Death May Be Your Santa Claus chords by Mott The Hoople

Chords with lyrics

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

Key: D MajorD

Intro:
A*
D MajorD Dsus4Dsus4  E MajorE Esus4Esus4  E5E5  D5D5 C5C5 A5A5    A5A5
A5

Verse 1:
  D7D7
How long 'fore you realise you swing
  A7A7
How long 'fore you realise you sting
     D7D7
From the good to the bad to the ugly change
  A7A7
How long 'fore you start to rearrange
  D MajorD Dsus4Dsus4  E MajorE Esus4Esus4    E5E5  D5D5   C5C5 A5A5
How long  how long 'fore you realize that I’m strange?

Instrumental:
D MajorD Dsus4Dsus4  E MajorE Esus4Esus4  E5E5  D5D5 C5C5 A5A5    A5A5

Verse 2:
  D7D7
How long will it take to turn you around
  A7A7
How long will it take to bend you down
  D7D7
It makes you believe in the real exchange
  A7A7
How long will it take for me to rearrange
  D MajorD Dsus4Dsus4  E MajorE Esus4Esus4    E5E5  D5D5   C5C5 A5A5
How long how  long 'fore you realize that I’m strange?

Instrumental:
D MajorD Dsus4Dsus4  E MajorE Esus4Esus4  E5E5  D5D5 C5C5

Bridge:
BB
 Well I don't care what the people may say
F#F#
I don't give a  - anyway
BB                    D MajorD Dsus4Dsus4 E MajorE Esus4Esus4
I don't care what the people say, all right
BB
I don't care what the people may say
F#F#
I don't give a  - anyway
BB
I don't care what the people may say

Instrumental:
D MajorD Dsus4Dsus4 E MajorE Esus4Esus4 E5E5 D5D5 C5C5 A5A5
D MajorD Dsus4Dsus4 E MajorE Esus4Esus4 E5E5 D5D5 C5C5 A5A5

Verse 3:
  D7D7
How long 'fore you realize what you missed
  A7A7
How long 'fore we get out and may get pissed
  D7D7
You get all the books from the Corn Exchange
A7A7
Really mad at this outrage
  D MajorD Dsus4Dsus4  E MajorE Esus4Esus4    E5E5  D5D5   C5C5 A5A5
How long, how long 'fore you realize that I’m strange?

Instrumental:
D MajorD Dsus4Dsus4  E MajorE Esus4Esus4  E5E5 - D5D5 C5C5

Bridge:
BB
 I don't care what the people may say
F#F#
I don't give a - anyway
BB                   D MajorD Dsus4Dsus4 E MajorE Esus4Esus4
I don't care what the people may say, wooo!
BB
I don't care what the people may say
F#F#
I don't give a  - anyway
BB
I don't care what the people may say, yeah!

D MajorD Dsus4Dsus4 E MajorE Esus4Esus4 E5E5 D5D5 C5C5 A5A5
D MajorD Dsus4Dsus4 E MajorE Esus4Esus4 E5E5 D5D5 C5C5 A5A5
BB F#F#   D MajorD E MajorE   BB

Outro:
A7*

N.C.:
How long
  D7D7
How long
  A7A7
How long
  D7D7
How long
  A7A7
How long

           D7D7
Won't you tell me how long
           A7A7
Won't you tell me how long
           D7D7
Won't you tell me how long
           A7A7
Won't you tell me how long

D7D7
How long will it take
A7A7
How long will it take
D7D7
How long will it take (yeah)
A7A7
How long will it take

D MajorD Dsus4Dsus4 E MajorE Esus4Esus4 E5E5 D5D5 C5C5 A5A5
D MajorD Dsus4Dsus4 E MajorE Esus4Esus4 E5E5 D5D5 C5C5 A5A5

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