When I'm Dead And Gone Chords by Def Leppard

When I'm Dead And Gone chords by Def Leppard

Guitar chords with lyrics

Difficulty: Beginner 👶

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

🤘 Intro:

| C  | F  | 2x



🤘 Verse:
C
 Oooh I love you, baby
   F
I love you night and day
C                                F
 When I leave you, baby, don't cry the night away
C                                F
 When I die, don't you write no words upon my tomb
   C
I don't believe I want to leave
   F
No epitaph of doom

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🤘 Chorus:
C       G       Am               F
Ooh ooh ooh - when I'm dead and gone
         C                G           C    F   G
I wanna leave some happy woman living on
C       G       Am               F
Ooh ooh ooh - when I'm dead and gone
       C              G
Don't want nobody to mourn
            F     C
Beside my grave


🤘 Verse:
C
 Old Mama Linda
      F
She's out to get my hide
C                             F
 She's got a shotgun and her daughter by her side
C
 Hey there, ladies
F
 John son's free
  C
Who's got the love, who's got enough
    F
To keep a man like me


🤘 Chorus:
C       G       Am               F
Ooh ooh ooh - when I'm dead and gone
         C                G           C    F   G
I wanna leave some happy woman living on
C       G       Am               F
Ooh ooh ooh - when I'm dead and gone
       C              G
Don't want nobody to mourn
            F     C
Beside my grave


🤘 Solo:
| C  | F  | 4x


🤘 Chorus:
C       G       Am               F
Ooh ooh ooh - when I'm dead and gone
         C                G           C    F   G
I wanna leave some happy woman living on
C       G       Am               F
Ooh ooh ooh - when I'm dead and gone
       C              G
Don't want nobody to mourn
            F     C
Beside my grave


🤘 Instrumental:
| C    F  G  | 4x


🤘 Outro:
       C    F
Oh la la
G       C        F
 Oh la la, yeah yeah
G       C    F
 Oh la la
G       C        F    G    C    F   C
 Oh la la, yeah yeah yeah yeah

Published: June 7, 2021

Last updated: September 10, 2025

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