When I'm Dead and Gone McGuinness Flint
?When I?m Dead And Gone?
Chords:
Mandolin:
E [D]2 [G]3 [A]0
A 0 2 0
D 0 0 2
G 2 0 2
Guitar:
E [D]2 [G]3 [A]0
[B]G [3]2 [3]0 [2]2
D 0 0 2
A x 2 0
E x 3 x
Intro:
[D] [G] [D] [G]
Intro fill:
At the end of the G, on the top string, run down (this also repeats through the verse):
Guitar:
E: 3-3-3---2---0-| B: 3-3-3---3---3-| G: 0-0-0---0---0-| D: 0-0-0---0---0-|
Mandolin:
E: 3-3-3---2---0-| A: 2-2-2---2---0-| D: 0-0-0---0---0-| G: 0-0-0---0---0-|
[D]Oh I love you baby. I [G]love you night and day.
[D]When I leave you baby. [G]Don't cry the night away.
[D]When I die don't you write. No [G]words upon my tomb.
[D]I don't believe I want to leave no [G]epitaph of doom.
[D]Oh oh oh oh. Wh[A]en I'm dead a[D]nd gone[G]
[D]I want to leave some [A]happy woman livin[D]g on.[G] [A]
[D]Oh oh oh oh. Wh[A]en I'm dead[D] and gone[G]
[D]don't want nobody to [A]mourn beside my [G]grave.[D]
(note ? at the end of the first chorus couplet, G->A progression is much quicker than
other changes ? same as in the outro)
[D]Oh my Melinda, she's out t[G]o get my hide.
[D]She's got a shotgun and her d[G]aughter by her side.
[D]Hey there ladies. Joh[G]nson's free.
[D]Who's got the love, who's got enough t[G]o keep a man like me?
[D]Oh oh oh oh. Wh[A]en I'm dead a[D]nd gone[G]
[D]I want to leave some [A]happy woman livin[D]g on.[G] [A]
[D]Oh oh oh oh. Wh[A]en I'm dead[D] and gone[G]
[D]Don't want nobody to [A]mourn beside my [G]grave.[D]
Instrumental / solo (to play this, you need a kazoo and to forget how to play the guitar
? otherwise, twiddling on the D pentatonic suffices)
[D]Oh oh oh oh. Wh[A]en I'm dead a[D]nd gone[G]
[D]I want to leave some [A]happy woman livi[D]ng on.[G] [A]
[D]Oh oh oh oh. Wh[A]en I'm dead[D] and gone[G]
[D]Don't want nobody to [A]mourn beside my [G]grave.[D]
Outro:
D / / / G / A / (repeat & fade ? or end on D)
Ooh la la la
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