The Whole "Being Dead" Thing chords by
Alex Brightman
Beetlejuice Original Broadway Cast Recording Ensemble 
Key: F# minor•
Intro 1
D
C#
You know
Verse 1
F#m
E#
F#m
"We should have carpe'd way more diems
I can show you what comes next
C#
I do this bullshit, like, eight times a week
D#
C#m
Drink your fifty-dollar wine
E#
F#
G
G#
And take a breath
C#
F#m
Welcome to a show about death
Verse 2
F#
You're
You're all gonna die
F#
I'll
C#
F#m
it's a show about death
Verse 3
Eb
Like Rod gers, Hart, and Hammerstein here
but you can take a joke here
C
And every show I do, like, a ton of coke here
Verse 4
G
F
G
"I work out", "I eat clean"
E
F
Choke to death on Triscuits
F
F#
The scenery is fake here
G
G#
A
Bb
But there's a giant snake here
Interlude 1
Gm
Gm
Gdim7
Bbdim7
C#dim7
Verse 5
G
You're
You're gonna be fine
Thank you
How you doin'?
Da-bot-ba-be-be-bap-bap
Ab
I'll
Db
C
Cb
To the other side
Verse 6
Bbm
Cm
Death is taboo, but it's hardly something new
can do
(If you die while listening to this album
It's still gonna keep playing)
Eb
C
And on a certain date, the universe kills you
That's the thing with life
Verse 7
G
F
G
"Gosh, it's awful, ain't it tragic?"
F
Cm
"Blah, blah, Bible, Jesus magic"
When you're dead, who gives a shit?
G
F
G
No Pilates, no more yoga
'Namaste", you freakin' posers
D
Eb
C#
D
I have mastered the art (...es I rae)
D
Eb
C#
D
Of tearing convention a part (...es I rae)
D
Eb
C#
D
So, how about we all make a start
Ab
D
Gm
Ab
Gm
Ab
On the whole being dead thing
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ChordsD C# F#m B A...
D
C#
F#m
B
A
Bm
E#
D#
C#m
F#
G
G#
E
Gm
Eb
C
Bb
Am
Cm
F
Gdim7
Bbdim7
C#dim7
Ab
Ebm
Db
Cb
Bbm
Fm
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Chords
D
C#
F#m
B
A
Bm
E#
D#
C#m
F#
G
G#
E
Gm
Eb
C
Bb
Am
Cm
F
Gdim7
Bbdim7
C#dim7
Ab
Ebm
Db
Cb
Bbm
Fm
- Open in app
Capo: No capo
Transpose: 0
0
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