D5 A5 G5 D5 A5 G5 D5 A5 G5 D5 D5 A5 D5 A5 D5 G5 B5 Elizabeth that thundercloud is creeping up the Empire Hill E5 F#5 G5 There's shadows on the over-pass E5 F#5 G5 And puddles in the old dirt path D5 A5 D5 G5 B5 Peoria lay silent still in the belly of the overgrown E5 F#5 G5 All quiet on the open plain E5 F#5 G5 Footprints to the family plot A5 D5 G5 A5 F#5 G5 Where evermore will restless sorrow sleep in a broken heap ( F#5 G5 A5 ) G5 G5 Cemetery guns go bang, bang, bang D5 G5 Shooting all the sky full of holes D5 F#5 G5 Twenty-one times in a row B5 G5 For the blue war widow in the gray raincoat A5 D5 A5 G5 On the green grass down below D5 A5 G5 D5 A5 G5 D5 D5 A5 D5 A5 D5 G5 B5 Elizabeth our fathers came and settled where the ground was flat E5 F#5 G5 Drew water from the Indian wells E5 F#5 G5 Cut timber from the rolling fells D5 A5 D5 G5 B5 Grandaddy-o bled hearth and home for oiling the comp'ny gears E5 F#5 G5 No rest for the errant ones E5 F#5 G5 Godspeed their a-reckless sons A5 D5 G5 A5 F#5 G5 Who evermore play their forefathers' hands on the foreign sands ( F#5 G5 A5 ) G5 G5 Cemetery guns go bang, bang, bang D5 G5 Shooting all the sky full of holes D5 F#5 G5 Twenty-one times in a row B5 G5 For the blue war widow in the gray raincoat A5 B5 On the green grass down below E5 G5 A5 Cemetery guns go bang, bang, bang D5 G5 Shooting all the sky full of holes D5 F#5 G5 Twenty-one times in a row B5 G5 For the blue war widow in the gray raincoat A5 D5 A5 G5 On the green grass down below D5 A5 G5 D5 A5 G5 D5 D5 A5 F#5 in the verse is essentially a walk up from the E5 chord to the G5 chord. It can be played as a full chord, or as a bass note.
