Capo 1 
(Em) Children do not weep for me 
When you (D) hear I'm dead and (Em) gone 
(C) In the Savior's arms I'll (G) be 
(D) Just like I told you all (Em) along 
 
When my soul leaves this earth 
And you go to put me in the ground 
Dig a place out of the dirt 
Say a prayer and lay my body down 
 

[Refrão]
(C) Make my coffin straight (G) and long 
(D) Wood that rots and nails that (Em) rust 
(C) Oh when my spirit's (G) gone 
(D) Let this jar of clay return to (Em) dust 
 
So do not seal me in a vault 
Or buy a tomb to lay me in 
Flesh and bone were met to rot 
And go back to the earth again 
 
Chorus x 2 
 
Let this jar of clay return to dust 
Let this jar of clay return to dust