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Dearly Departed

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You'll notice he plays many of the chords very loosely and will sometimes substitute the G for Gm during the 
verses, etc.
       G355433
      F#244322
      Em022000
      Amx02210
       Cx32010
       G320000
       Dxx0232
[Intro]
  GOooh,F#  
  GOooh,F#  
  GOooh,Em  C  G  F#  
  GOooh,Em  C  G  F#  
[Chorus]
  Well,
  GYou and I Emboth know that the Chouse is Ghaunted,F#  
  GAnd you and I botEmh know that the Cghost is Gme,F#  
  GUsed to catch me in your Embedsheets just Crattling your Gchains,F#  
  GWell back then baby it didn't seem so strange,
[Verse]
  DYou used to Cbite I used to Gmoan,F#  G  
  DBut now you Cmumble and I cGhoke,F#  G  
  DNow I aint so Cscary on my Gown,F#  G  
  Tell me honey what's a dagger without a cloak,
  I don't know,
[Chorus]
  Cause,
  GYou and I Emboth know that the Chouse is Ghaunted,F#  
  GAnd you and I botEmh know that the Cghost is Gme,F#  
  GUsed to catch me in your Embedsheets just Crattling your Gchains,F#  
  GWell back then baby it didn't seem so strange,
[Verse]
  DIn the midnight Chour you came Galive,F#  G  
  DI had to go get Cmy crystal Gball,F#  G  
  GGotta find that snake,
  DWhen the sun came Cup we couldn't find Gno place to hide,
  DAnd you had to tell your friends that my fangs were fake, I had to,
  That's so F#messed Gup,
[Chorus]
  Cause,
  GYou and I Emboth know that the Chouse is Ghaunted,F#  
  GAnd you and I botEmh know that the Cghost is Gme,F#  
  GUsed to catch me in your Embedsheets just Crattling your Gchains,F#  
  GWell back then baby it didn't seem so strange,
[Bridge]
  AmBut even when one is Gdead and Dgone,
  AmIt still takes two to make a Ghouse a Dhome,
  AmI'm as lonesome as the GcataDcombs
  CI hear you call my name but no ones there,
  Except a D9feeling in the air,
  Cause, you and I both know that the house is haunted,
  Yeah you and I both know that the ghost is you,
  You should walk around screaming oh slamming all them doors,
  DWell I'm all grown up now I don't scare easy no more,
[Chorus]
  Cause, you and I Gboth know,Em  C  G  F#  
  You and I Gboth know, EmoohC,G  F#  
  You and I Gboth know, EmoohC,G  F#  
  You and I Gboth know, EmoohC,G  
  Oooh.

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Dearly Departed

by Shakey Graves

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

You'll notice he plays many of the chords very loosely and will sometimes substitute the G for Gm during the

verses, etc.

355433

244322

022000

x02210

x32010

320000

xx0232

[Intro]

G F#

Oooh,

G F#

Oooh,

G Em C G F#

Oooh,

G Em C G F#

Oooh,

[Chorus]

Well,

G Em C G F#

You and I both know that the house is haunted,

G Em C G F#

And you and I both know that the ghost is me,

G Em C G F#

Used to catch me in your bedsheets just rattling your chains,

Well back then baby it didn't seem so strange,

[Verse]

D C G F# G

You used to bite I used to moan,

D C G F# G

But now you mumble and I choke,

D C G F# G

Now I aint so scary on my own,

Tell me honey what's a dagger without a cloak,

I don't know,

[Chorus]

Cause,

G Em C G F#

You and I both know that the house is haunted,

G Em C G F#

And you and I both know that the ghost is me,

G Em C G F#

Used to catch me in your bedsheets just rattling your chains,

Well back then baby it didn't seem so strange,

[Verse]

D C G F# G

In the midnight hour you came alive,

D C G F# G

I had to go get my crystal ball,

Gotta find that snake,

D C G

When the sun came up we couldn't find no place to hide,

And you had to tell your friends that my fangs were fake, I had to,

F# G

That's so messed up,

[Chorus]

Cause,

G Em C G F#

You and I both know that the house is haunted,

G Em C G F#

And you and I both know that the ghost is me,

G Em C G F#

Used to catch me in your bedsheets just rattling your chains,

Well back then baby it didn't seem so strange,

[Bridge]

Am G D

But even when one is dead and gone,

Am G D

It still takes two to make a house a home,

Am G D

I'm as lonesome as the catacombs

I hear you call my name but no ones there,

Except a feeling in the air,

Cause, you and I both know that the house is haunted,

Yeah you and I both know that the ghost is you,

You should walk around screaming oh slamming all them doors,

Well I'm all grown up now I don't scare easy no more,

[Chorus]

G Em C G F#

Cause, you and I both know,

G Em C G F#

You and I both know, ooh,

G Em C G F#

You and I both know, ooh,

G Em C G

You and I both know, ooh,

Oooh.

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