Waking Up The Dead chords by Matthew Perryman Jones

Guitar 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

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[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)