May The Living Be Dead In Our Wake Chords

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May The Living Be Dead In Our Wake by Flogging Molly is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, G, Bm and A. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
D
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16
Speed
  			Intro: 
D G Bm A 
D G D A D 


Verso 1:
         D 
Said her name was marie 
                       G 
From the banks of the lee 
         Bm                             A 
With the prettiest eyes my own had ever seen 
      D 
Her hair like ripples 
                      G 
They danced with the tide 
        D                      A       D 
As our hearts washed away to the sea 
          D                    G 
Was she sent down from the heavens above 
      D                         Bm 
Her breath pure as whiskey my heart fell in love 
        D                           G 
Now the devil is courtin' a different tune 
         D                  A           D 
And I laugh as the tears wash the rain 


 
        G                D 
Tell me why no one`s listenin? 
        A                    D 
Is there nothing at all left to say 
        G                    D 
In a world so unforgiving 
           A                     Bm 
You mean more to me each every day 
G             D        A               D 
So may the living be dead in our wake 

D G D A D 

Verso 2:
       D                                                 G 
One cold winters night behind the clouds stars did hide 
        Bm                                       A 
And the ghost of our souls thanking Christ we're alive 
      D                                 G 
Our spirits they crackled with lovers first sight 
        D               A                 D 
Till the mornin' came fresh with a new 
        D       G 
Will you dance with me now heavens child sang the clown 
        D       Bm 
We`ve nothing left to lose but your wings and my frown 
        D                                 G 
Where over the hills where the valleys will ring 
        D          A            D 
To the sound of our love singin' true 


 
        G                D 
Tell me why no one`s listenin? 
        A                    D 
Is there nothing at all left to say 
        G                    D 
In a world so unforgiving 
           A                     Bm 
You mean more to me each every day 
G             D        A               D 
So may the living be dead in our wake 


Ponte: 
D G Bm A 
D G D A D  


Verso 3: 
        Bm              A 
But the summer sun is melting now 
        G                    D 
With the leaves i`ll soon be gone 
                  D                   A 
Will you have the strength when the emptiness 
          G 
Shadows fall 
        Bm              A 
Or will your aching heart be ripped apart 
G       D 
By the beating from the storm 
D       A       G 
Or will howling gales like yesterdays be gone 
A 
Yeah be gone... be gone 

D G Bm A 
D G D A D 

          D                    G 
Was she sent down from the heavens above 
      D                         Bm 
Her breath pure as whiskey my heart fell in love 
        D                           G 
Now the devil is courtin' a different tune 
         D                  A             D 
And I laugh as the tears wash the rain 


 
        G                D 
Tell me why no one`s listenin? 
        A                    D 
Is there nothing at all left to say 
        G                    D 
In a world so unforgiving 
           A                     Bm 
You mean more to me each every day 
G             D        A               D 
So may the living be dead in our wake 
        G                D 
Tell me why no one`s listenin? 
        A                    D 
Is there nothing at all left to say 
        G                    D 
In a world so unforgiving 
           A                     Bm 
You mean more to me each every day 
G             D        A               D 
So may the living be dead in our wake 

Outro 
D G Bm A 
D G D A D 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante