Biography:
The Stray Birds, an American folk band, started as a duo of acoustic buskers in early 2010 when Maya de Vitry and Oliver Craven (originally from Lancaster, Pennsylvania) met with their instruments, their voices, and their songs
When the band take the stage, the spotlight falls on three voices raised in harmony above the raw resonance of wood and strings. It is a sound drawn from the richness of American folk music traditions, spun with a stirring subtlety and grace.
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[Chorus]
D A G D A Bm
when I die, lay me down at the stream
A D G
by the tree with the deepest roots
D A G D A Bm
bury my body in blue jeans
A G D G D
and a pair of my leather boots
[Verse 1]
G D G D
maybe sing a song, maybe carry a rose
G D A G
maybe listen for the wind on the day it blows
G D G D
don't tell em you love me if you broke my heart
G D A G
leave the flowers above me now don't tear them apart
[Chorus]
D A G D A Bm
when I die, lay me down at the stream
A D G
by the tree with the deepest roots
D A G D A Bm
bury my body in blue jean
A G D G D
and a pair of my leather boots
[Verse 2]
G D G D
take my guitar from the empty hall
G D A G
don't let it hang from some rich mans wall
G D G D
that piece of wood is how I learned to pray
G D A G
just find some hands to play it everyday
[Verse 3]
G D
take my body down main street
G D
take me by my old school
G D A G
toast my name at the bar where we used to shoot pool
G D G D
take me past the graveyard where my family lay
G D A G
I wanna be by the water on that final day.
[Chorus]
D A G D A Bm
when I die, lay me down at the stream
A D G
by the tree with the deepest roots
D A G D A Bm
bury my body in blue jeans
A G D G D
and a pair of my leather boots
D A G D A Bm
I said, bury my body in blue jeans
A G D
and a pair of my leather boots
G D
my leather boots
G D
my leather boots
D A G D A Bm
when I die, lay me down at the stream
A D G
by the tree with the deepest roots
D A G D A Bm
bury my body in blue jeans
A G D G D
and a pair of my leather boots
[Verse 1]
G D G D
maybe sing a song, maybe carry a rose
G D A G
maybe listen for the wind on the day it blows
G D G D
don't tell em you love me if you broke my heart
G D A G
leave the flowers above me now don't tear them apart
[Chorus]
D A G D A Bm
when I die, lay me down at the stream
A D G
by the tree with the deepest roots
D A G D A Bm
bury my body in blue jean
A G D G D
and a pair of my leather boots
[Verse 2]
G D G D
take my guitar from the empty hall
G D A G
don't let it hang from some rich mans wall
G D G D
that piece of wood is how I learned to pray
G D A G
just find some hands to play it everyday
[Verse 3]
G D
take my body down main street
G D
take me by my old school
G D A G
toast my name at the bar where we used to shoot pool
G D G D
take me past the graveyard where my family lay
G D A G
I wanna be by the water on that final day.
[Chorus]
D A G D A Bm
when I die, lay me down at the stream
A D G
by the tree with the deepest roots
D A G D A Bm
bury my body in blue jeans
A G D G D
and a pair of my leather boots
D A G D A Bm
I said, bury my body in blue jeans
A G D
and a pair of my leather boots
G D
my leather boots
G D
my leather boots
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