Ain't No Grave

"Ain't No Grave" (also known as "Gonna Hold This Body Down") is a traditional American gospel song attributed to Claude Ely (1922–1978) of Virginia.

Claude Ely, a songwriter and preacher from Virginia, describes composing the song while sick with tuberculosis in 1934 when he was twelve years old.

An African-American gospel song, "C'aint no grave," has been traced back to a 1933 Chuch of God in Christ hymnal by blogger Debi Simons [1].

[5] In 2006, Crooked Still covered the song on their album Shaken by a Low Sound, which received widespread attention when it was featured in the 2020 video game The Last of Us Part II.

Through the latter half of 2018, lead singer Scott Lucas' primary band, Local H, played this version on tour.

In 2017, bluegrass artists Wilson Banjo Co. recorded "Ain't No Grave" on their album Spirits in the Hills.

The recording was not released until February 9, 2010, as part of a posthumous album titled American VI: Ain't No Grave.