Drivin' Nails In My Coffin - Single Version — Ernest Tubb
Chords and lyrics for Drivin' Nails In My Coffin - Single Version by Ernest Tubb (key of C).
Verse 1
"Drivin' Nails In My Coffin" - Ernest Tubb
B-side on the single "Filipino Baby / Drivin' Nails In My Coffin" (1946)
Track 3 of 12 on the album "Ernest Tubb And His Texas Troubadours" (1960)
Track 7 of 20 on the album "Just You And Me, Daddy"
[Justin Tubb feat. Ernest Tubb] (1998)
Note: chords in parentheses in Intro are only played in 1946 version of
song
Intro
(C)
(C) (G7)
[C]
[C] [G7] [C]
Verse 1
My [C]sweetheart has gone and I'm so lonely
[C]She said that she and I were [G7]through
So [C]I started out drinking for pastime
Driving [C]nails in my [G7]coffin over [C]you
Chorus
I'm just [C]driving nails in my coffin
Every [C]time I drink a bottle of [G7]booze
I'm just [C]driving nails in my coffin
Lordy, [C]driving those [G7]nails over [C]you
[Fiddle Solo] (1946 version only)
[C]
[C] [G7]
[C]
[C] [G7] [C]
Guitar Solo
[C]
[C] [G7]
[C]
[C] [G7] [C]
Verse 2
[C]Ever since the day that we parted
[C]I've been so sad and so [G7]blue
[C]I'm always thinking of you, love
And I [C]just can't quit [G7]drinking that old [C]booze
Chorus
I'm just [C]driving nails in my coffin
Every [C]time I drink a bottle of [G7]booze
I'm just [C]driving nails in my coffin
Lordy, [C]driving those [G7]nails over [C]you
[Steel Guitar Solo] (Guitar Solo in 1946 version)
[C]
[C] [G7]
[C]
[C] [G7] [C]
Verse 3
Now, [C]you've turned me down, you don't want me
[C]There's nothing now I can [G7]lose
I'm just [C]driving those nails in my coffin
And [C]worrying, my [G7]darling, over [C]you
Chorus
I'm just [C]driving nails in my coffin
Every [C]time I drink a bottle of [G7]booze
I'm just [C]driving nails in my coffin
Lordy, [C]driving those [G7]nails over [C]you
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