Things To Do In Denver When You're Dead Chords

KeyA CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays586

Things To Do In Denver When You're Dead by Warren Zevon is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, D, D/E, E, A/D, E/A, D/A, G and C. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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A 

A                     D            A    (D/E) 
I called up my friend LeRoy on the phone  
        A           D            A   (D/E) 
I said, Buddy, I'm afraid to be alone 
         A               D          A   (D/E) 
'Cause I got some weird ideas in my head  
      A               D                  A   (D/E) 
About things to do in Denver when you're dead 

A D A E 2x 

      A            D               A  (D/E) 
I was working on a steak the other day  
          A            D             A  (D/E)   
And I saw Waddy in the Rattlesnake Cafe  
           A              D              A  (D/E) 
Dressed in black, tossing back a shot of rye  
        A               D               A  (D/E) 
Finding things to do in Denver when you die 

D                                    (A/D) 
You won't need a cab to find a priest 
A                                    (E/A) 
Maybe you should find a place to stay  
D                                            (A/D) 
Some place where they never change the sheets  
             A           D      E   A 
And you just roll around Denver all day 

A D A E 4x 

A                  D                    A    (D/E) 
LeRoy says there's something you should know  
    A         D              A   (D/E) 
Not everybody has a place to go  
    A              D                  A   (D/E) 
And home is just a place to hang your head  
    A                        D                  A   (A D/A) 
And dream of things to do in Denver when you're dead 

D                                    (A/D) 
You won't need a cab to find a priest 
A                                    (E/A) 
Maybe you should find a place to stay  
D                                            (A/D) 
Some place where they never change the sheets  
             A           D      E   A 
And you just roll around Denver all day 
             A           D      E   A 
And you just roll around Denver all day 

* Alternate: 

Capo II 

A = G 
D = C 
E = D 

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