Death In Reverse Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays483

Death In Reverse by John Mark McMillan is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, F, G, Am and Dm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
C
Text
16
Speed
  			
verse 1 

 C                          F       G 
You descend upon me like a rolling stone 
       Am                      F          G 
Like black swan raging on for all that I know 
 C                               F        G 
You know it unnerves me when I lose control 
           Am 
And I'm, all out of options 
           F         G 
And I'm, out of my head 

Pre-Chorus 

          Dm       G 
Then I build my life around 
     C           F 
Someone who I thought that I was 
              G 
But it turns out 
  C               F 
All the things I do to feel young 
           G       Am 
They only make me old 


          C 
But You raise me 
         C 
Like a baby 
          F            G 
Like a fiery Phoenix bird 
              C 
Oh, and You lift me up 
     F 
Like Lazarus 
      Am           G          C 
You love me like death in reverse 

verse 2 
C                       F       G 
You unearth me like a vein of gold 
           Am                        F               G 
With the powers that drive up the flowers from the fold 
      C                             F          G 
You cast me, uncursed, unearth my body and my soul 
      Am                        F            G 
Like fire from my ashes, like fire from my coals 


Pre-Chorus 
 Dm             G 
And I build my life around 
    C            F 
Someone who I thought that I was 
              G 
But it turns out 
 C                F 
All the things I do to feel young 
           G       Am 
They only make me old 

 
          C 
But You raise me 

Like a baby 
         F            G 
Like a fiery Phoenix bird 
             C 
Oh, and You lift me up 
      F 
Like Lazarus 
     Am            G 
You love me like death 
     C            F 
You love me like death 
     F            G         C 
You love me like death in reverse 

Bridge 
     Dm     G 
And all my life I've been 
   C               F 
Fighting for a place I could thrive 
              G 
But it turns out 
 C                F 
All the things I do to survive 
           G       Am 
They only make me old 

 
          C 
But You raise me 

Like a baby 
         F            G 
Like a fiery Phoenix bird 
         C 
Oh, and You lift me up 
     F 
Like Lazarus 
     Am           G 
You love me like death 
      C           F 
You love me like death 
     F             G        C 
You love me like death in reverse  
    	

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