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Waking Up The Dead by Matthew Perryman Jones

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

Capo on the 3rd fret

All chords related to capo 3:

    G  C/G(intro)  C/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  C/G  (4x)

     C                 Am7                      G
The sun is sinking and I'm still dragging this bag of bones
        C                      Am7                    G
Like a homesick beggar with a rockstar swagger and a heart of stone

Em
My feet are on the riverbed
   C/G
My hands are far from innocent
     Dadd9/A      D7
Have mercy on my soul

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


[intro] G  C/G  (2x)


     C                           Am7                        G
Well everything changes and the colors start fading and the stars go dim
         C                             Am7                         G
And the clock keeps ticking while the rattlesnake's shaking as it sheds its skin

           Em 
Kill your heart and never take a chance
        C/G
Lock it up inside a picket fence
      Dadd9/A        D7
The illusions of control


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


[interlude] Em  G  Em  G  Em  C/G (do a little whooing over it)


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


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