Waking Up The Dead chords by Matthew Perryman Jones

Chords with lyrics

Matthew Perryman Jones - Waking Up the Dead (acoustic version)

Capo on the 3rd fret

All chords related to capo 3:

  G+G C/G(intro) C/GC/G Dadd9/A
e---3--3-----------0-----0-------|
b---0--1-----------1-----3-------|
g---0--0-----------0-----0-------|
d---0--2-----------2-----4-------|
A---x--x-----------3-----5-------|
E---3--3-----------3-----5-------|


[Intro] G+G C/GC/G (4x)

   C majorC         Am7Am7           G+G
The sun is sinking and I'm still dragging this bag of bones
    C majorC           Am7Am7          G+G
Like a homesick beggar with a rockstar swagger and a heart of stone

  E minorEm
My feet are on the riverbed
  C/GC/G
My hands are far from innocent
   Dadd9/A   D7D7
Have mercy on my soul

[chorus]
G+G     C/GC/G      G+G   Dadd9/A
Where did I go wrong? I lost my head.
C/GC/G         E minorEm     Dadd9/A  C/GC/G (keep playing the chord for 4 bars)
I want to dance on fire and be born   again
                      G+G
I can hear the voice that's waking up the dead


[intro] G+G C/GC/G (2x)


   C majorC              Am7Am7            G+G
Well everything changes and the colors start fading and the stars go dim
     C majorC               Am7Am7             G+G
And the clock keeps ticking while the rattlesnake's shaking as it sheds its skin

      E minorEm
Kill your heart and never take a chance
    C/GC/G
Lock it up inside a picket fence
   Dadd9/A    D7D7
The illusions of control

[chorus]
G+G     C/GC/G      G+G   Dadd9/A
Where did I go wrong? I lost my head.
C/GC/G         E minorEm     Dadd9/A  C/GC/G (keep playing the chord for 4 bars)
I want to dance on fire and be born   again
                      G+G
I can hear the voice that's waking up the dead


[interlude] E minorEm G+G E minorEm G+G E minorEm C/GC/G (do a little whooing over it)


[chorus]
G+G     C/GC/G      G+G   Dadd9/A
Where did I go wrong? I lost my head.
C/GC/G         E minorEm     Dadd9/A  C/GC/G
I want to dance on fire and be born   again
G+G     C/GC/G      G+G   Dadd9/A
Where did I go wrong? I lost my head.
C/GC/G         E minorEm     Dadd9/A  C/GC/G (keep playing the chord for 4 bars)
I want to dance on fire and be born   again
                      G+G
I can hear the voice that's waking up the dead


[intro] G+G C/GC/G (2x) G+G (final chord)