Capo 1 
Em
Children do not weep for me 
         D                 Em
When you hear I'm dead and gone 
C                         G
In the Savior's arms I'll be 
D                        Em
Just like I told you all along 
 
When my soul leaves this earth 

And you go to put me in the ground 

Dig a place out of the dirt 

Say a prayer and lay my body down 
C                       G
Make my coffin straight and long 
D                             Em
Wood that rots and nails that rust 
C                   G
Oh when my spirit's gone 
D                              Em
Let this jar of clay return to dust  
 
So do not seal me in a vault 
Or buy a tomb to lay me in 
Flesh and bone were met to rot 
And go back to the earth again 
 
Chorus x 2 
 
Let this jar of clay return to dust 
Let this jar of clay return to dust