Killing Me Chords

KeyEm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays508

Killing Me by Dead Moon is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of Em. It uses the chords Em and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
Em
Text
16
Speed
  			
Intro: Em  

Riff
e|-----------------------------| 
B|-----------------------------| 
G|-----------------------------|  (5x) 
D|-----------------------------| 
A|---2-3-2---------------------| 
E|-0--------3-3-2-3-2--(0-0)---| 


Verse 

Em                  D                      Em  +RIFF 
Sinister love came knocking on my bedroom door 
  Em                D                   Em +RIFF 
I had this kind of thing happen once before 
 Em               D            Em +RIFF 
Spent most of my life in recovery 

    Em               D 
So tell me, tell me babe 
                    Em +RIFF 
Why are you killing me 

Verse 

Em                       D                        Em +RIFF 
Seen a lot of bad trips coming and I've been on a few 
       Em               D                        Em  +RIFF 
Got a nightmare premonition that you're real bad news 
   Em                       D                  Em +RIFF 
Behind your looks there's another side nobody sees 

    Em               D 
So tell me, tell me babe 
                    Em +RIFF 
Why are you killing me 

Solo  

Em RIFF + D 

Verse 

    Em                       D                          Em +RIFF 
I shoulda been smart and got out while the gettin' was good 
   Em                D              Em +RIFF 
I woulda been better off if only I could 
         Em               D                  Em  +RIFF 
But you made me love the side of you nobody sees 

    Em               D 
So tell me, tell me babe 
                    Em +RIFF 
Why are you killing me 

    Em               D 
So tell me, tell me babe 
                    Em +RIFF 
Why are you killing me  
    	

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