Difficulty
Advanced
Rate for accuracy
🎸
Key: Cm
Intro Guitar:
G7#9
Intro:
Eb/Ab F/G β’ β’ β’ β’ :
Cm7 Dm7/C Cm7 Cm7 Cm7 Dm7/C F/G F/G G G G F G β’ β’ β’ β’ | β’ β’ β’ β’ | β’ β’ β’ β’ | β’ β’ β’ β’ :
Fm7 Gm7 Abmaj7 Bb Cm7add11 Eb/Ab F/G β’ β’ β’ β’ | β’ β’ β’ β’ | β’ β’ β’ β’ | β’ β’ β’ β’ :
Cm7 Dm7/C Cm7 Cm7 Cm7 Dm7/C F/G F/G G G G F G β’ β’ β’ β’ | β’ β’ β’ β’ | β’ β’ β’ β’ | β’ β’ β’ β’ :
Fm7 Gm7 Abmaj7 Bb Cm7add11 β’ β’ β’ β’ | β’ β’ β’ β’ | β’ β’ β’ β’ | β’ β’ β’ β’ | β’ β’ β’ β’ | β’ β’ β’ β’ :
Verse 1:
Cm7 Gm7
Agents of the law
luckless pedestrian
Fm7 Bb/Eb C/F D/G
I know you're out there, with rage in your eyes and your megaphones
Eb/Ab F/G Cm7 Gm7
Saying all is forgiven
mad dog surrender
Fm7 Bb/Eb C/F D/G Eb/Ab
How can I answer
a man of my mind can do anything
Chorus 1:
Eb/Ab F/G Cm7 Dm7/C Cm7 Cm7
I'm a book - kee - per's son
Cm7 Dm7/C F/G G G G F G
I don't wanna shoot no one
Fm7 Gm7 Abmaj7 Bb Cm7add11
Well I crossed my old man back in Oregon
don't take me alive
Eb/Ab F/G Cm7 Dm7/C Cm7 Cm7
Got a case of dy - na - mite
Cm7 Dm7/C F/G G G G F G
I could hold out here all night
Fm7 Gm7 Abmaj7 Bb (Cm7add11)
Yes, I crossed my old man back in Oregon
don't take me alive
Break:
Cm7add11 β’ β’ β’ β’ | β’ β’ β’ β’ | β’ β’ β’ β’ | β’ β’ β’ β’ :
Verse 2:
Cm7 Gm7
Can you hear the evil crowd
the lies and the laughter
Fm7 Bb/Eb C/F D/G
I hear my inside
the mechanized hum of another world
Eb/Ab F/G Cm7 Gm7
Where no sun is shining, no red light flashing
Fm7 Bb/Eb C/F D/G Eb/Ab
Here in this darkness
I know what I've done, I know all at once who I am
Chorus 2:
Eb/Ab F/G Cm7 Dm7/C Cm7 Cm7
I'm a book - kee - per's son
Cm7 Dm7/C F/G G G G F G
I don't wanna shoot no one
Fm7 Gm7 Abmaj7 Bb Cm7add11
Well I crossed my old man back in Oregon
don't take me alive
Eb/Ab F/G Cm7 Dm7/C Cm7 Cm7
Got a case of dy - na - mite
Cm7 Dm7/C F/G G G G F G
I could hold out here all night
Fm7 Gm7 Abmaj7 Bb (Cm7add11)
Yes, I crossed my old man back in Oregon
don't take me alive
Break:
Cm7add11 β’ β’ β’ β’ | β’ β’ β’ β’ | β’ β’ β’ β’ | β’ β’ β’ β’ :
Interlude:
Cm9 Dm7/C Dm7/C Cm9 Cm9 Dm7/C G/A F/G β’ β’ β’ β’ | β’ β’ β’ β’ | β’ β’ β’ β’ | β’ β’ β’ β’ :
Cm9 Dm7/C G/A F/G β’ β’ β’ β’ | β’ β’ β’ β’ :
C/F D/G Eb/Ab Eb/Ab Eb/Ab β’ β’ β’ β’ | β’ β’ β’ β’ | β’ β’ β’ β’ : β’ β’
Chorus 3:
Eb/Ab F/G Cm7 Dm7/C Cm7 Cm7
I'm a book - kee - per's son
Cm7 Dm7/C F/G G G G F G
I don't wanna shoot no one
Fm7 Gm7 Abmaj7 Bb Cm7add11
Well I crossed my old man back in Oregon
don't take me alive
Eb/Ab F/G Cm7 Dm7/C Cm7 Cm7
Got a case of dy - na - mite
Cm7 Dm7/C F/G G G G F G
I could hold out here all night
Fm7 Gm7 Abmaj7 Bb (Fm7)
Yes, I crossed my old man back in Oregon
don't take me alive
Outro:
Fm7 Gm7 Abmaj7 Bb Fm7 Gm7 Abmaj7 Bb Cm7add11 β’ β’ β’ β’ | β’ β’ β’ β’ | β’ β’ β’ β’ | β’ β’ β’ β’ : β’
Don't take me alive
Other versions of this song
- Don't Take Me Alive (Bass)
Song History
Published: August 24, 2025
Last Updated: September 10, 2025