound train

        G                                D
When I die, lay My soul on a southbound train
          A                    D
Don’t You cry, Jesus kept the pain
         G                                   D
Bury My body in Detroit City in the morning rain
        A                                D
When I die, lay My soul on a southbound train
          A                                     G
Oh when I die, just lay My soul on a southbound train