Death Thing Chords

KeyAm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays596

Death Thing by Amanda Palmer is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Am. It uses the chords Am, C, F, G, Dm and E. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
Am
Text
16
Speed
  			
Intro 
Am  C  F  (x2) 

verse 1 
Am                    C             F   C 
Let's try to end on a pleasant note 
Am                          C              F    C 
You've ended endless things and you how it goes 
Am                         C                            F 
You'd lick your wounds but they're in a jar on the shelf 
Am                    G              F        C 
You lick a stamp on a letter to your old self 
                                                  F 
You always liked being good at things, didn't you 
Am                    C                     F  C 
Isn't it funny what a person can get used to 
       Dm                          F 
And now, just look what you've done 
  Dm               C                      F 
I hope you're happy, 'cause you've beaten everyone 
  Dm                              C                F 
I think it's fair to say that the word is all over town 
 
       Am 
Did he answer? (No) 
C 
Did he answer? (No) 
          F 
Did he answer? (No) 
           Am 
Not even a whisper? (No) 
            C 
So it's over? (Yes) 
             F 
Now you know the drill 
           Am 
You're the expert 
           C 
You're the expert 
           F 
You're the expert 
Dm              F                                   C     Dm  F 
Congratulations,  you've really got this death thing down 

Instrumental 
Am  C  F    x2 

verse 2 
Am                    C                         F 
You're really good at making introverted people come 
Am                  C                    F 
First grade, fourth place, standing broad jump 
Am                     C 
Violent and velvet painting 
F 
Slaughtering and ego-taming 
    Dm 
You clocked one thousand hours, baby 
C                          F     Am 
You could master all of them 
C                 F                                     Am 
You can take your everlasting love and you can have it 
C                F 
Though you don't always get to pick what you get good at 
C  Dm             F 
Now, look how far you've come 
Dm                   C 
You used to need them 
                  F    C        F 
And now you could lose every one 
Dm                          C 
Without even blinking an eye 
         F                 C 
So go on, put on your crown 

Am 
Did she answer? (No) 
        C 
Did she answer? (No) 
        F 
Did she answer? (No) 
            Am 
Not a single heartbeat? (No) 
        C 
So it's over? (Yes) 
       F              Dm  C 
So you know the drill 
G 
You're the expert 
Dm             F                              C         Dm  F 
Congratulations, you've really got this death thing down 

Bridge 
                                       C  Dm  F 
You've really got this death thing down 
                                   C  Dm  F 
You've really got this death thing down 
                                  C   Dm  F 
You've really got this death thing down 
C     Dm  F 
Jai Guru Deva 
G 
Om 

Outro 
F            Dm                    F          E 
Yeah, you've really got this death thing down 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante