See That My Grave Is Kept Clean Chords

KeyE CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays461

See That My Grave Is Kept Clean by Blind Lemon Jefferson is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E, B7 and A. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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E
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Intro 

     0.6                 
e |--|-4-4-4----2-2-2---|-0------0-2-|-0----------|--------------0---|----------0----| 
B |-0|------------------|----0-2---0-|------------|---------0--------|---------------| 
G |--|------------------|------------|-1----------|-----0h1----------|----0h1--------| 
D |--|------------------|------------|----2-----2-|---2------------2-|----2-------2--| 
A |--|--------------2---|------------|-------2----|------------------|---------------| 
E |--|-0--------2-------|-0----------|------------|-0----------0-----|-0--------0----| 
                                                                            well it's 

  E                B7           E                        A 
 7.77          
e |---------------|------------|------------|-0---------|---0---0-|---0--------| 
B |------0--------|------------|------------|-------0---|---2---2-|---2---4--2-| 
G |---0h1---------|------------|---x----0h1-|---x---1---|---2---2-|-------4--2-| 
D |---2-------2---|----------2-|---x----2---|---x---2---|---2---2-|------------| 
A |-------------2-|-2-0-2-0----|------------|---x-------|-0---0---|-0----------| 
E |-0------0------|---------0--|-0----0-----|-0----0----|---------|------------| 
  one kind...   favor I..  of you.           well its one kind    favor I ask of        

    E 
 16.0      
e |------------|-0---------|-----------|----------|------------| 
B |-----------0|-------0---|---0-----0-|---0----0-|---0--------| 
G |--------0h1-|-------1---|-----------|----------|-3---3-0----| 
D |--2-----2---|---2---2---|---2-----2-|---2----2-|----------2-| 
A |------------|-----------|-----------|----------|------------| 
E |-0---0------|-0----0----|-0----0----|-0----0---|--------0---| 
   you               Lawd..one kind..  favor..     of you 

   E                     B7                E         
 23         
e |---------|---------0--|-----------------|------------|-0----------|-0--------| 
B |---0---0-|------------|-----------------|----------0-|----------0-|----0---0-| 
G |---------|---0h1------|-----------------|---x---0h1--|---x---0h1--|----1---1-| 
D |---2---2-|---2-----2--|-----------------|---x---2----|---x---2----|----2---2-| 
A |---------|------------|-2-0-2-0-2-0-2-0-|------------|------------|----------| 
E |-0---0---|-0-----0----|-----------------|-0----0-----|-0----0-----|-0----0---| 
      Please ask my       grave is kept     clean 


verse 1 

E                  B7             E    
Well it's one kind favor I ask of you, 
E          A                      E 
Well it's one kind favor I ask of you, 
E 
Lawd it's one kind favor I'll ask of you, 
E             B7            E 
Please ask my grave is kept clean. 


verse 2 

E               B7               E 
It's a long old lane that got no end, 
E      A                     E 
It's a long lane that got no end, 
E 
It's a long lane ain't got no end, 
E              B7              E 
And it's a bad wind that never change. 


verse 3 

          E                   B7 E 
Lord, it's two white horses in a line, 
           A                     E 
Well, it's two white horses in a line, 
E 
Well, it's two white horses in a line, 
E            B7             E 
Want take me to my burying ground. 


verse 4 

E                B7                          E 
My heart stopped beating and my hands turned cold, 
   A                                         E 
My heart stopped beating and my hands turned cold, 
E 
Well, my heart stopped beating, Lord, my hands turned cold, 
E               B7                          E 
It wasn't long 'fore service by the cypress grove. 


Verse 5 

E                   B7           E 
Have you ever heard that coffin sound? 
         A                   E 
Have you ever heard a coffin sound? 
E                         
Have you ever heard Lawd that coffin sound? 
E                      B7                E 
Than you know that the poor boy's in the ground. 


Verse 6 

E          B7                  E 
Oh, dig my grave with a silver spade,  
    A                          E 
But dig my grave with a silver spade, 
E                           
Well, dig my grave with a silver spade,  
E               B7                 E 
You may lead me down with a golden chain. 


Verse 7 

E             B7                  E     
Have you ever heard a church bell toll? 
     A                            E 
Have you ever heard a church bell toll? 
E 
Have you ever hear a church bell toll? 
E                      B7                   E 
Than you know that the poor boy is dead and gone. 


Outro 

e|------------|-0---------|-----------12-| 
B|----------0-|---------2-|--2--------9--| 
G|---x---0h1--|---x-----2-|--3--------9--| 
D|---x---2----|---x-------|--------------| 
A|------------|-----------|-----3--0-----| 
E|-0----0-----|-0-----2---|-0------------| 
   gone 

  
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p pull off 
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x damped string (fretting finger) 

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Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante