NO HEADSTONE ON MY GRAVE
(Charlie Rich)


Esther Phillips - 1964
Jerry Lee Lewis - 1972
Charlie Rich - 1974


Don't put no headstone on my grave
All my life I've been a slave 
I don't want the world to know
Here lies the man that loved you so

Don't send no flowers when I'm gone
Just put me down and then move on
Just put me down and let me be
Safe from all this misery

Mm-mmm, tell my Mother not to cry
I'll see her in the by and by
Tell her that I'm finally free
From the trouble you caused me

But don't put no headstone on my grave
All my life I've been a slave
Just put me down and let me be
Safe from all this misery 
 
(Instrumental Break)

Tell my Mother not to cry
I'll see her in the by and by
Tell her that I'm finally free
From the trouble you caused me

Don't put no headstone on my grave
All my life I've been a slave
Just put me down and let me be
Free from all this misery 
Free from all this misery, yeah



(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - March 2018)