"Drivin' Nails in My Coffin" is a country music song written by Jerry Irby.

It is a breakup song, telling of a man who has been drinking booze, "driving nails in my coffin over you."

The song was originally recorded and released in 1945 by Jerry Irby.

16 record in Billboard's year-end folk juke box chart.

[3] The song was later covered by many artists, including Beck and Willie Nelson (duet),[4] Hank Thompson, the Osborne Brothers, the Wilburn Brothers, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Asleep at the Wheel, Rhonda Vincent, Mike Auldridge, Charley Crockett, Boxcar Willie, Mac Wiseman, Johnny Bush, and Charlie Walker.