Matthew Perryman Jones

Waking Up The Dead(Chords)

Matthew Perryman Jones

Key: G

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Capo on 3rd fret
	        
 

Intro G  C/G  (4x) 

     C                 Am7                      G 
The sun is sinking and I'm still dragging this bag of bones 
        C                      Am7                    G 
Like a homesick beggar with a rockstar swagger and a heart of stone 

    Em 
My feet are on the riverbed 
   C/G 
My hands are far from innocent 
     Dadd9/A      D7 
Have mercy on my soul 

G C/G G Dadd9/A Where did I go wrong? I lost my head. C/G Em Dadd9/A C/G (keep playing the chord for 4 bars) I want to dance on fire and be born again G I can hear the voice that's waking up the dead
Intro G C/G (2x) C Am7 G Well everything changes and the colors start fading and the stars go dim C Am7 G And the clock keeps ticking while the rattlesnake's shaking as it sheds its skin Em Kill your heart and never take a chance C/G Lock it up inside a picket fence Dadd9/A D7 The illusions of control
G C/G G Dadd9/A Where did I go wrong? I lost my head. C/G Em Dadd9/A C/G (keep playing the chord for 4 bars) I want to dance on fire and be born again G I can hear the voice that's waking up the dead
Interlude Em G Em G Em C/G (do a little whooing over it)
G C/G G Dadd9/A Where did I go wrong? I lost my head. C/G Em Dadd9/A C/G I want to dance on fire and be born again G C/G G Dadd9/A Where did I go wrong? I lost my head. C/G Em Dadd9/A C/G (keep playing the chord for 4 bars) I want to dance on fire and be born again G I can hear the voice that's waking up the dead
Intro G C/G (2x) G (final chord)

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