E
You're gonna need somebody on your bond child
             A                     E
You're gonna need somebody on your bond
                                   A
When it's late 'round midnight and old man death comes slippin
into the room
             E        B            E
You're gonna need somebody on your bond 
A A# B turn

         E
You take Mary and Martha standin up in the hillside
       A                               
Mary explainin' to Martha, "darlin look at the river deep
        E
and the water wide."
               E
Here comes ole Moses, faithful Moses carryin' big ole stones
up the hill
            E                         B             E
Tellin everybody their gonna need somebody on their bond

leads--play body of song twice using one instrument (keyboard or
  mouthharp) first and add another instrument (guitar or horns)
  to accompany instrument #1 during second lead