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You'cain} hold me Ain't no grave can bold me down, = awe ‘man enoughto bu-ry me, You caint hold me Ain't no grave can hold me down, + See perfomance tes Sf ‘You caint keep me un-derground, When thesil-ver trumpet sounds Ain't nogravecan hold me down, eee & You cain keep me” un-derground~Whenthesil-ver trumpet sounds, Ain't no grave can hold me down, eros —— ‘You cain't keep me un-derground. When thesil-ver trumpet sounds, Ain't nograve —_hold_me down. em) esae Ain't no grave dug, dug solow, nograve ev-uhbeenbom so strong, No Aint nograve Nograve ev-uhbeendug so low. Nogravedigguh been bors strong, Nograve — evuh Pro ug, dug so low, nograve evuh been bom so strong, No, ain’ nograve dug, dug so lov ve been dug solow. Nogravedigguh been born so strong, Nograve evaih beendug. so low. Pro * F Clap Stomp 7Broaden been bom so strong. —No— aint no man that can, aint no dev - il ean, No grave dig-guh been bom $0. strong — Aint no man that can, aint no dev - il can, ‘Aint’ no man that can, aint no dev il ean, Pro lp Stomp Moto sitar, Slow, dramatic mt s1 Aint no grave s2 * Ain't 0. Pro Cup Stomp ie =147a s1 s2 Clap Stomp st s2 Pro Clap Alternate Ending: down, Ain'tno graveduglow e-nough Ain't no graveduglow e-nough ——9mEm —— Ain'tno graveduglow e-nough down. pu division down. sult sow nS down: Town Span division dOWM. Ain't no grave dug low emough | 9 -19-