Playing Dead chords by Madilyn Mei

• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Key: D

D G D G

Verse 1:
D
              G           D
No, I don't go to parties
               G             D
I'm California sober and I'm lame
                     G         D
I'm too sad for that setting
                 G
I'm boring and I wouldn't change a
D  G   D  G  F#5
Thing, thing
D     G   D      G      G
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh

Verse 2:
D                     G
My speech is slurring lately
D                      G
I know it's a slippery slope
D                  G
I thought it would cure me
D                   G             A
I thought it would maybe help me cope
                G                  A
But nope, I'm addicted to feeling numb

Pre-Chorus:
                   G                               D
I choke up when I think of the things I could've
      G      D    G
Done (done), done
D    G   D      G    G
Instead, oh-oh-oh

Chorus:
*In D go up by one semitone until you reach the twelve fret*

  D         D       D
I crave that rise of dopamine
   D      D            D
So much I may throw my brain away
 D                    D
Just to get so high, I feel
D                     G
Nothin' again 'til I pop another the next day
     D                G
And let the thoughts all fade away
   D             Bm
My memory is leaving me
      Em               Bm
I'll fade to nothing at this rate

Bm                  F#
Oh-oh, oh, oh, oh, oh-oh
G                  D
Oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh-oh
Bm                 F#
Oh-oh, oh, oh, oh, oh-oh
G                    D
Oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh-oh

Verse 3:
D
             G      D
Not a social smoker
             G                 D
Not a social person, first of all
            G         D
Not a happy stoner
                   G                D
I lay there like a five-foot tall rag-
      G      D  G  F#5
Doll (doll), doll
D    G    D    G   G
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh

Verse 4:
D
                  G                            D
I know that I'll regret it (I'll regret it)
            G                 D
Hours every day just playing dead
              G                    D
Morning resurrected (resurrected)
                G              A
A zombie rising from a dirty bed

Pre-Chorus:
               G                   A
And yet, I ignore my declining health
               G             D
My self is an unrecognizable
        G                   D   G    F#
Silhouette (silhouette), silhouette
D     G    D    G    G
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh

Chorus:
*In D go up by one semitone until you reach the twelve fret*

  D         D       D
I crave that rise of dopamine
   D      D            D
So much I may throw my brain away
 D                    D
Just to get so high, I feel
D                     G
Nothin' again 'til I pop another the next day
     D                G
And let the thoughts all fade away
   D             Bm
My memory is leaving me
      Em               Bm
I'll fade to nothing at this rate

Bm                  F#
Oh-oh, oh, oh, oh, oh-oh (Too late to stop, I'm really not sure how)
G                  D
Oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh-oh (Give it a shot, you're all that you've got now)
Bm                 F#
Oh-oh, oh, oh, oh, oh-oh (Too late to stop, I'm really not sure how)
G                    D
Oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh-oh (Give it a shot, you're all that you've got-)

Bridge:
Em                                  Bm
That leaf might as well be pomegranate seeds
Em                                  Bm
The past years were hell, now it's purgatory
Em                                  Bm
With nobody to blame this time except for me

Chorus:
  D         D       D
I crave that rise of dopamine
   D      D            D
So much I may throw my brain away
 D                    D
Just to get so high, I feel
D                     G
Nothin' again 'til I pop another the next day
     D                G
And let the thoughts all fade away
   D             Bm
My memory is leaving me
      Em               Bm
I'll fade to nothing at this rate
Em                     Bm
Fade to nothing at this rate