Chords for Dead Man's Road
Tempo:
64.525 bpm
Chords used:
G
Am
C
Dm
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Am] [C] [G] [A] [Am] [G]
[A] [Am] [G] [Dm] [Am]
[C] [G] [Dm] [Em] [Am]
[C] [G] [Dm] [Em] [Am]
[G] [Am] [C] [G] [Am]
[G] [Dm] [Am] [C] I had a good friend [G] in [Am] my hometown.
[C] Early this morning, [G] we laid him [Am] in the ground.
[C] He was my brother, [G] I won't [Am] tell you his name.
[C] He was a junkie [G] for whiskey [Am] and cocaine.
[Dm] [Am] Oh no, [Em] [G] he's [Dm] dead and cold.
[Am] Don't go [Em] [G] down a [Dm] dead man's [Em] road.
[G] A [A] dead man's road.
[C] [G] [Dm] [F#] [G] [A]
[Am] [G] [Dm] [Em] [Am]
[C] [G] [Am] [C] [G] [Am] I
[G] [Dm] [Am] hear you [C] out there saying [G] it won't [Am] happen to me.
Cause it [C] feels good and that [G] makes that so easy [Am] to believe.
My [C] friend was young and [G] strong like [Am] everybody else.
I [C] began to understand [G] when I got [Dm] there myself.
[Am] All the [C] good time losers, [G] they [Am] knew my name.
Just [C] small time losers [G] waiting [Am] on a train.
I [C] danced with the devil, [G] he tried to [Am] get my soul.
I didn't [C] recognize him [G] on the [Am] dead man's road.
[Dm] [Am] Oh no, [Em] [G] he's [Dm] dead and cold.
[Am] Don't go [Em] down [G] a [Dm] dead man's [Em] road.
A [Am] dead man's road.
[G] [Dm] [Em] [Am]
[G] [Dm] [Em] [Am]
[G] [Dm] [Em] [Am]
[Dm] [G] [Am]
[C] I [G] [Am] [C] [G] [Am]
[C] [G] [Dm] [Am] cheated [C] on my woman [G] and I [Am] cheated myself.
I [C] cheated my mother and my [G] father and [Am] everybody else.
I [C] came to know Jesus [G] and he [Am] saved my soul.
[C] Changed my direction [G] from the [Am] dead man's road.
[D] [Dm]
[Am] Oh no, [Em] [G] he's [Dm] dead and cold.
[Am] Don't go [Em] [G] down a [Dm] dead man's [E] road.
[G] A [A] dead man's [Am] road.
[Em] [Dm] [Am] Oh no, [E] [G] he's [Dm] dead and cold.
[Am] Don't go [Em] [G] down a [Dm] dead man's [Em] road.
A [A] dead man's road.
[C] [G] [Dm] [Em] [Am]
[G] [Dm] [Em] [Am]
[G] [Dm] [G] [Am]
[C] [Dm] [G] [Am]
[C] [G] [Am] [G] [Am]
[C] [G] [Am] [C] [G] [Am]
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[A] [Am] [G] [Dm] [Am]
[C] [G] [Dm] [Em] [Am]
[C] [G] [Dm] [Em] [Am]
[G] [Am] [C] [G] [Am]
[G] [Dm] [Am] [C] I had a good friend [G] in [Am] my hometown.
[C] Early this morning, [G] we laid him [Am] in the ground.
[C] He was my brother, [G] I won't [Am] tell you his name.
[C] He was a junkie [G] for whiskey [Am] and cocaine.
[Dm] [Am] Oh no, [Em] [G] he's [Dm] dead and cold.
[Am] Don't go [Em] [G] down a [Dm] dead man's [Em] road.
[G] A [A] dead man's road.
[C] [G] [Dm] [F#] [G] [A]
[Am] [G] [Dm] [Em] [Am]
[C] [G] [Am] [C] [G] [Am] I
[G] [Dm] [Am] hear you [C] out there saying [G] it won't [Am] happen to me.
Cause it [C] feels good and that [G] makes that so easy [Am] to believe.
