G5 F5 When Daddy told me what happened C5 G5 I couldn't believe what he just said F5 C5 G5 Sonny shot himself with a 44 and they found him lyin on his bed G5 F5 C5 G5 I could not speak a single word no tears streamed down my face G5 F5 C5 G5 I just sat there on the living room couch staring off into space G5 F5 C5 G5 Mama and Daddy went over to the house to see what had to be done F5 C5 G5 They took the sheets off of the bed and they went to call someone F5 C5 G5 Some of us gathered at a friend's house to help each other ease the pain G5 F5 C5 G5 I just sat alone in a corner chair I couldn't say much of anything G5 F5 We drove on out to the country C5 G5 His friends all stood around G5 F5 C5 G5 Subiaco Cemetery is where we lay him down F5 C5 G5 I saw his mama, she was standing there his sister she was there too F5 C5 G5 I saw them look at us standing around the grave and not a soul they knew G5 F5 C5 G5 Born and raised in Pineola his mama believed in the Pentecost F5 C5 G5 She got the preacher to say some words so his soul wouldn't get lost SOLO G5 F5 C5 G5 Some of us we stood in silence some bowed their heads and prayed G5 F5 C5 G5 I think I must've picked up a handful of dust and let it fall over his grave G5 F5 C5 G5 I think I must've picked up a handful of dust and let it fall over his grave SOLO
