The Dead Don't Die chords by Sturgill Simpson

• Capo on 2nd

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: D

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
| C  | C  | C  | C

Verse 1:
        C
Oh, the dead don't die any more than you or I
             G                          Fmaj7              C
They're just ghosts inside a dream of a life that we don't own
           C
They walk around us all the time, never payin' any mind
       G                          Fmaj7             C
To the silly lives we lead or the reaping we've all sown

Chorus 1:
          F                              C
There's a cup of coffee waiting on every corner
G                               Fmaj7             C
Someday we're gonna wake up and find the corner's gone
        C                                 F
But the dead will still be walking 'round this ol' world alone
         C                      G              C
Oh, well after life is over the afterlife goes on

Interlude:
| F  | G  | C  | C

Verse 2:
            C
There'll be old friends walking 'round in a somewhat-familiar town
         G                 Fmaj7               C
That you saw once when you looked up from your phone
       C
Nobody bothers saying hi and you can save all your goodbyes
     G                      Fmaj7          C
Stop trying to pretend that we're all not alone

Chorus 2:
        F                            C
And the streets look so empty in the morning
            G                           Fmaj7                C
There'll be no one out at night for the lights to shine down on
        C                                  F
But the dead'll still be walking 'round in this old world alone
         C                      G              C
Oh, well after life is over the afterlife goes on

Bridge:
G                                    C
Hearts break when loved ones journey on
G                                       C
At the thought that they're now forever gone
      C                                 F
So we tell ourselves they're all still around us all the time
C                            G               C
Gone but not forgotten, just memories left behind

Instrumental:
| F  | F  | C  | C  | G  | G  | Fmaj7  | C

Outro:
        C                                  F
But the dead'll still be walking 'round in this old world alone
         C                      G              C
Oh, well after life is over the afterlife goes on
         C                      G              Fmaj7  G  C
Oh, well after life is over the afterlife goes on