Death Thing chords by Amanda Palmer

Chords with lyrics

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

Key: A minorAm

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
A minorAm C majorC FF  x2

Verse 1:
A minorAm          C majorC       FF  C majorC
Let's try to end on a pleasant note
A minorAm             C majorC       FF  C majorC
You've ended endless things and you how it goes
A minorAm             C majorC              FF
You'd lick your wounds but they're in a jar on the shelf
A minorAm          G+G       FF    C majorC
You lick a stamp on a letter to your old self
                         FF
You always liked being good at things, didn't you
A minorAm          C majorC           FF C majorC
Isn't it funny what a person can get used to
    DmDm             FF
And now, just look what you've done
 DmDm        C majorC           FF
I hope you're happy, 'cause you've beaten everyone
 DmDm               C majorC        FF
I think it's fair to say that the word is all over town

Chorus:
    A minorAm
Did he answer? (No)
C majorC
Did he answer? (No)
     FF
Did he answer? (No)
      A minorAm
Not even a whisper? (No)
      C majorC
So it's over? (Yes)
       FF
Now you know the drill
      A minorAm
You're the expert
      C majorC
You're the expert
      FF
You're the expert
DmDm       FF                  C majorC   DmDm FF
Congratulations, you've really got this death thing down

Instrumental:
A minorAm C majorC FF  x2

Verse 2:
A minorAm          C majorC             FF
You're really good at making introverted people come
A minorAm         C majorC          FF
First grade, fourth place, standing broad jump
A minorAm           C majorC
Violent and velvet painting
FF
Slaughtering and ego-taming
  DmDm
You clocked one thousand hours, baby
C majorC             FF   A minorAm
You could master all of them
C majorC         FF                   A minorAm
You can take your everlasting love and you can have it
C majorC        FF
Though you don't always get to pick what you get good at
C majorC DmDm       FF
Now, look how far you've come
DmDm          C majorC
You used to need them
         FF  C majorC    FF
And now you could lose every one
DmDm             C majorC
Without even blinking an eye
     FF         C majorC
So go on, put on your crown

Chorus:
A minorAm
Did she answer? (No)
    C majorC
Did she answer? (No)
    FF
Did she answer? (No)
      A minorAm
Not a single heartbeat? (No)
    C majorC
So it's over? (Yes)
    FF       DmDm C majorC
So you know the drill
G+G
You're the expert
DmDm       FF               C majorC     DmDm FF
Congratulations, you've really got this death thing down

Bridge:
                    C majorC DmDm FF
You've really got this death thing down
                  C majorC DmDm FF
You've really got this death thing down
                 C majorC  DmDm FF
You've really got this death thing down
C majorC   DmDm FF
Jai Guru Deva
G+G
Om

Outro:
FF      DmDm          FF     E MajorE
Yeah, you've really got this death thing down