G
WITH ONE NICKLE IN HIS POCKET
                   C
AND A PACK OF CIGARETTES
                       G
THERE WERE NO TEARS OF SORROW
            D
NO TEARS OF REGRET
                  G
IN A PLAIN WOODEN CASKET
                    C
THE COUNTY LAID HIM AWAY
                      G
JUST A HUNDRED DOLLAR FUNERAL
        D             G
WITH NO LOVED ONES TO PRAY

                C
THERE MUST BE A MOTHER
              G
WHO LOVED HIM SOMEWHERE
                C
PERHAPS SHE HAS GONE ON
                  D
AND WAS WAITING UPTHERE
                      G
WHERE THERE`S NO DISAPPOINTMENTS
                   C
`ROUND GOD`S GREAT THRONE
                  G
NO HUNDRED DOLLAR FUNERALS
  D           G
UNLOVED AND UNKNOWN

   G
NO PRETTY MARBLE HEADSTONE
               C
NOT ONE FRIEND CAME
                       G
HE WAS LOWERED BY FOUR STRANGERS
                     D
THAT DIDN`T KNOW HIS NAME
                G
A LOSER ON THIS EARTH
                    C
A DEBT SO MANY MUST PAY
                      G
JUST A HUNDRED DOLLAR FUNERAL
        D             G
WITH NO LOVED ONES TO PRAY

                C
THERE MUST BE A MOTHER
              G
WHO LOVED HIM SOMEWHERE
                C
PERHAPS SHE HAS GONE ON
                   D
AND WAS WAITING UP THERE
                      G
WHERE THERE`S NO DISAPPOINTMENTS
                   C
`ROUND GOD`S GREAT THRONE
                  G
NO HUNDRED DOLLAR FUNERALS
  D           G
UNLOVED AND UNKNOWN