Bill Kirchen – Rockabilly Funeral Chords on Piano & Ukulele

[Intro]
E        E        E        E

[Verse 1]
E
Well there's a black tow truck
with his headlights on
E
And there's a slow procession across
the graveyard lawn
    A
And hooked to the back,
there's a Coupe DeVille
       E
With a real cool cat,
sitting at a wheel
    E
The obituaries in the papers say
   E
He up and went and rocked
his life away
    A7                           A
His last request, rock don't cry
  E  N.C.
I want a rockabilly funeral
           E
when I die

[Verse 2]
E
Now there's a rockabilly singer
getting buried in his car
E
That's my one and only rock'n'rollin'
heart's desire
           A
I want the back seat covered with
the records I made
E
And this old Telecaster that
I always played
E
The Cadillac's pointed towards
at the Memphis T
E
Well Carl Perkins made a
rockabilly history
        A7
I'll be rocking up to
                   A
heaven on my 4-6 ply
  E N.C.
I want a rockabilly funeral
           E
when I die

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[Chorus]
   A
So put a lot of echo on
the preacher's mike
   E
When you tell him that my
memory's rocking on
   A
Be sure you get to shaking when
he starts to shout
E  N.C.
That cat is
                           E
really-really-really gone!
E
I want a rockabilly funeral
when I die
E
A rockabilly funeral when I die
E
I want a rockabilly funeral
when I die
E
A rockabilly funeral when I die

[Instrumental]
E  E  E  E  G  B#7
B#7  E  E  E7  E
(The above chords played single
strokes as a Funeral March}
A    E    B  B7 E
A    E    A  A7 E
A    B    E

[Chorus]
     A
So a put a lot of echo on
the preacher's mike
         E
When you tell him that my
memory's rocking on
       A
And be sure you get to shaking
when he starts to shout
E  N.C.
That cat is really-really-really
really gone!
E
I want a rockabilly funeral,
when I die
E
I want a rockabilly funeral
when I die
E
I want a rockabilly funeral,
when I die
E
I want a rockabilly funeral
when I die

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[Outro]
E   E
E
Alright, I wanna be buried in
my car, with my guitar
E
I want a Waterford Jukebox,
and Sun 45 RPM Records
E
Casket, gold I made,
shroud, blue swede
E
Chicks, with their bee hive hairdo's,
with the bees still in 'em
E
Fishnet stockings,
with the fish still in 'em
E
Cashmire sweaters,
with the cash still in 'em
	           (Fade Out.....)