I'll Be Mellow When I'm Dead chords by Weird Al Yankovic

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A
Bm
Ebdim
F#

Intro 1

I don't

Verse 1
D 
 (D major) care
C 
D 
about your karma  (C major)  (D major) 
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D 
F 
 (G major) I don't care  (D major) about what's hip  (F major) 
G 
No space  (G major) cadet's gonna
Bb 
tell  (B flat major) me what to do
D 
 (D major) 

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Verse 2

I won't swim in your jacuzzi

You can't make me settle down

I'd rather kick and jump

and bite and scratch

And scream until I'm blue

Verse 3
G 
A 
Bm 
I may  (G major) as well  (A major) be hyper as long  (B minor) 
G 
as I'm still  (G major) around
D 
'Cause I'll have  (D major) lots of
time to be laid back
G 
D 
When I'm six  (G major) feet under (D major) ground

Verse 4

I'll be mellow when I'm dead

Verse 5

I'll be mellow when I'm dead

Verse 6

When are you cosmic cowboys

Gonna get it through your heads?

I'll be mellow when I'm

Verse 7

dead

I'll be mellow when I'm dead

I can't stand

Verse 8

the smell of incense

I don't really like to jog

No Joni Mitchell 8- tracks in my car,

ooh

Verse 9

I hate anything organic

Even health food makes me sick

You won't catch me sipping Perrier

Down in some sushi bar, I tell you

Verse 10
G 
A 
Now's  (G major) the time to go  (A major) for all the
Bm 
D 
G 
gus (B minor) to you  (D major) can grab  (G major) 
D 
You'll have plenty  (D major) of
time to be low- key
G 
D 
When you're  (G major) laid out on  (D major) the slab

Verse 11

I'll be mellow when I'm dead

Verse 12

I'll be mellow when I'm dead

Verse 13

When are you cosmic cowboys

Gonna get it through your heads?

Verse 14

I'll be mellow when I'm dead

Verse 15

I'll be mellow when I'm dead

Interlude 1

Verse 16
A 
I don't want no part  (A major) of that vegetarian scene
D 
I won't  (D major) buy me a pair of designer jeans
A 
Ebdim 
A 
No  (A major) redwood  (E flatdim) hot tub  (A major) to my name
Bm 
D 
I got all  (B minor) that I want  (D major) and if
it's all the same to you

Verse 17
G 
I  (G major) don't need a course in self- awareness
F# 
Bm 
To find  (F sharp major) out who I am  (B minor) 
A 
 (A major) And I'd rather have a,
a Big Mac or a Jumbo Jack
Than all the bean sprouts in Japan
D 
A 
 (D major)  (A major) 

Interlude 2

Verse 18
D 
C 
D 
So don't  (D major) ask me what I'm in (C major) to  (D major) 
G 
D 
F 
 (G major) I don't  (D major) need to prove I'm cool  (F major) 
G 
Bb 
I'll  (G major) break your arm if you  (B flat major) ask  me
what's my sign
D 
 (D major) 

Verse 19
F 
 (F major) 
D 
I won't  (D major) tell you where my head's at
G 
D 
F 
 (G major) I don't need  (D major) to see no shrink  (F major) 
G 
Bb 
Psychosis  (G major) may be in  (B flat major) this year
D 
But I'm  (D major) really not that kind