50 Best Country Songs About Funerals
Country tracks for saying goodbye in style
There’s a certain strangeness to music tied to funerals. You think it’s going to sit heavy from the first note, but sometimes it’s brighter than expected, or even cracked with a smile that doesn’t make sense until later. You0șre standing in the back row, or maybe staring out a window between visits, and the right song slips in. One that makes the air feel thick, not in a way that pulls you under, but in a way that holds everything still for a minute. It might lean tender, or it might lean toward defiance, but either way it catches you off guard.
Funeral songs can be as raw and ragged as a back porch guitar, or they can pull the drama of a full choir without apology. Some lean closer to old hymns, others sound like they could be in the middle of a setlist of pop, rock, country, and R&B songs. It’s not always tears either. There’s humor in the mix, or that sort of sharp-edged gratitude you only feel in the middle of loss. And when a track like that finds you, it can stick for years, attaching itself to the smallest details, like the smell of flowers no one liked or the hum of a hallway fan.
The thing is, there’s no single way to hear them. Some folks need a voice that sounds like it’s breaking, others need a fiddle cutting through the quiet. Certain tracks play like a hand on your shoulder, steadying you while everything else blurs. Others walk you right to the edge of the memory you were avoiding all day. Here’s a collection of country songs that carry that energy.
Top 10 Country Funeral Songs
1. 'Go Rest High on That Mountain'—Vince Gill
2. 'I Will Always Love You'—Dolly Parton
3. 'Live Like You Were Dying'—Tim McGraw
4. 'If Tomorrow Never Comes'—Garth Brooks
5. 'Holes in the Floor of Heaven'—Steve Wariner
6. 'I Hope You Dance'—Lee Ann Womack
7. 'When I Get Where I'm Going'—Brad Paisley featuring Dolly Parton
8. 'The Dance'—Garth Brooks
9. 'You Should Be Here'—Cole Swindell
10. 'One More Day'—Diamond Rio
Country Songs for Memorial Services #11—20
11. 'I Drive Your Truck'—Lee Brice
12. 'Whiskey Lullaby'—Brad Paisley and Alison Krauss
13. 'If I Die Young'—The Band Perry
14. 'He Stopped Loving Her Today'—George Jones
15. 'Sissy's Song'—Alan Jackson
16. 'Who You'd Be Today'—Kenny Chesney
17. 'Temporary Home'—Carrie Underwood
18. 'How Do I Live'—LeAnn Rimes
19. 'Broken Halos'—Chris Stapleton
20. 'See You Again'—Carrie Underwood
Country Songs About Death and Loss #21—30
21. 'You're Gone'—Diamond Rio
22. 'Angels Among Us'—Alabama
23. 'Drink a Beer'—Luke Bryan
24. 'If Heaven Wasn't So Far Away'—Justin Moore
25. 'Over You'—Miranda Lambert
26. 'I'm Already There'—Lonestar
27. 'If I Had Only Known'—Reba McEntire
28. 'Last Day of My Life'—Phil Vassar
29. 'How Can I Help You to Say Goodbye'—Patty Loveless
30. 'Daddy's Hands'—Holly Dunn
Country Songs About Grieving a Loved One #31—40
31. 'The Wind Beneath My Wings'—Gary Morris
32. 'Go On Without Me'—Brett Eldredge
33. 'My Old Man'—Zac Brown Band
34. 'Travelin' Soldier'—The Chicks
35. 'There You'll Be'—Faith Hill
36. 'The Wings That Fly Us Home'—John Denver
37. 'Please Remember Me'—Tim McGraw
38. 'Chiseled in Stone'—Vern Gosdin
39. 'Love, Me'—Collin Raye
40. 'I Saw God Today'—George Strait
Country Songs for Saying Goodbye to a Loved One #41—50
41. 'Don't Blink'—Kenny Chesney
42. 'Grief is Only Love'—Stephen Wilson Jr.
43. 'Saying Goodbye'—Kameron Marlowe
44. 'If You're Reading This'—Tim McGraw
45. 'When I'm Gone'—Joey + Rory
46. 'Drowning'—Chris Young
47. 'Where I Come From'—Alan Jackson
48. 'The Man Who Shot Himself'—Tom T. Hall
49. 'My Last Name'—Dierks Bentley
50. 'I Miss My Friend'—Darrell Worley
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