May The Living Be Dead In Our Wake chords by Flogging Molly

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: D

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
D G Bm A
D G D A D


Verse:
         D
Said her name was marie
                       G
From the banks of the lee
         Bm                             A
With the prettiest eyes my own had ever seen
      D
Her hair like ripples
                      G
They danced with the tide
        D                      A       D
As our hearts washed away to the sea
          D                    G
Was she sent down from the heavens above
      D                         Bm
Her breath pure as whiskey my heart fell in love
        D                           G
Now the devil is courtin' a different tune
         D                  A           D
And I laugh as the tears wash the rain

Chorus:
        G                D
Tell me why no one's listenin?
        A                    D
Is there nothing at all left to say
        G                    D
In a world so unforgiving
           A                     Bm
You mean more to me each every day
G             D        A               D
So may the living be dead in our wake

D G D A D

Verse:
       D                                                 G
One cold winters night behind the clouds stars did hide
        Bm                                       A
And the ghost of our souls thanking Christ we're alive
      D                                 G
Our spirits they crackled with lovers first sight
        D               A                 D
Till the mornin' came fresh with a new
        D       G
Will you dance with me now heavens child sang the clown
        D       Bm
We've nothing left to lose but your wings and my frown
        D                                 G
Where over the hills where the valleys will ring
        D          A            D
To the sound of our love singin' true


Chorus:
        G                D
Tell me why no one's listenin?
        A                    D
Is there nothing at all left to say
        G                    D
In a world so unforgiving
           A                     Bm
You mean more to me each every day
G             D        A               D
So may the living be dead in our wake


Bridge:
D G Bm A
D G D A D


Verse:
        Bm              A
But the summer sun is melting now
        G                    D
With the leaves i'll soon be gone
                  D                   A
Will you have the strength when the emptiness
          G
Shadows fall
        Bm              A
Or will your aching heart be ripped apart
G       D
By the beating from the storm
D       A       G
Or will howling gales like yesterdays be gone
A
Yeah be gone... be gone

D G Bm A
D G D A D

          D                    G
Was she sent down from the heavens above
      D                         Bm
Her breath pure as whiskey my heart fell in love
        D                           G
Now the devil is courtin' a different tune
         D                  A             D
And I laugh as the tears wash the rain


Chorus:
        G                D
Tell me why no one's listenin?
        A                    D
Is there nothing at all left to say
        G                    D
In a world so unforgiving
           A                     Bm
You mean more to me each every day
G             D        A               D
So may the living be dead in our wake
        G                D
Tell me why no one's listenin?
        A                    D
Is there nothing at all left to say
        G                    D
In a world so unforgiving
           A                     Bm
You mean more to me each every day
G             D        A               D
So may the living be dead in our wake

Outro:
D G Bm A
D G D A D