Uploaded December 2010 | Updated September 2026, 20 minutes ago
Kappa Danielson
Dave Matthews wrote this...it was released on his debut album. It won him a grammy for best male rock vocal performance in 2004.
This Kappa performance is for Martin :) who requested the song...when he sent it I listened to about 1 verse and thought...oh yeah....I need to do this one. ;) Not a happy tune but so very very cool and it stays with you. Willie Nelson also covered this in 2008.
Chords and lyrics below..I found these on the web....I changed the A to a Bflat...that worked better for me..oh and I'm playing a d form with F# in the bass for the D/G. I'm not sure that am2 is the name for the chord either...what I'm playing is am minus the C, add a G in the bass....call it what you will... :)
Am Am2
Cyrus Jones, 1810 to 1913.
F Am
Made his, great grandchildren believe you could live to a hundred & three.
Am Am2
Well, a hundred & three is forever when you're just a little kid
F Am
So, Cyrus Jones lived forever.
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Am
Gravedigger
Am2
When you dig my grave.
E
Could you make it shallow.
Am Am2 D/G
So that I can feel the rain.
Am
Gravedigger.
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Am Am2
Muriel Stonewall, 1903 to 1954.
F Am
Lost both of her babies, in the second great war.
Am Am2
Now you should never have to watch as your only children are lowered in the
ground.
F Am
You should, never have to bury your own babies.
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CHORUSx1 (Add a few extra quickly timed hammers on the Am to go into the bridge.)
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Dm F C G A
Ring around the rosie.
Dm F C G A
Pocket full of posey.
Dm F C G A
Ashes to ashes.
Dm F C G
We all fall down.
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CHORUSx1
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Am Am2
Little Mikey Carson, 67 to 75.
F Am
Rode his, bike like the devil until the day he died.
Am Am2
When he grows up he wants to be Mr. Vertigo on the flying trapeez, oh, well.
F Am
1940 to 1990---2!
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CHORUSx1
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(He changes his singing pattern for this version of the chorus)
Am Am2
Gravedigger, when you dig my grave.
E
Could you make it shallow.
Am Am2 D/G
So that I can feel the rain, I can feel the rain, oh.
Am Am2
Gravedigger, when you dig my grave.
E (Let ring)
Could you make it shallow.
Am Am2 D/G
So that I can feel the rain.
Am Am2 F E
Gravegigger.
Am Am2 F E
Am Am2 F (Let Ring)
Gravedigger
Kappa Danielson
Dave Matthews wrote this...it was released on his debut album. It won him a grammy for best male rock vocal performance in 2004.
This Kappa performance is for Martin :) who requested the song...when he sent it I listened to about 1 verse and thought...oh yeah....I need to do this one. ;) Not a happy tune but so very very cool and it stays with you. Willie Nelson also covered this in 2008.
Chords and lyrics below..I found these on the web....I changed the A to a Bflat...that worked better for me..oh and I'm playing a d form with F# in the bass for the D/G. I'm not sure that am2 is the name for the chord either...what I'm playing is am minus the C, add a G in the bass....call it what you will... :)
Am Am2
Cyrus Jones, 1810 to 1913.
F Am
Made his, great grandchildren believe you could live to a hundred & three.
Am Am2
Well, a hundred & three is forever when you're just a little kid
F Am
So, Cyrus Jones lived forever.
--
Am
Gravedigger
Am2
When you dig my grave.
E
Could you make it shallow.
Am Am2 D/G
So that I can feel the rain.
Am
Gravedigger.
----
Am Am2
Muriel Stonewall, 1903 to 1954.
F Am
Lost both of her babies, in the second great war.
Am Am2
Now you should never have to watch as your only children are lowered in the
ground.
F Am
You should, never have to bury your own babies.
---
CHORUSx1 (Add a few extra quickly timed hammers on the Am to go into the bridge.)
---
Dm F C G A
Ring around the rosie.
Dm F C G A
Pocket full of posey.
Dm F C G A
Ashes to ashes.
Dm F C G
We all fall down.
---
CHORUSx1
---
Am Am2
Little Mikey Carson, 67 to 75.
F Am
Rode his, bike like the devil until the day he died.
Am Am2
When he grows up he wants to be Mr. Vertigo on the flying trapeez, oh, well.
F Am
1940 to 1990---2!
---
CHORUSx1
---
(He changes his singing pattern for this version of the chorus)
Am Am2
Gravedigger, when you dig my grave.
E
Could you make it shallow.
Am Am2 D/G
So that I can feel the rain, I can feel the rain, oh.
Am Am2
Gravedigger, when you dig my grave.
E (Let ring)
Could you make it shallow.
Am Am2 D/G
So that I can feel the rain.
Am Am2 F E
Gravegigger.
Am Am2 F E
Am Am2 F (Let Ring)
Gravedigger
