Dead Or Alive chords by Ramblin' Jack Elliott

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Verse 1
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 (D major) It's a hard road, dead or alive
It's a hard road, dead or alive
Dead or alive, it's a hard road
Dead or alive, it's hard road
Well, the new sheriff sent me a letter
And the new sheriff sent me a letter
Come up and see me dead or alive
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D 
Come up and  (A major) see me dead or  (D major) alive
Well, Yvonne sent me my picture
And Yvonne sent me my picture
How do I look, boys, dead or alive
A 
D 
How do I  (A major) look, boys, dead or  (D major) alive
Well, he said he would pay expenses
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D 
And he said he would  (A major) pay ex (D major) penses
Dead or alive, no thanks, new sheriff,
poor boy, no thanks
A 
D 
Well,  (A major)  (D major) he said he would
feed and clothe me
And he said he would feed and clothe me
Dead or alive, new shirt, no thanks
A 
D 
Oh  (A major) boy, dead or alive, it's a hard  (D major) drug
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D 
I don't like your  (E flat major) hard  (D major) rock hotels
I don't like your hard rock hotels
A 
Dead or alive, new sheriff, poor  (A major) boy,
no thanks, hard road
D 
Dead or alive, dead or alive,  (D major) what?
I got to go down and see my little sweet thing
I got to go down and see my
little sweet thing
Dead or alive, it's road,
A 
D 
 (A major)  (D major) it's a hard road,
dead or alive, it's a hard road,
dead or alive.
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