Written by Richard Thompson
INTRO and OUTRO: This part is also played in between verses. Transcribed part played over a Bm (although it is a Bsus2 which is picked)Bm Me name is Sam Jones and it's bones me occupation D Chuck your old hocks out for my consideration Bm Thirty years a bone man, up and down the nation D A Bm Sam Jones deliver them bones Em I've been among the shamrock and I've been among the thistle Bm I like it all picked over, clean as a whistle Em No sign of meat on, no sign of gristle G F#m Sam Jones deliver them bones Em I've seen battlefields white with human ivory Bm Noble dukes and princes stripped of flesh and finery Em When the crows have done their job, they say that's the time for me G F#m Sam Jones deliver them bones Bm And I even dream of bones when I'm lying very ill D Roomsfull of skeletons a-dancing the quadrille Bm Rows and rows of skulls singing Blueberry Hill D A Bm Sam Jones deliver them bones Bm And if you're unburied, the likes of me will find you D You're no good to worms, but you might become the finest glue Bm We'll grind you up and spread you out as fertiliser, too D A Bm Sam Jones deliver them bones Em And I've got a lorry, it's me own boneshaker Bm Where's there old knuckle joints I'll be the undertaker Em I'll come calling 'round just like the butcher and the baker G F#m Sam Jones deliver them bones Bm Me name is Sam Jones and it's bones me occupation D Chuck your old hocks out for my consideration Bm Thirty years a bone man, up and down the nation D A Bm Sam Jones deliver them bones D A Bm Sam Jones deliver them bones D A Bm Oh, Sam Jones deliver them bones D A G Sam Jones deliver them boneshide this tabE +-------2-0----------------+ B |-----------2----0---------| G |-----4---------4--4-------| D |----4--------4------4-----| A |0h2--------0--------------| E +--------------------------+
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