Upchurch – Empty Grave (Guitar)

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[Intro] Em Bm C D Em Bm C D Em [Chorus]
           Bm                     C
Everyone's time's gonna fade away..

             D                  Em
Dust to dust and Amazing Grace....

               Bm                       C
Only thing I'm leaving is my last name....

    D
Oh, and an empty grave
[Verse 1]
Em
One day I'll be in a box I ain't talkin' about a grave

             Bm
I'm talkin' 'bout a box of greatest hits I made along the way

      C
Found on a dirt road 'cause I ain't never had shit paved

         D
And when the roots grow back I'll be a mystery per se

   Em
No askin' folks in Nashville 'cause I refuse to go and sign

          Bm
Walked in houses of legends that made a impact on your life

       C
Takin' advice from people who have platinum records with Slim Shady

        D
Went on vacation with country superstars even though I'm crazy

Em
And on a psycho social roller coaster, no seat belts doin' loops

Bm
My mind got a vault like a doomsday preppin' loony toon

     C
Stay boucin' off these walls like my house is made of gymnastic mats

    D
And I'll be rappin' 'til I'm 90 out of shape with cataracts

Em
Cause I ain't got to see a road to cut a trail and make a path

    Bm
I'm 27 and I know this whole city feelin' my wrath

     C
Just wait 'til I'm 30 and fine tuned like a Stratocaster

    D                                                    Em
I'm not biodegradable still the cleanest white trash and I'm Church
[Chorus]
           Bm                     C
Everyone's time's gonna fade away..

             D                 Em
Dust to dust and Amazing Grace...

           Bm                          C
Only thing I'm leaving is my last name...

    D
Oh, and an empty grave
[Verse 2]
Em
Most people in denial about the timeline of life

            Bm
The burnin' of a flame one goes out then one goes up and strikes

          C
I stepped into the shallow water knowin' one day I'll drown

       D
To the noise of screamin' voices and Instagram shutter sounds

      Em
Right now for me it's just now, startin' to get kinda loud

    Bm
I'm gettin' pointed out in malls from a couple surroundin' crowds

       C
People threatin' to jump me and want to show up to my house

                D
You're creatin' a crazy person with loaded guns in his house

         Em
And everyday that passes I'm becomin'

                           Bm
More intelligent to social negligence, No matter what the cadence is

                  C
All I see is some adjectives, I'm drastically paintin' you cinematic action

D
Mixed with words I scrambled off of every part of the alphabet

    Em
How gooder can I get I think the game is hibernatin'

   Bm
Or overdosed on manufactured faces and sound waves

         C
So won't you put me in that box and put my voice in one that's separate

        D                                                          Em
One's a death box the other's gonna be a livin' statement and they know it
[Chorus]
           Bm                     C
Everyone's time's gonna fade away..

             D                 Em
Dust to dust and Amazing Grace...

               Bm                       C
Only thing I'm leaving is my last name....

    D
Oh, and an empty grave
[Verse 3]
       Em
Knock, knock. Who's there? It's the end of your career

     Bm
Yeah what's up you motherfucker been waitin' to see you here

     C
I've been dyin' to meet you and that's really no pun intended

     D
I've met every goal I wanted made the impact for my people

    Em
And held them southern roots before every song that I made

    Bm
And got invited to show up and attend the CMA'S

       C
But my ass never went I went ghost when they called me to that stage

      D
Cause I don't need people to clap to make me proud of my name

Em
To make me proud of my songs, to make me proud of my lyrics

Bm
I was built out of southern spirit only found in the thicket

C
My bloodline the thickest, fuck all the fame and the riches

          D
That shit all fades away but not the voice of a legend who's preachin'

           Em
And that's why they call me Church, cross my heart hope to die

        Bm
Stick a needle in my eye, and have to do it three times

        C
To even almost make me blind, 'cause my third one don't even blink

     D
So I see you before you see yourself when you try comin' for me

Em
Church
[Chorus]
           Bm                     C
Everyone's time's gonna fade away..

             D                 Em
Dust to dust and Amazing Grace....

               Bm                      C
Only thing I'm leaving is my last name...

    D                  E5
Oh, and an empty grave...