My [C] friend was young and [G] strong like [Am] everybody else.
I [C] began to understand [G] when I got [Dm] there myself.
[Am] All the [C] good time losers, [G] they [Am] knew my name.
Just [C] small time losers [G] waiting [Am] on a train.
I [C] danced with the devil, [G] he tried to [Am] get my soul.
I didn't [C] recognize him [G] on the [Am] dead man's road.
[Dm] [Am] Oh no, [Em] [G] he's [Dm] dead and cold.
[Am] Don't go [Em] down [G] a [Dm] dead man's [Em] road.
A [Am] dead man's road.
[G] [Dm] [Em] [Am]
[G] [Dm] [Em] [Am]
[G] [Dm] [Em] [Am]
[Dm] [G] [Am]
[C] I [G] [Am] [C] [G] [Am]
[C] [G] [Dm] [Am] cheated [C] on my woman [G] and I [Am] cheated myself.
I [C] cheated my mother and my [G] father and [Am] everybody else.
I [C] came to know Jesus [G] and he [Am] saved my soul.
[C] Changed my direction [G] from the [Am] dead man's road.
[D] [Dm]
[Am] Oh no, [Em] [G] he's [Dm] dead and cold.
[Am] Don't go [Em] [G] down a [Dm] dead man's [E] road.
[G] A [A] dead man's [Am] road.
[Em] [Dm] [Am] Oh no, [E] [G] he's [Dm] dead and cold.
[Am] Don't go [Em] [G] down a [Dm] dead man's [Em] road.
A [A] dead man's road.
[C] [G] [Dm] [Em] [Am]
[G] [Dm] [Em] [Am]
[G] [Dm] [G] [Am]
[C] [Dm] [G] [Am]
[C] [G] [Am] [G] [Am]
[C] [G] [Am] [C] [G] [Am]
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Key:
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Am
C
Dm
Em
G
Am
C
[Am] _ _ [C] _ [G] _ [A] _ _ [Am] _ [G] _
[A] _ _ [Am] _ [G] _ [Dm] _ _ [Am] _ _
[C] _ [G] _ [Dm] _ _ [Em] _ _ [Am] _ _
[C] _ [G] _ [Dm] _ _ [Em] _ _ [Am] _ _
_ [G] _ [Am] _ _ [C] _ [G] _ [Am] _ _
_ [G] _ [Dm] _ _ [Am] _ [C] I had a good friend [G] in [Am] my hometown.
_ [C] Early this morning, [G] we laid him [Am] in the ground.
_ [C] He was my brother, [G] I won't [Am] tell you his name.
_ [C] He was a junkie [G] for whiskey [Am] and cocaine.
[Dm] _ _ [Am] Oh no, [Em] [G] he's [Dm] dead and cold.
_ [Am] Don't go [Em] [G] down a [Dm] dead man's [Em] road.
[G] A [A] dead man's road.
[C] _ [G] _ [Dm] _ _ [F#] _ [G] _ [A] _ _
[Am] _ [G] _ [Dm] _ _ [Em] _ _ [Am] _ _
[C] _ [G] _ [Am] _ _ [C] _ [G] [Am] I _
_ [G] _ [Dm] _ _ [Am] hear you [C] out there saying [G] it won't [Am] happen to me.
Cause it [C] feels good and that [G] makes that so easy [Am] to believe.
My [C] friend was young and [G] strong like [Am] everybody else.
I [C] began to understand [G] when I got [Dm] there myself.
[Am] All the [C] good time losers, [G] they [Am] knew my name.
Just [C] small time losers [G] waiting [Am] on a train.
I [C] danced with the devil, [G] he tried to [Am] get my soul.
I didn't [C] recognize him [G] on the [Am] dead man's road.
[Dm] _ [Am] Oh no, [Em] [G] he's [Dm] dead and cold.
_ [Am] Don't go [Em] down [G] a [Dm] dead man's [Em] road.
A [Am] dead man's road.
