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D G D G
D A D A2 On a Saturday night all the girls run free
Bm F#m Bm F#m Singing "bury me not on the lone prairie"
D A D Esus But where do you go when you finish broken-hearted?
A F# Bm E|--ba| ck to the dust where you started
[Verse 1]
D G A F# Jenny cut her teeth in a mid-west shack
Bm G A F# As a shantytown girl on the wrong end of the tracks
Bm G A F# Her mama taught her everything she'd need to get along
Bm G F#sus F# And her Sunday School teacher taught her right and wrong
A G Raised to be respectable but born to be poor
Bm Bm/D Em F# F# It was all she'd ever known but she figured there was more
Bm G A F# When she came of age Jenny made herself a vow
Bm G F#sus F# F# F# "I'm gonna get out and I don't care how"
Bm G A2 F#7
Bm G A F#7 [Verse 2]
D G A F# It appeared every Autumn on the courthouse lawn
Bm G A F# And the leaves never fell till the carnival was gone
Bm G A F# Michael was a barker for an arcade ride
Bm G F#sus F# With a smooth-talk tongue and a wandering eye
A G "Get your tickets here for the Halls O'Mirrors maze
Bm Bm/D Em F# F# If you can't get out I know a couple ways"
Bm G A F# He caught Jenny's eye but her thoughts looked down
Bm G F#sus F# All she wanted was a ticket going out of that town [Chorus]
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F# F# She cried, she cried,
Bm Bm G G Oh how I wanna bury you
Bm Bm G A Oh bury you and run away--done away
Bm Bm G A Bm Oh how I wanna bury your memory
Em F# F# Why don't you let me be?
Bm G A2 F#7
Bm G A A [Verse 3]
D G A F# Michael stole a kiss first then he whispered at last
Bm G A F# "you're a little old-fashioned so forget about your past
Bm G A F# These Bible belt folks think living is a sin
Bm G F#sus F# So they all start dying from the day they're born again"
A A G G And there atop the Ferris wheel the colours were a blur
Bm Bm/D Em F# The morning said he loved her but she wasn't really sure
Bm G A F# He made her promise not to leave until he came to get her
Bm G F#sus F# She promised him but she should have known better [Chorus]
F# F# She cried, she cried,
Bm Bm G G Oh how I wanna bury you
Bm Bm G A Oh bury you and run away--done away
Bm Bm G A Bm Oh how I wanna bury your memory
Em F# F# Why don't you let me be?
Bm G A2 F#7 [Bridge]
Bm G A2 F# Oh, Jenny...
C#m A B G#
C#m A B C#m7 B/D# On a
E E Amaj7 Amaj7 train--stowaway
C#m C#m B B Jesus loves you still and your mama wants you home
E E Amaj7 Amaj7 But oh bridges burn
C#m C#m B2 B2 G# When you carry your shame and you think you can't return [Chorus]
C#m C# A A Oh how I wanna bury you
C#m C# A B Oh bury you and run away--done away
C#m C# A B C#m Oh how I wanna bury your memory
F# G# G# G# G# [Verse 4]
C#m A B G#m When they finally found her body on a cold dog day
C#m A B G# It was in a cattle car buried in the hay
C#m A B G#m A note in the pocket of her calico dress
C#m A G#m G#m Said "I'm guilty as sin but I can't confess"
B2 B2 A2 A2 Once you know the truth you can hide it on a shelf
C#m C#m/E F# G#m G#m G#m G#m But unless you bring it down you can't live with yourself
C#m A B2 G#m G#m G#m In her right hand Jenny held the Bible of her mother
C#m F#m G# G# G# G# Jenny had a pistol in the other [Other]
D G D G
D A D A2 On a Saturday night all the girls run free
Bm F#m Bm F#m Singing "bury me not on the lone prairie"
D A D Esus But where do you go when you finish broken-hearted?
A F# Bm Back to the dust where you started
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