Bed Head by Manchester Orchestra

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Tuning: DGCFBd 

🎸 Intro: 

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🎸 Verse 1:

Arguing with the dead

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I'm not alone, but it sure feels like someone left. Deaf notes and talking heads.

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                      Carrying on your debt. 

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Blood on the bed head and volumes you left unsaid. Let 'em talk and let it habit.

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                     Now I'm afraid you're...(Straighnt into Chorus here)

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🎸 Chorus: 

...alone. Oh my God.
                                            Let me relinquish and start to distinguish...


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...my past,              my time.               You and I are holy fire... 

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...so. Oh my god.                              Let me extinguish the habit, the sequence...

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...the loss,              of my mind.           Now I believe in the... 

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...ghost 

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🎸 Verse 2:

Crawling against your skin.

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Clutching my neck said, "It's all supposed to end like this".    You and I are panora...

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...mic.                    Now I'm afraid of the...(Straighnt into Chorus here)

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🎸 Chorus: 

...ghost. Oh my God.
                                            Let me relinquish and start to distinguish...


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...my past,              my time.               There is only love and fire... 

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...so. Oh my god.                              Let me extinguish the habit, the sequence...

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...the loss,              of my mind.           Now I believe in the... 

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🎸 Bridge: 

1. ...Right by the entrance, you broke
   Finally, reality's taking its hold

3.  So I stick a flag in the ground
    I think I know who I'm living for now


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2. You're not who you were, but you can't let it go
   You're not where you're from, but you're always alone

4. I am what I am, same above as the ground
   It's not what I want, but I'm figuring it out...

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🎸 Chorus: 

 Oh my God.
                                            Let me relinquish and start to distinguish...


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...my past,              my time.               You and I are holy fire... 

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...so. Oh my god.                              Let me extinguish the habit, the sequence...

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...the loss,              of my mind.           Now I believe in the... 

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...ghost 

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🎸 Outro: 


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Little girl: He was teasing around the town and cried, "Wolf, wolf!"
Everybody came to help, but there was no wolf



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| x  Dead note
| ~  Vibrato

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Published: April 4, 2021
Last Updated: September 10, 2025