When He Died chords by Lemon Demon

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 3rd

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: D MajorD

Difficulty: Intermediate

Intro:
D MajorD B minorBm G+G A augmentedA D MajorD B minorBm G+G

Verse 1:
A augmentedA    D MajorD   B minorBm G+G
When he died
   A augmentedA       D MajorD   B minorBm G+G
Turns out he left behind
 A augmentedA        D MajorD   B minorBm      G+G
a mansion full of other people's skulls
  A augmentedA         D MajorD   B minorBm     G+G
The odd thing is, they never found his own
A augmentedA    D MajorD
When he died

Bridge:
B minorBm G+G A augmentedA D MajorD B minorBm G+G

Verse 2:
A augmentedA    D MajorD   B minorBm G+G
When he died
  A augmentedA       D MajorD   B minorBm G+G
He somehow left behind
    A augmentedA       D MajorD    B minorBm    G+G
strange symbols on the floor beneath his corpse
 A augmentedA      D MajorD    B minorBm    G+G    A augmentedA
Investigators said the wood was scorched
    D MajorD  B minorBm G+G A augmentedA
When he died

Bridge:
D MajorD B minorBm G+G A augmentedA (x3)

Chorus 1:
A augmentedA    FF   DmDm
When he died
   Bb majorBb      C majorC     FF  DmDm  Bb majorBb
They found so many scorpions inside his lungs
C majorC    FF  DmDm
When he died
  Bb majorBb       C majorC        FF   DmDm
The statues of his missing children cried
     Bb majorBb       C majorC   D MajorD   B minorBm G+G A augmentedA
What was later found to be his blood

Bridge:
D MajorD B minorBm G+G A augmentedA (x3)

Verse 3:
A augmentedA    D MajorD     B minorBm       G+G
When he died (On a dark and stormy night)
   A augmentedA       D MajorD      B minorBm      G+G
They telephoned his wife (Who reacted with delight)
  A augmentedA       D MajorD   B minorBm    G+G    A augmentedA
But gradually her voice began to fade to nothing
    D MajorD    B minorBm   G+G
And the Laughing Record played
  N.C.      D MajorD   B minorBm G+G A augmentedA
The Laughing Record played

Bridge:
D MajorD B minorBm G+G A augmentedA

Chorus 2:
    FF   DmDm
When he died
   Bb majorBb       C majorC        FF
They found a message etched into his spine
DmDm  Bb majorBb  C majorC    FF   DmDm
That said when he died
      Bb majorBb      C majorC          FF   DmDm
An endless age of untold nightmares would be nigh
    Bb majorBb          C majorC    D MajorD  B minorBm G+G A augmentedA
And the blood would make the seas run red

Bridge:
D MajorD B minorBm G+G A augmentedA

Verse 4:
A augmentedA    D MajorD     B minorBm       G+G
When he died (On a dark and stormy night)
 A augmentedA         D MajorD    B minorBm      G+G
A augmentedA nearby shed caught fire (It simply caught alight)
  A augmentedA           D MajorD      B minorBm    G+G
And when they cleared the charred wood from the ground
 A augmentedA         D MajorD    B minorBm  G+G
Inside they found a painting of a clown
   A augmentedA        D MajorD   B minorBm   G+G
He'd painted it when he was just a child
  A augmentedA         D MajorD  B minorBm
But scrawled upon the back
   G+G   A augmentedA     FF  DmDm Bb majorBb
Was exactly when he... died

Outro:
C majorC    FF  DmDm Bb majorBb
When he died
C majorC    FF  DmDm Bb majorBb
When he died
C majorC    FF  DmDm Bb majorBb
When he died
C majorC    D MajorD  B minorBm G+G A augmentedA
When he died

D MajorD B minorBm G+G A augmentedA (x4)