_ [G] _ [Dm] _ _ [Em] _ _ [Am] _ _
_ [G] _ [Dm] _ _ [Em] _ _ [Am] _ _
_ [G] _ [Dm] _ _ [Em] _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ [G] _ _ [Am] _
[C] I [G] _ [Am] _ _ [C] _ [G] _ [Am] _ _
[C] _ [G] _ [Dm] _ _ [Am] cheated [C] on my woman [G] and I [Am] cheated myself.
I [C] cheated my mother and my [G] father and [Am] everybody else.
I [C] came to know Jesus _ [G] and he [Am] saved my soul. _
[C] Changed my direction [G] from the [Am] dead man's road.
[D] _ [Dm]
[Am] Oh no, [Em] [G] he's [Dm] dead and cold. _
[Am] Don't go [Em] [G] down a [Dm] dead man's [E] road.
[G] A [A] dead man's [Am] road.
_ [Em] _ [Dm] _ [Am] Oh no, [E] [G] he's [Dm] dead and cold.
[Am] Don't go [Em] [G] down a [Dm] dead man's [Em] road.
A [A] dead man's road.
[C] _ [G] _ [Dm] _ _ [Em] _ _ [Am] _ _
_ [G] _ [Dm] _ _ [Em] _ _ [Am] _ _
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[C] _ [G] _ [Dm] _ _ [Em] _ _ [Am] _ _
[C] _ [G] _ [Dm] _ _ [Em] _ _ [Am] _ _
_ [G] _ [Am] _ _ [C] _ [G] _ [Am] _ _
_ [G] _ [Dm] _ _ [Am] _ [C] I had a good friend [G] in [Am] my hometown.
_ [C] Early this morning, [G] we laid him [Am] in the ground.
_ [C] He was my brother, [G] I won't [Am] tell you his name.
_ [C] He was a junkie [G] for whiskey [Am] and cocaine.
[Dm] _ _ [Am] Oh no, [Em] [G] he's [Dm] dead and cold.
_ [Am] Don't go [Em] [G] down a [Dm] dead man's [Em] road.
[G] A [A] dead man's road.
[C] _ [G] _ [Dm] _ _ [F#] _ [G] _ [A] _ _
[Am] _ [G] _ [Dm] _ _ [Em] _ _ [Am] _ _
[C] _ [G] _ [Am] _ _ [C] _ [G] [Am] I _
_ [G] _ [Dm] _ _ [Am] hear you [C] out there saying [G] it won't [Am] happen to me.
Cause it [C] feels good and that [G] makes that so easy [Am] to believe.
My [C] friend was young and [G] strong like [Am] everybody else.
I [C] began to understand [G] when I got [Dm] there myself.
[Am] All the [C] good time losers, [G] they [Am] knew my name.
Just [C] small time losers [G] waiting [Am] on a train.
I [C] danced with the devil, [G] he tried to [Am] get my soul.
I didn't [C] recognize him [G] on the [Am] dead man's road.
[Dm] _ [Am] Oh no, [Em] [G] he's [Dm] dead and cold.
_ [Am] Don't go [Em] down [G] a [Dm] dead man's [Em] road.
A [Am] dead man's road.
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_ [G] _ [Dm] _ _ [Em] _ _ [Am] _ _
_ [G] _ [Dm] _ _ [Em] _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ [G] _ _ [Am] _
[C] I [G] _ [Am] _ _ [C] _ [G] _ [Am] _ _
[C] _ [G] _ [Dm] _ _ [Am] cheated [C] on my woman [G] and I [Am] cheated myself.
I [C] cheated my mother and my [G] father and [Am] everybody else.
I [C] came to know Jesus _ [G] and he [Am] saved my soul. _
[C] Changed my direction [G] from the [Am] dead man's road.
[D] _ [Dm]
[Am] Oh no, [Em] [G] he's [Dm] dead and cold. _
[Am] Don't go [Em] [G] down a [Dm] dead man's [E] road.
[G] A [A] dead man's [Am] road.
_ [Em] _ [Dm] _ [Am] Oh no, [E] [G] he's [Dm] dead and cold.
[Am] Don't go [Em] [G] down a [Dm] dead man's [Em] road.
A [A] dead man's road.
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