Back From The Dead chords by Mac Davis

SimplifiedG · D · Dm · C · C#dim …

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G
D
Dm
C
C#dim
A
Em
F
E
Gm
Eb

Intro 1

Verse 1
G 
Well, just in  (G major) case you might've worried
I was dead and gone and buried
Well, I guess it's time I set
D 
the record straight  (D major) 
Dm 
I just have to take some time to hose  (D minor) off
Shine my boots and dust my clothes off
Fresh my pants, get some rest,
and clean the slate
G 
 (G major) 

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Verse 2
Those reports of my cremation were
a gross exaggeration
'Cause no matter what
C 
you might've heard or  (C major) read
C#dim 
I just took alone vaca (C sharpdim) tion,
G 
now I'm  (G major) back in circulation
A 
D 
Gimme five,  (A major) I'm alive,  (D major) 
G 
back from the  (G major) dead

Interlude 1

Well, some

Verse 3
G 
 (G major) body might've told you
That I joined a Foreign Legion
D 
Rode a camel off into the desert sun (D major) 
You might've heard I wound up
Smokin' dope and sportin' dreadlocks
In some hippie commune,
G 
nothing or I've  (G major) done

Verse 4
G 
You  (G major) might've heard a mention I
become a hare Krishna
Bought a tambourine
C 
and shaved my curly  (C major) hair
C#dim 
Well, the truth of the mat (C sharpdim) ter      is,
G 
E 
just  (G major) stop charge my  (E major) batteries
A 
Now I'm  (A major) back, and that's a fact,
D 
 (D major) back from the dead

Interlude 2

Verse 5
C 
 (C major) Just when you thought it
G 
was safe  (G major) to go to sleep
D 
G 
 (D major) I'm looking under your  (G major) bed
C 
 (C major) Out from the night,
G 
Em 
into the spot (G major) lights I  (E minor) lead
E 
A 
 (E major) I've been  (A major) bat outta hell,
back from the dead
D 
 (D major) 

Verse 6
G 
Well, you  (G major) might've heard a rumor
That I fall and broke my pelvis
You might've heard I spent
D 
some time in jail  (D major) 
You might've thought you saw me
At the Burger King with Elvis
Lord, you might've thought
G 
I died and went to  (G major) hell

Verse 7
G 
You  (G major) might've seen my picture
in the National Enquirer
C 
Have looks with Jimmy Hoffa at Club  (C major) Ned
C#dim 
But just when you were cer (C sharpdim) tain
G 
E 
that I  (G major) flopped the final  (E major) curtain
A 
D 
Son of a gun (A major) ,  here I come,  (D major) 

Interlude 3

back from the dead

Verse 8
G 
C 
 (G major) Yeah, just  (C major) when you thought
G 
it was  (G major) safe to go to sleep
D 
G 
 (D major) I'm looking under your  (G major) bed
C 
 (C major) Out from the night,
G 
E 
into the spot (G major) lights, I  (E major) lead
Em 
A 
 (E minor) I've been  (A major) bat outta hell,
back from the dead
D 
 (D major) 

Verse 9
F 
G 
 (F major) Well, you  (G major) might've thought
that you saw me
Up on stage with Buddy Holly
Patsy Cline, Jim Reed,
D 
and Marylin Mon (D major) roe
Singin' "Baby,
Don't Get Hooked On Me"
In a cheesy lounge in Vegas
In some Dead Star impersonator show
G 
 (G major) 

Verse 10
You might've thought I formed
a rock and roll band up in heaven
C 
But I'd really rather do it live in (C major) stead
C#dim 
So get those cameras  (C sharpdim) focus,
G 
E 
you 'bout to see  (G major) some hocus-  (E major) pokus
A 
C 
Say  (A major) Shazam, here I am,  (C major) 
G 
back from the  (G major) dead