STANDING OVER MY GRAVE / edited for form

STANDING OVER MY GRAVE
Lyrics written 2-15-21
Tuning:  Drop C#  (Db)
  C# G# C#F# A# D#
(Db Ab Db Gb Bb Eb)

Primarily in E if tuned to standard.

V1
From the time that I was 10,
I discovered how to be a friend.
To stand by you,
When no one wanted to come through

(FILL)

V2
We fought, as most friends do
But no one could touch us,
We were super glue >>>>
No matter what - we –went – through

(RIFF 1)

Chorus:
When you’re standing over my grave
                              (And you shed those tears)
And they say that prayer,
                  (Do not let them fall on me)
 
I am not the one who forgot about you
                                      (I was always your friend)
And I was one who always cared

V3
There were some fair-weather friends,
No harm came from them,
The brothers and sisters I did find -
Became blood the same as mine!

(BRIDGE)

V4
So as you think on the past,
remember how it went so fast.
So as you think on the past,
Why did our friendship end?

Chorus:
When you’re standing over my grave
                              (And you shed those tears)
And they say that prayer,
                  (Do not let them fall on me)
 
I am not the one who forgot about you
                                      (I was always your friend)
And I was one who always cared

V5
If you’re out there and you do not care,
I say I apologize. I apologize
My eyes are closed forever more
So now I cry, yes I’ll cry some more.

(RIFF)

Chorus: x2