When He Died chords by Lemon Demon

• Capo on 3rd

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: D

Difficulty: Intermediate

Intro:
D Bm G A D Bm G

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

Bridge:
Bm G A D Bm G

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

Bridge:
D Bm G A (x3)

Chorus 1:
A    F   Dm
When he died
   Bb      C     F  Dm  Bb
They found so many scorpions inside his lungs
C    F  Dm
When he died
  Bb       C        F   Dm
The statues of his missing children cried
     Bb       C   D   Bm G A
What was later found to be his blood

Bridge:
D Bm G A (x3)

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

Bridge:
D Bm G A

Chorus 2:
    F   Dm
When he died
   Bb       C        F
They found a message etched into his spine
Dm  Bb  C    F   Dm
That said when he died
      Bb      C          F   Dm
An endless age of untold nightmares would be nigh
    Bb          C    D  Bm G A
And the blood would make the seas run red

Bridge:
D Bm G A

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

Outro:
C    F  Dm Bb
When he died
C    F  Dm Bb
When he died
C    F  Dm Bb
When he died
C    D  Bm G A
When he died

D Bm G A (x4)