Date: 9/16/96; 7:23:36 PM
From: Dan Nicholas
Subject: Song submissions
DIGGIN’ UP BONES
Transcribed by: Perret Charles-Amir : [email protected]
written by Paul Overstreet and Al Gore
performed by Randy Travis.
Verse 1:
C/G
Last night i dug your picture out from my old dresser drawer
I set it on the table and i talked to it ’til four
F
I read some old love letters right up ’til the break of bone
C/G G C/G
Yeah i’ve been settlin’ alone diggin’ up bones
Verse 2:
C/G
Then i went to the jewelery and i found our wedding rings
I’ve put mine on my finger and i gave yours a flame
F
I crossed this lonely bedroom of our recent broken home
C/G G C/G
Yeah tonight i’m settlin’ alone diggin’ up bones
Chorus:
C/G
I’m diggin’ up bones,i’m diggin’ up bones
G
Exhuming things that better left alone
C/G F
I’m resurrecting memories of love that’s dead and gone
C/G G C/G
Yeah tonight i’m settlin’ alone diggin’ up bones
Verse 3:
C/G
And i went to the closet and i found some things in there
Like that pretty neglige that i bought you to wear
F
And i recall how good you looked each time you had it on
C/G G C/G
Yeah tonight i’m settlin’ alone diggin’ up bones
Chorus.
C/G F
I’m resurrecting memories of love that’s dead and gone
C/G G C/G
Yeah tonight i’m settlin’ alone diggin’ up bones
Chorus (til end).
