The Deader chords by
Two Gallants

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Key: C major•

Intro 1

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C

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Em

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G

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Verse 1

So now,

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C

C

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G

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let me tell you about this girl of mine

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Em

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Heart like all men?s dream

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G

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F

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C

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s in the days of 49

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C

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I turn hollow, no me more swallow,

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G

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F

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fast only she breaks

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Dm

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C

C

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But distance keeps her miles or meters,

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F

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what difference does it make?

Verse 2

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G

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Em

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'Cause here they come again

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G

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F

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C

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to repossess my dreams

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G

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Em

Em

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G

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Child don't play yourself

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F

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C

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things are never what they seem

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F

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G

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A bridge, a river, a pale moon sliver,

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C

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G

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city shines so bright

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C

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But to my despair,

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C

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I return where they sleep out every night

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But the girl I love is

Verse 3

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G

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C

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oh, so, oh, so far away

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G

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And I wonder can she hear me

as I go through my day

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C

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G

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Verse 4

Em

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Oh, now the ra gin' sea

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G

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she laps upon my door

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Em

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G

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I?ll round a thousand horns just to

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F

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C

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drown upon her shore

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F

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C

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Blood red roses go down moses,

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G

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F

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oh, billowin' sails

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Dm

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C

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Those so weak-willed, guts guts all sea-filled,

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Em

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throw throw them o?er the rails

Verse 5

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Boys, slacken up the jib and

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F

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C

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G

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sing a hearty song

We've been driftin?, driftin?,

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for far too long

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F

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I take no care,

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C

C

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G

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me I'm so bare-breasted on on the bow

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C

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G

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Scabbed and weathered skin of leather,

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C

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G

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who's the deader now

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C

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But the girl I love is

Verse 6

G

G

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C

C

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oh, so, oh, so far away

And I wonder,

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G

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C

C

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can she hear me as I go through my day

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G

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It's so long lady angel,

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C

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I guess, I?ll say goodbye

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G

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But I do believe I'm aging right

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C

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G

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before your eyes

Em

Em

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G

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Wash up on her coast, not a

Verse 7

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nickel to my name

Sold my, sold my,

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F

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C

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sold my gold watch and chain

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F

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C

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Enough to hire a band of lyres to

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G

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F

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march me on my way

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C

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Through hills and valleys,

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G

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C

C

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streets and alleys up to her open gates

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C

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But the girl I love is

Verse 8

G

G

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oh, so, oh,

C

C

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so far away

And I wonder,

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G

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C

C

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can she hear me as I go through my day

G

G

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It's so long lady angel,

I guess, I?ll say goodbye

C

C

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G

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But I do believe I'm aging

C

C

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right before your eyes

Verse 9

G

G

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Cock crow in the morning,

C

C

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heard it loud and clear

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G

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Asked her for to marry,

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C

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she answer with a tear

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G

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Boy, you have my heart and

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C

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I know you always will

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But that ain't enough to hold me

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C

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'cause love don't pay the bills

Verse 10

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I turned away in shame for

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C

C

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all my days in vain

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G

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Guess, I?ll just drag on,

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C

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no one loves you till you're gone

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F

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Let the river be my guide,

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C

C

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let the desert be my bride

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Till my heart turns to steel,

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C

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till I no longer feel

Verse 11

G

G

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But the girl I love is oh, so,

C

C

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oh, so far away

And I wonder,

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G

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C

C

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can she hear me as I go through my day

G

G

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It's so long lady angel, I guess,

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C

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I?ll say goodbye

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But I do believe I'm aging

right before your eyes

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Chords

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The original key of The Deader by Two Gallants is C major.

The primary chords used in The Deader are C, F, Em, G, Dm.

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