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