Not Dead Yet chords by Styx

• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Key: F#

Notes:
C#* = Play and hold
B*  = Play B Tag


(Guitar Rhythm)
e|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|
G|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|
A|4---6-4-4-4-6-4-|--4-6-4-4-4-6-4-|
E|2---2-2-2-2-2-2-|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|

e|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|
G|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|
A|--4-6-4-4-4-6-4-|--4-6-4-4-4-6-4-|
E|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|

Tag:
e|----------------|
B|--5-4-2---------|
G|-------4-2------|
D|----------------|
A|----------------|
E|----------------|

Verse 1:
N.C.       F#5
Well I was born too late to be a Rolling Stone
  F#5
I don't know Jerry Lee I never met John and Yoko
B5
Standin' with a Strat I'm rock n' roll's bastard son
F#5
Go out get drunk get wild have fun
  C#5       C#5               B5          B5
I don't got a million dollars don't drive a Cadillac
F#5 N.C.
  Give me half a chance 'cause I'm not dead yet

Chorus:
    F#5          B5*         F#5          B5*
I'm not dead yet - oh no I'm not dead yet
      F#5     E5                B5              E5
I'm a mad dog fightin' with the wall against my back
    C#5*
You better get a bigger gun I'm not dead yet

Verse 2:
            F#
I've been machine-gunned handgunned hijacked left for dead
F#
Dive-bombed napalmed nuclear war-headed
B
Dropped from a jet plane with no parachute
    F#
And shot by a firing squad and raped by a business suit
    C#         C#              B       B
I'm dancing on a landmine baby one leg left
    F# N.C.
And I can still crawl and I'm not dead yet

Chorus:
    F#           B*       F#           B*
I'm not dead yet - no I'm not dead yet
      F#      E                 B               E
I'm a mad dog fightin' with the wall against my back
    C#*
You better get a bigger gun I'm not dead yet

Break:
F# B C C#

Verse 3:
            F#
Well you're bigger tougher meaner rougher
F#
Dirtier and uglier and sneakier and trickier
    B
You wanna shoot me with a gun cut me with a knife
F#
Take your bare hands baby rip out my eyes
    C#                C#             B             B
You knocked me to the floor then you bit me in the neck well
F# N.C.
Hit me again 'cause I'm not dead yet

Chorus:
    F#           B*          F#           B*
I'm not dead yet - no no I'm not dead yet
           F#        E             B             E
Well I'm a wild card hiding in the middle of the deck
    C#
You better get a bigger gun
    C#
You better get a bigger gun

Break 2:
F#  B  F#  B  F#  B  C#  C#

Verse 4:
               F# N.C.                       F# N.C.
Well there's a mugger in the alley there's a sniper in the hall
          F# N.C.     F# N.C.      F#      F#    F#
There's a girl at the bar wants to grab me by my balls
F#      B
And the hangman is hangin' if I autograph the noose
F#
Lee Harvey Oswald's brother's on the loose
C#    C#             B             B
Mafia hit man with a bullet for my neck
     F#  N.C.
Some day he's gonna get me but I'm not dead yet

Chorus:
    F#           B*        F#           B*
I'm not dead yet       I'm not dead yet
           F#        E             B             E
Well I'm a wild card hidin' in the middle of the deck
    C#
You better get a bigger gun you better get your poison pen

Outro:
F#           B*             F#           B*
Not dead yet - (not me) I'm not dead yet - (uh-uh)
           F#        E               B               E
Well I'm a mad dog fightin' with the wall against my back
    C#
You better get a bigger gun go go go
F#           B*
Not dead yet whoo I'm not dead yet
F#               B*
I'm not dead yet - punch this face
F#               B*
I'm not dead yet - gah gah gah gah gah gah gah
F#               B*
I'm not dead yet - yah ooooh
           F#        E               B               E
Well I'm a mad dog fightin' with the wall against my back
    C#*                             B
You better get a bigger gun I-I-I'm not dead yet - whoo