Intro: 
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When I'm dead put me 10 miles deep 
 
Verse1: 
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Well hand me up my shotgun Maggie Mae 
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Devil's come to take yer boy away 
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I been spotted on the run 
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But I'll be waitin' when they come 
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Hand me up my shotgun Maggie Mae 
 
Verse 2: 
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I was born a poor man's only son 
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It ain't my fault I grew up on the run  
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Did my time as a workin' man 
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But they kept blood stains on my hands 
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I was born a poor man's only son 
 
Chorus: 
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When I'm dead put me ten miles deep 
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When I'm dead put me ten miles deep 
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Brother when you lay me down 
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Down beneath the cold hard ground 
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You better put me ten miles deep 
 
Verse 3: 
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I keep my pistol by my head at night 
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Lordy I can't seem to do no right 
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My whole town they know my name 
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I killed a man and won my fame 
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I keep my pistol by my head at night 
 
Verse 4: 
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When I'm dead put me ten miles deep 
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When Jesus comes he won't disturb my sleep 
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I knew it when they shot me down 
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I felt the flames from under ground 
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When I'm dead put me ten miles deep 
 
Chorus: (Played as above) 
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Brother when you lay me down 
D5 
Down beneath the cold hard ground 
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You better put me ten miles deep