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[Verse 1]

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I lose sleep at night like a young man who's in the fight of his young life
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I have never known the way the wind would blow if everything were fine
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I'm scared that when I die I'll be alone with no one sitting by my side
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No, I do not think that I could be alone when I die


[Chorus 1]
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Lay me down in the ground
       F             C
Put me back into the earth
      F            C
Among all of my friends
        F           C
Under a blanket of roses
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A sea of flowers overhead


[Verse 2]
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A field outside of Nashville pitches color to the dreariness of day
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So the air hangs soft and tender, blowin' 'round my thoughts whichever way
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Where hills, they rise for miles and miles, I recognize the cryin' in the wind
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I hear people come from everywhere to say goodbye sweet-like to their kin


[Chorus 1]
       F            C
Lay me down in the ground
       F             C
Put me back into the earth
      F            C
Among all of my friends
         F          C
Under a blanket of roses
   F      Dm    F     G
A sea of flowers overhead


[Chorus 2]
          F               C
That is right, I don't believe
    F                C
Anymore than skies above
          F                  C
It's just me and those I've loved
         F          C
Under a blanket of roses
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A sea of flowers overhead
        C     F   G   C
When I die