\version "2.12" \include "english.ly" \include "init_Luketan.ly" \header { title = "Don’t Bury Me" } global = { \key g \major \time 2/2 \partial 4 s4 %% verse s2*2*15 \break s2*2 %% chorus s2*2*15 \bar "|." } melodyNotes = \relative { \clef treble %% verse b'4 | b2. c4 | b2. r4 | g4 g g a | g2 e2 | r2 d4 g | b b c b | a1 ~ | a2 r4 b | b2. c4 | b1 | g2. a4 | g2 e | r4 d e g | a a g fs | g1 ~ | g2 %% bridge r4-\tweak #'extra-offset #'(-1 . 1.2) ^\chorus g | g2. a4 | g2 g4 e | d2. g4 | g2 r4 g | g g g g | g2 fs4 g | a2 a4 b | a2 r4 d | d d b a | g2 g4 g | a g fs e | d2 d4 e | g g fs g | a a g fs | g1 } lyricsVerseOne = \lyricmode { Don’t bur -- y me, throw me in the San -- dy Watch the riv -- er fill my lungs __ I’ll sink to sleep, dream -- ing sal -- mon Un -- til we find a way back home. __ I beg of thee, dig no grave for me Don’t lock me in a box in a plot marked with stone Don’t make me turn to coal at the bot -- tom of a hole Set me free to join the one -- ness of the world. } chordChanges = \chordmode { %% verse s4 | g1*2 | c1*2 | g1*2 | d1 | d:7 | g1*2 | c1*2 | g1 | d1 | g1*2 | %% bridge c1*2 | g1*4 | d1 | d:7 | g1*2 | c1*2 | g1 | d1:7 | g | } \score { << \new ChordNames \chordChanges \new Staff << \new Voice = "Voice_vocals" << \global \dynamicUp \melodyNotes >> >> \new Lyrics \lyricsto "Voice_vocals" \lyricsVerseOne >> \layout { \context { \Voice \consists "Melody_engraver" \override Stem #'neutral-direction = #'() } } } AVi = \markup \override #'(direction . 1) \override #'(baseline-skip . 3.25) \dir-column { " " \muDSeven } AVii = \markup \override #'(direction . 1) \override #'(baseline-skip . 3.25) \dir-column { " " \muDSeven } \markup { \vspace #6 } \markup \override #'(font-size . 2) { \hspace #24 \fontsize #0.5 \italic "Additional Verses" } \markup \override #'(font-size . 2) \override #'(baseline-skip . 8) { \fill-line { \left-column { \vspace #0 \line { Don’t \lwc #"bury" #"G" me, \lwc #"climb" #"C" me up the tallest tree, } \line { \lwc #"Take" #"G" me to the birds circling \lwc #"by," #"D" \hspace #1.5 \AVi } \line { I’ll \lwc #"sing" #"G" them a song till they’re \lwc #"picking" #"C" o’er my bones } \line { And we’re \lwc #"off" #"G" to taste the \lwc #"joy" #"D" of feathered \lwc #"flight." #"C" } \line { "" } \line { Don’t \lwc #"bury" #"G" me, \lwc #"throw" #"C" me to the coyotes, } \line { \lwc #"Leave" #"G" me in a field of scottish \lwc #"broom," #"D" \AVii } \line { I’ll \lwc #"have" #"G" my final feast in the \lwc #"company" #"C" of weeds } \line { ’Til we \lwc #"lift" #"G" our voice to \lwc #"howling" #"D" at the \lwc #"moon." #"G" } } } }