Waking Up The Dead Chords
Waking Up The Dead by Matthew Perryman Jones is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G with a capo on the 3st fret. It uses the chords G, C/G, C, Am7, Em, Dadd9/A and D7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro G C/G (4x)
C Am7 G
The sun is sinking and I'm still dragging this bag of bones
C Am7 G
Like a homesick beggar with a rockstar swagger and a heart of stone
Em
My feet are on the riverbed
C/G
My hands are far from innocent
Dadd9/A D7
Have mercy on my soul
G C/G G Dadd9/A
Where did I go wrong? I lost my head.
C/G Em Dadd9/A C/G (keep playing the chord for 4 bars)
I want to dance on fire and be born again
G
I can hear the voice that's waking up the dead
Intro G C/G (2x)
C Am7 G
Well everything changes and the colors start fading and the stars go dim
C Am7 G
And the clock keeps ticking while the rattlesnake's shaking as it sheds its skin
Em
Kill your heart and never take a chance
C/G
Lock it up inside a picket fence
Dadd9/A D7
The illusions of control
G C/G G Dadd9/A
Where did I go wrong? I lost my head.
C/G Em Dadd9/A C/G (keep playing the chord for 4 bars)
I want to dance on fire and be born again
G
I can hear the voice that's waking up the dead
Interlude Em G Em G Em C/G (do a little whooing over it)
G C/G G Dadd9/A
Where did I go wrong? I lost my head.
C/G Em Dadd9/A C/G
I want to dance on fire and be born again
G C/G G Dadd9/A
Where did I go wrong? I lost my head.
C/G Em Dadd9/A C/G (keep playing the chord for 4 bars)
I want to dance on fire and be born again
G
I can hear the voice that's waking up the dead
Intro G C/G (2x) G (final chord)