Sittin Up With The Dead - Ray Stevens Chords
Chords: A, C, D, B7, E, But
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Genre: comedy, country, folk
[Intro]
A C D D C A
A C D D C A
[Verse 1]
A
Well out in the country we didn't have mortuaries
D A
And so it was always customary for the undertaker to do his job
B7 E
And lay your kin out right there at home.
A
Yeah, the church would loan you folding chairs
D
And you'd have visitation and everything right there
A
But when the nighttime come you'd have to sit up with the dead
E A C D D C A
Cause it wasn't right to leave them alone.
[Verse 2]
A D
Well the last time I sat up was in '65 when my old arthritic Uncle Fred died
A B7 E
He was 97, so stooped over the mortician couldn't straighten him out
A
They used a loggin' chain to hold him down
D A
Covered that all up with a cape and gown and didn't tell nobody in the family
E A C D D C
Cause that's the kind of stuff folk's just don't want to know about.
A
[Verse 3]
A A C D
Well we were all sittin' there, it was three in the morning
A A C D
And then there came up a cloud, thunder, lightnin' and stormin'
A
Well that lightnin' flashed, and the thunder clapped
D
And that chain round old Uncle Fred went snap!
E
Rattled and fell to the floor with a thump
A
And old Uncle Fred just sat right up. (YEOW)
[Chorus]
A D A D A
And I ain't sittin' up with the dead no more, I don't know 'bout you
A E D
No, I ain't sittin' up with the dead no more, no matter what you say or do
E
A
They say the dead can't hurt you cause they already left
D
But what they left can sure make you hurt yourself
A B7
And I ain't sittin' up with the dead no more
E A C D D C A
Since the dead started sittin' up too. Lord, have mercy.
[Bridge]
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