Dried Up Old Bones ukulele

Dried Up Old Bones

• Verse 1

Verse 1
E                                        B7
Someday someone will dig up my dried up old bones,
              B7                                        E
They'll say this poor man died of thirst in the desert alone,
      E                                                     A
But they'll be wrong for although my life now is nearing an end,
         B7                                                     E
When you die in the desert you're surrounded by all kinds of friends,

Verse 2
          E                                            B7
There's a big hairy spider. He wants me to smile so I will,
        B7                                                   E
He's dancin' on a rock cause it's too hot for him to stand still,
     E                                                A
And look at those vultures they've all stopped their activity,
       B7                                              E
They're gathering round just to have their next meal here with me.

Verse 3
     E                                           B7
My mule has run off she's out there a mile and a half,
        B7                                              E
She's kickin' my canteen she sure knows how to make me laugh,
       E                                             A
Here comes a rabbitt his tail looks as white as the snow,
       B7                                                 E
If the sun would just melt him I know some water would flow.

Verse 4
           E                                             B7
That old lizard just lays there and makes funny faces at me,
       B7                                                       E
As we both share the shade of this dried up skinny  old Joshua tree,
        E                                              A
There comes a rattlesnake my eyesight's beginning to fail,
      B7                                                        E
But I think he's kinda friendly it looks like he's waggin' his tail.

Verse 5
     E                                             B7
A coyote comes close but he might just decide to leave,
         B7                                                  E
When he sees that old scorpion walkin' protectively on my sleeve,
       E                                     A
So remember as you look at my dried up old bones,
    B7                                                     E
I died with my friends, 'cause in the desert you're never alone

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