Lyrics to 'Roll The Bones' by Shakey Graves. Yeah so it goes / yeah so it goes / that sweet heirloom / them abbey stones / oh take a chance and roll the bones /. Shakey Graves - Roll The Bones (Tab) tab by Shakey Graves with free online tab player, speed control and loop. 520 Adjuster License here. Correct version. Added on July 25, 2017.

Oh yeah, Well, so it goes. Yeah, so it goes. Oh, That sweet heirloom; Them abbey stones. Yeah, Let's take a chance And roll the bones. Yeah, Go crash that car; Unplug that phone.

Yeah, and sell your belongings; All them clever drawings. Uninstall Windows Vista Home Premium there. Yeah, Try to make a dollar from the grave(x2) Yeah, but who's to blame? Ooh (x3) Yeah, well so it goes. Yeah, so it goes. Oh, them city boys in country clothes. Yeah, let's take a chance Oh, and roll the bones!

Yeah, go crash that car; Unplug that phone. Yeah, and try to forget all them enemies and debts; Yeah, they'll chase you around and give you sour dreams.(x2) So it seems. Ooh(x2) yeah, so you can struggle all you like. Yeah, go put up the good fight. They say that someday everybody dies alone (x2) Oh, but, hey, Who really knows?

Yeah, who really knows? My InterpretationI am putting this as my interpretation instead of song meaning because I may be way off base here.

This song is obviously about working hard for something but I think it is more specific than that. There is a type of person it is talking about: so it goes, them city boys in country clothes. Basically saying they're giving up city life in exchange for a more lax lifestyle in some aspect. These are men moving from urban to rural, but what changes come with this?

Sell them belongings, all them clever drawings; the key in this is clever drawings, which could be thought of as planning, inventions, drafts created of the mind. But on another theme, losing attachment to items and as well letting go of dependence on the analytical part of our brain. The next part is where my interpretation reaches a stretch. Rolling bones, making a dollar from the grave, makes me think of the use of these terms to describe oil and fossil fuels. So I think that this song is basically commenting on the theme of men leaving the pursuit of intelligence and complexity for a life of hardworking and simplicity, maybe since that's where The money is or may be because there is a - for lack of a better word- humanely organic quality to it. Think highly stimulating city life vs working hard in the beating sun - or something to that effect.