In The Event Of My Demise Chords

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In The Event Of My Demise by Jake Bugg is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Dm. It uses the chords Dm, F, C, G and Bb. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Dm
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16
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Verse  
Dm           F         
In the event of my demise  
Dm            C 
Pull a pennie from my eyes  
Dm            G 
Heads you get my gold  
F         C      G 
Tails you get my debt  
Bb           C     G 
In the event of my demise  

Verse  
Dm            F 
If you should hear my name  
Dm              C       
Be a friend and please refrain  
Dm                 G 
I'm saying we were friends  
F            C          G 
And let them tell their lies  
Bb           C     G 
In the event of my demise  

 
G  F   C            Dm  Bb          C       G 
Oh no, look at them go, didn't they love me so?  
G  F      C        Dm 
Oh great, merciful fate  
Bb           C         G 
Guess it was worth the wait 
Bb           C         G 
Guess it was worth the wait   

Verse   
Dm         F 
When I was strong I fell  
Dm              C 
My body made me chase my tail  
Dm                    G 
I was young and I was played  
F            C        G 
That all the plans we made  
Bb       C G 
Would be unrealised  
Bb           C     G 
In the event of my demise  

 
G  F   C            Dm  Bb          C       G 
Oh no, look at them go, didn't they love me so?  
G  F      C        Dm 
Oh great, merciful fate  
Bb           C         G 
Guess it was worth the wait  
Bb             C         G 
I guess it was worth the wait  
Bb           C         G 
Guess it was worth the wait  
Bb           C         G 
Guess it was worth the wait  

Outro (Ralentando) 
Bb C G 
    	

Chord diagrams

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100 BPM Andante