Chords with lyrics
The music video shows the guitarist playing with the capo on the 7th fret.
Use light palm muting.
CAPO 7
Hook A:
A augmentedA D MajorD
Call my doctor, call my lawyer
A augmentedA Bm7Bm7
Call my brother, call my priest
A augmentedA D MajorD
There's paperwork to fill out
G+G G+G
Cause a dead man walks the streets
A augmentedA D MajorD
Cause my sister has a best friend
A augmentedA Bm7Bm7
That I've known since I was three
A augmentedA D MajorD
And now I'm gon' get strangled
G+G G+G
Cause we tangled in the sheets
Hook B:
A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA Bm7Bm7
My homies like "dead man, dead man walking"
A augmentedA D MajorD G+G G+G
My homies like "you a dead man, dead man walking"
Verse 1:
A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA Bm7Bm7
Beautiful family friend is she
A augmentedA D MajorD G+G G+G
Almost a decade older than me
A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA Bm7Bm7
And I've been gone for quite a while overseas, yeah...
A augmentedA D MajorD G+G G+G
And she's been living up in Albany
A augmentedA D MajorD
Then I had two shows I played up state
A augmentedA Bm7Bm7
She came to show love and see my face
A augmentedA D MajorD
Then we got drinks and we chilled like "hey"
G+G -
And then from there it was, you know it was like.
Hook A:
A augmentedA D MajorD
Call my doctor, call my lawyer
A augmentedA Bm7Bm7
Call my brother, call my priest
A augmentedA D MajorD
There's paperwork to fill out
G+G G+G
Cause a dead man walks the streets
A augmentedA D MajorD
Cause my sister has a best friend
A augmentedA Bm7Bm7
That I've known since I was three
A augmentedA D MajorD
And now I'm gon' get strangled
G+G G+G
Cause we tangled in the sheets
Hook B:
A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA Bm7Bm7
My homies like "dead man, dead man walking"
A augmentedA D MajorD G+G G+G
My homies like "you a dead man, dead man walking"
A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA Bm7Bm7
My homies like "dead man, dead man walking"
A augmentedA D MajorD G+G G+G
My homies like "you a dead man, dead man walking"
Verse 2:
A augmentedA
Now she's like "Damn!
D MajorD A augmentedA
How did we let this happen, damn!
E minor 7Em7 A augmentedA
How did we end up in this bed then?"
D MajorD
I said "relax" and laughed like
G+G G+G
"This would be a pretty dope song."
A augmentedA D MajorD
She's like "no, I swear to God I'll kill you
A augmentedA Bm7Bm7
No, I really will just take your life
A augmentedA D MajorD
No, don't even think about it
G+G G+G
But that would be a pretty dope song."
A augmentedA D MajorD
So I came home and I called my friends
A augmentedA Bm7Bm7
Then we got smacked and I wrote this jam
A augmentedA D MajorD
I know for a fact that I'm gonna be dead
G+G -
It's over, My life is dead ass over.
Hook A:
A augmentedA D MajorD
Call my doctor, call my lawyer
A augmentedA Bm7Bm7
Call my brother, call my priest
A augmentedA D MajorD
There's paperwork to fill out
G+G G+G
Cause a dead man walks the streets
A augmentedA D MajorD
Cause my sister has a best friend
A augmentedA Bm7Bm7
That I've known since I was three
A augmentedA D MajorD
And now I'm gon' get strangled
G+G G+G
Cause we tangled in the sheets
Hook B:
A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA Bm7Bm7
My homies like "dead man, dead man walking"
A augmentedA D MajorD G+G G+G
My homies like "you a dead man, dead man walking"
A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA Bm7Bm7
My homies like "dead man, dead man walking"
A augmentedA D MajorD G+G G+G