Key: B major
Intro 1
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F#
G#m
F#
B
E
Well
Verse 1
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I've
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F#
been meaning to write,
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F#
G#m
some were meeting all night
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But I lost my point,
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G#m
smoked that joint
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D#
G#m
heartache and drugs
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F#
E
So I started thinking about how
Someday babe,
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B
F#
G#m
when they lay me in the grave
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F#
I hope you'll be there
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F#
G#m
to wear it up like veil
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F#
I said someday babe,
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F#
when they lay me in the grave
G#m
E
I pray that they'll be calling you
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F#
G#m
Saying so sorry, are you okay?
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D#
While I'm down here
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Bm
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Will you be my widow?
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F#
Cause the thought of a wife
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F#
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G#m
While I'm still alive
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E
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F#
B
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G#m
Waits enough to scare me to death
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Still I care for you,
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G#m
more than I often care to show
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F#
So I started thinking about how
F#
B
F#
G#m
when they lay me in the grave
F#
B
F#
G#m
wearing a black veil
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F#
I said someday babe,
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F#
when they lay me in the grave
G#m
E
I pray that they'll be calling you
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G#m
Saying so sorry, what a shame
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F#
I guess what I'm trying to say
D#
G#m
While I'm down here on bended knee
F#
B
E
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E
Will you be my widow?
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E
F#
B
When I die and the preacher asks
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F#
B
Well, that's your cue to stand
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G#m
up and say I do
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F#
Because I'll let it now be said
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G#m
I will marry you when I'm dead
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So you should be thinking about how
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Someday, babe,
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F#
G#m
when they lay me in the grave
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F#
I hope you'll be there
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F#
G#m
wearing a black veil
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F#
I said someday, babe,
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F#
when they lay me in the grave
G#m
E
I prayed that you'd call me up
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G#m
I'm sayin' so sorry, and is she okay?
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F#
I guess what I'm tryin' to say
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G#m
Why I'm down here on a bended knee
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B
Will you marry me, but after I go?
No, seriously
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F#
D#m
I mean what I want to know is will you be my
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Bm
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widow?
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Bm
B
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You
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