D A G D A G D A G D D4 A D A D G Bm Elizabeth that thundercloud is creeping up the Empire Hill Em F#m G There's shadows on the over-pass Em F#m G And puddles in the old dirt path D A D G Bm Peoria lay silent still in the belly of the overgrown Em F#m G All quiet on the open plain Em F#m G Footprints to the family plot A D G A F#m G Where evermore will restless sorrow sleep in a broken heap ( F# G A ) G G Cemetery guns go bang, bang, bang D G Shooting all the sky full of holes D F#m G Twenty-one times in a row Bm G For the blue war widow in the gray raincoat A D A G On the green grass down below D A G D A G D D4 A D A D G Bm Elizabeth our fathers came and settled where the ground was flat Em F#m G Drew water from the Indian wells Em F#m G Cut timber from the rolling fells D A D G Bm Grandaddy-o bled hearth and home for oiling the comp'ny gears Em F#m G No rest for the errant ones Em F#m G Godspeed their a-reckless sons A D G A F#m G Who evermore play their forefathers' hands on the foreign sands ( F# G A ) G G Cemetery guns go bang, bang, bang D G Shooting all the sky full of holes D F#m G Twenty-one times in a row Bm G For the blue war widow in the gray raincoat A Bm On the green grass down below Em G A Cemetery guns go bang, bang, bang D G Shooting all the sky full of holes D F#m G Twenty-one times in a row Bm G For the blue war widow in the gray raincoat A D A G On the green grass down below D A G D A G D D4 A2 F#m in the verse is essentially a walk up from the Em chord to the G chord. It can be played as a full chord, or as a bass note.
