Please Don't Bury Me - Lost in 2020s Fest - John Prine Cover by WarpCanada

[WarpCanada]

This is me on vocals (times four or five), me on a nylon string guitar (tortured into sounding decidedly not acoustic via an amp simulator plugin), me whapping on the nylon guitar (the wood block sound) and a drum groove courtesy of GrooveAgentSE in Cubase.    I think perhaps this might have been a more "listenable" cover if I hadn't doubled the vocal, but the feeling I got here was of a bunch of drunken versions of me down at the bar singing heartily, and crying maybe a bit.



John Prine - Please Don't Bury Me
[Verse 1]

D                    G
Woke up this mornin, put on my slippers
D                         A
Walked in the kitchen and died
    D
And oh what a feeling
        G
When my soul went through the ceiling
    A                       D
And on up into heaven I did rise
       G
When I got there they did say
         D
"John it happened this ole way,
                                        A
You slipped upon the floor and hit your head"
    D                      G                 D
And all the angel say just before you passed away
                    A                   D
These were the very last words that you said


[Chorus]

G                         D
Please don't bury me down in the cold cold ground
                                               A
I'd rather have them cut me up and pass me all around
D                                     G                 D
Throw my brain in a hurricane and the blind can have my eyes
        G             D
And the deaf can take both my ears
   A                   D
If they don't mind the size


[Verse 2]

D                            G
Give my stomach to Milwaukee if they run out of beer
D
Put my socks in a cedar box,
A
just get them out of here
D
Venus De Milo can have my arms,
     G
look out I got your nose
                     D            A               D
Sell my heart to the junk man and give my love to rose


[Chorus]

G                         D
Please don't bury me down in that cold cold ground
                                               A
I'd rather have them cut me up and pass me all around
D                                     G                 D
Throw my brain in a hurricane and the blind can have my eyes
        G             D
And the deaf can take both my ears
   A                   D
if they don't mind the size


[Verse 3]

D                               G
Give my feet to the foot loose ,careless ,fancy free
D
Give my knees to the needy,
      A
don't pull that stuff on me
D
Hand me down my walkin cane,
       G
it's a sin to tell a lie
              D                  A           D
Send my mouth way down south and kiss my ass goodbye


[Chorus]

G                         D
Please don't bury me down in the cold cold ground
                                               A
I'd rather have them cut me up and pass me all around
D                                     G                 D
Throw my brain in a hurricane and the blind can have my eyes
        G             D
And the deaf can take both my ears
   A                   D
if they don't mind the size



(v2 = something went horribly wrong with the first mp3 export, i somehow got an old vocal take in there, trying again)

(Can someone link me to the page that explains how to put those FEST bits into the post?)

[64Guitars]

(Can someone link me to the page that explains how to put those FEST bits into the post?)

The festival submission info is here: https://songcrafters.org/forum/index.php?topic=29895.msg354447#msg354447

I need to put that in the Help board. I'll do that tomorrow.

Update: 2021-01-03 - Festival information is now in the Help board. https://songcrafters.org/forum/index.php?topic=30543.0

[WarpCanada]

Okay attached to this post is my other mix for this song if anyone wants to hear the full Choir of Drunks thing I tried out.

[StephenM]

good stuff Warren.... never listened alot to Prine...but I know he was big.... and you did a nice cover...and it is a good song...

[StephenM]

listening again...your singing tone and style and sound remind me just a good bit of the guy from MOBY.... where he did that song (s) for the Bourne movies...that stuff I loved btw....

[Pine]

I guess missed the original JP version...but the lyrics are sure JP. Great writer. Always some humor.
Good effort here...thought the vocals were fine. Enjoyed the listen Warren!

[Mike_S]

Good job Warren, I enjoyed that... perfectly listenable. I like the slightly ad hoc feel of those doubled vocals. It sounds natural, spur of the moment... and I like that.

[TPB]

Yep can hear this being played in a small bar good job on the cover and vocal is good
Tim

[Bluesberry]

Sounds great...great lilt in your vocals....it really does sound live and picks up in the middle really nicely, just like live dynamics

[Ferryman_1957]

I don't know the original but I enjoyed this cover Warren. I liked both versions, they both have a charm to them and your vox are sounding pretty good. The guitar sounds great as well and the whapping was also effective! There's a great feel to this and I think you should be pleased with the result. All four or five of you....