Capo 1 
E5
Children do not weep for me 
         D5                 E5
When you hear I'm dead and gone 
C5                         G5
In the Savior's arms I'll be 
D5                        E5
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 
C5                       G5
Make my coffin straight and long 
D5                             E5
Wood that rots and nails that rust 
C5                   G5
Oh when my spirit's gone 
D5                              E5
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