Key: A major
Intro 1
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E
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D
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Verse 1
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There's a funeral procession
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on the highway
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E
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Traffic screeches to a halt
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E
There's people searching
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for a better way
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To live their lives, oh
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Johnny lived a good life,
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you'll hear them say
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As tears of sadness
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soak the ground
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The reaper crept in,
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took his breath away
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In the middle of the night, oh
Chorus 1
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We celebrate the lives of the dead
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We gather 'round to pay our respects
Interlude 1
Searching for the light
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Verse 2
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So please don't come to me
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on my dying day
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Just let me go in peace
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With all the things
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that I forgot to say
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Racing through my mind, oh
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And don't you bury me
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six feet under ground
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Just burn my body in a box
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And let my ashes
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blow with the wind
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Out into the night sky
Chorus 2
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We celebrate the lives of the dead
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We gather 'round to pay our respects
Outro 1
Searching for the light
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Searching for the light oh
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Searching for the light
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F#m
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[Repeat and fade]
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