Words and music by Blind Lemon Jefferson
As performed by Bob Dylan
Drop D tuning (DADGBe)
Intro bass line:
D [Riff 1]
e------2----------------------------------------2------------2---------
B------3----------------------------------------3------------3---------
G------2-----------------------0----------------2------------2---------
D---------------0----0--3--3-3--------------------------------------0--
A-----------(3)---------------------------------------------------3----
D-0-------------------------------0---4s0----0-----4s0----0------------
D/C D/B D Riff 1
Well there's one kind of favor I'll ask of you
D/C D/B D Riff 1
Well there's one kind of favor I'll ask of you
D/C D/B D Riff 1
There's just one kind of favor I'll ask of you
D/C D/B D Riff 1
You can see that my grave is kept clean
[The other verses differ in the end of line 3/start of line 4]
D/C D/B D Riff 1
And there's two white horses following me
D/C D/B D Riff 1
And there's two white horses following me
D/C D/B [hammer A--0h2--]
I got two white horses following me
D D/C D/B D
Waitin on my buryin ground
Did you ever hear that coughin' sound?
Did you ever hear that coughin' sound?
Did you ever hear that coughin' sound?
Means another poor boy's underground
Did you ever hear them church bell's tone?
Have you ever heard that chuch bell's tone?
Did you ever hear that church bell's tone?
Means another poor boy is dead and gone
Well my heart stopped beatin' and my hands turned cold
And my heart stopped beating and my hands turned cold
Well my heart stopped beatin' and my hands turned cold
Now I believe what the Bible told
There's just one last favor I'll ask of you
And there's on last favor I'll ask of you
There's just one last favor I'll ask of you
See that my grave is kept clean