[Verso 1]
 
   E       B 
Oh Vera my sweet 
        D              A 
I would offer you some meat 
     E            B            A 
In exchange for a good loaf of wax 
        E           B 
I would smear it on you 
       D               A 
And on all your apples too 
     E                B        A 
If I thought it would help you relax 


[Refrão]

        E            B 
But the bones in the ground 
          D            A 
Well they never make a sound 
        E            B              A 
And the bones in the ground are all fine 
        E            B 
And the bones in the air 
          D             A 
Well they haven't got a care 
        E            B           A 
And the bones in the air are all mine 


[Verso 2]
 
   E         B 
Oh shiny Maureen 
          D                    A 
Won't you tell me where you've been 
         E              B             A 
And I'll work out where you should be now 
     E          B 
In a cluster of apes 
        D                   A 
That do rub themselves with grapes 
          E           B         A 
You'll be tied to the back of a cow 


[Refrão]

        E            B 
But the bones in the ground 
          D            A 
Well they never make a sound 
        E            B              A 
And the bones in the ground are all fine 
        E            B 
And the bones in the wind 
          D              A 
Lord have mercy how they grinned 
        E            B            A 
And the bones in the wind are all mine 


[Verso 3]
 
   E         B 
Oh Paula-Lorraine 
          D             A 
Won't you comment on my sprain 
         E            B         A 
And I'll shave you in some cozy church 
        E                B 
I don't care what you're called 
       D                 A 
I just want to shave you bald 
         E              B           A 
And I'll know that I've finished my search 


[Refrão]
 
        E            B 
But the bones in the ground 
          D            A 
Well they never make a sound 
        E            B              A 
And the bones in the ground are all fine 
        E            B 
And the bones in the air 
          D               A 
Well they sing a rattling air 
        E            B           A     E 
And the bones in the air are all mine