(intro) C G C G C G Em C G C G When I was a growing boy, C G a-rocking on my daddy's knee, C G A Daddy took an old guitar and sang C G “Bury me on the lone prairie.” C G Uncle Bob sat at the piano, C G my girl cousins sang harmony, C G A those were the good old family times C G that left a big mark on me. ( C G C G C G A C G ) C G C G Bury me out on the prairie where the buffalo used to roam, C G A where the Canada geese once filled the sky, C D G and then I won't be far from home. C G C G Bury me out on the prairie, where the buffalo used to roam, C G A you won't have to shed a tear for me, C G 'cause then I won't be far from home. ( C G C G C G A C G ) C G Walking down the trans-Canada highway, C G I was talking to a firefly, C G A trying to make my way to Nashville, Tennessee, C G when another car passed me by. C G Some day I'm gonna make big money, C G and buy myself a big old car, C G A make my way on down to that promised land, C D G and then I'm gonna really go far. ( C G C G C G Em C G ) C G C G Bury me out on the prairie where the buffalo used to roam, C G A where the Canada geese once filled the sky, C G and then I won't be far from home. C G C G Just bury me out on the prairie, where the buffalo used to roam, C G A you won't have to shed a tear for me, C G 'cause then I won't be far from home. ( C G C G C G A C D G )