Dead To The World chords by Patti Smith

Chords with lyrics

DEAD TO THE WORLD

PATTI SMITH

Verse 1:

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Dead to the world my body was sleeping’

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On my mind was nothin’ at all

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Come a mist, an air so appealing

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I’m here a whisperin', you summoned, I called

Verse 2:

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I formed me a presence whose aspect was changing’

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Oh, he would shift, he would not shift at all

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We sat for a while, he was very engaging’

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And when he was gone, I was gone on a smile


Chorus:

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With a strange way of walking’

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And a strange way of breathing’

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More lives than a cat that led me astray

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All in all, he captured my heart

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Dead to the world and I just slipped away

Verse 3:

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I heard me a music that drew me to dancing’

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Lo, I turned under his spell

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I opened my coat but he never came closer

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I bolted the door and whispered, oh well


Chorus:

    DmDm
With a strange way of walking’

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And a strange way of breathing’

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More lives than a cat that led me astray

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All in all, he captured my heart

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Dead to the world and just slipped away


Instrumental:

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Verse 4:

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I laid in the rushes, the air was upon me

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Wondering’, well, I just couldn't discern

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Will he come back, come back to me?

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Oh, I whispered will you ever return?


Verse 5:

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I was feeling’ sensations in no dictionary

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He was less than a breath of shimmer and smoke

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The life in his fingers unwound my existence

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Dead to the world alive I awoke


Chorus:

    DmDm
With a strange way of walking’

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And a strange way of breathing’

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Less than a breath of shimmer and smoke

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The life in his fingers unwound my existence

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Dead to the world alive I awoke


Outro:

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Alive I awoke
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(Alive)

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Alive I awoke
G+G     A minorAm
(Alive I awoke)

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Alive
G+G A minorAm
(I awoke)

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I awoke
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(I awoke)

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I awoke
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(Alive)

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Alive, alive, oh
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(Alive)

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(Alive)
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Alive, alive, oh
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