Carry My Body Chords
Carry My Body by The Strumbellas is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of Em. It uses the chords Em, C, G and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: Em C G D
Em
Carry my body
C
On down to the station
G
Bury me slowly
D
Under my favourite tree
Em
Don't take me to the graveyard
C
Or the churches by the faint stars
G
Bury me slowly
D
Where I belong.
Verse
Em
She went to see the woodsman
C
Well she's been down that road once before
G
Well this is it for certain, this is it for certain
D
This time her heart ain't going through that door
Em
She bought …. rosewood
C
And watched the trees sway back and forth through the wind
G
She said "It's my turn for irony,"
D
"Well I'm gonna leave in the same box you put me in."
Em
She said "Carry my body"
C
"On down to the station"
G
"Bury me slowly"
D
"Under my favourite tree"
Em
"Don't take me to the graveyard"
C
"Or the churches by the faint stars"
G
"Bury me slowly"
D
"Where I belong."