Dead On Arrival chords by 
John Wesley Harding 
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Key: E major•
Verse 1
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They gave me doses of diox ide
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Started coughing constantly
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Nursed inside my
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wounded pride
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Poisoned arrow in my knee
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Then they stood around my bed
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Said I was getting on famously
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A faceless man in a TV van
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Reprogrammed my na ivety
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I met you spar ring in a corner
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Esus4
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And you spat right
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in my face
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People say it looks like tears
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Because they'll have seen the trace
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And they take it as their job of work
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To put me right back in my place
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And I pretend that I wan na be
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A con tender in the human race
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Now when you hit
Verse 2
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me
I don't cry
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The only thing that re mains for me
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Is to learn how I can say goodbye
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F#m
'cause I'm ready, steady,
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dead on arrival
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F#m
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I'm ready, steady, dead on ar rival
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I'm ready, steady,
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dead on ar rival
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Verse 3
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You know I thought that this was mis t
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But now I guess it is pollution
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Caused by an
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economy of half- truths
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And the resulting con fusion
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You sign a form the day you're born
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That com mits you to collu sion
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With soci ety's special stand ards
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And its optical il lusions
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Someone says you're still alive
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Gives you great expecta tions
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But now you know you're dead
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in side
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'cause you feel no shock vi brations
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Now you must con trol yourself
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You can always cheat at patience
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Soon I'll be right in the dog house
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Food for FBI alsa tions
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Now when you hit me
Verse 4
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I don't cry
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The only thing that re mains for me
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Is to learn how I can say goodbye
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'cause I'm ready, steady,
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dead on arrival
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I'm ready, steady,
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dead on arrival
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I'm ready, steady,
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dead on ar rival
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Outro 1
Dead on ar rival
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsE A B Bm G...
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Bm
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Esus4
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Capo: 2
Transpose: 0
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