Livin'
On A
©2007 Garrett Clevenger
Chorus:
C F Livin' on a tombstone that has your name on are lichen slowly covering
F C Em C your
name and the date you were buried
beneath as the memories of you
fades away.
Em
Am G
F C 1897, I
can imagine what it must have been like.
Am G
F C It wouldn't be as easy to see what's
beyond that mountainside
Em C
Em C and
I wouldn't have as many friends whose
gravestones would surely make me cry.
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Em
Am G
F C Would you have a fancy design, or
somethin' you can barely see?
Am G
F C What would be engraved in stone? Will
it reflect your legacy?
Em C
Em C The
rows and rows of fallen humans makes
me glad I am still living.
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Em
Am G
F C You can learn a lot if you look. Compare
who's buried next to who.
Am G
F C Here's a child, only 12 and
next to him his sister, too.
Em C
Em C 2
months later, their mama died. I'm sure she succumbed to the blues.
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Em
Am G
F C How many others don't have a grave? Where
is their memory?
Am G
F C Others still are buried not alone. They perished by brutal misery.
Em C
Em C No
one deserves to die by another man's greed and end up in anonymity.
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