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When Im Dead And Gone

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Dmajor
90BPM
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The chords in brackets are an additional option
reflecting the descending mandolin riff, and can be
on the G chord if you don't want to add the riff.
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D = xx0232 (G5) = xx0033 A = x02220
G = 320033 (GM7) = xx0032 Bm = x24432
(G6) = xx0030
[Intro]
D   G(G5)(GM7)(G6)
| / / / / | / / /__/_/ /_/_/_/ |
D   G(G5)(GM7)(G6)
| / / / / | / / /__/_/ /_/_/_/ |
[Verse 1]
DOh, I love you baby,
G(G5)(GM7)(G6)
I love you night and day,
DWhen I leave you, baby,
G(G5)(GM7)(G6) D  
Don't cry the night away, when I die...
D   G(G5)(GM7)(G6)
Don't you write no words upon my tomb,
I Ddon't believe I want to leave...
G(G5)(GM7)(G6)
No epitaph of doom
[Chorus]
D   A   Bm   G(G5)(GM7)
Woh, hoh- oo, oh, when I'm dead and gone,
(G6) D   A   D   G  A  
I wanna leave some happy woman living on,
D   A   Bm   G(G5)(GM7)
Woh, hoh- oo, oh, when I'm dead and gone,
(G6) D   A   G  D  
Don't want nobody to mourn beside my grave------!
[Verse 2]
DOld Mama Linda,
G(G5)(GM7)(G6)
She's out to get my hide,
DShe's got a shotgun,
G(G5)(GM7)(G6)
And her daughter by her side,
D   G(G5)(GM7)(G6)
Hey, there ladies, ...Johnson's free,
DWho's got the love? Who's got enough...
G(G5)(GM7)(G6)
To keep a man like me?
[Chorus]
D   A   Bm   G(G5)(GM7)
Woh, hoh- oo, oh, when I'm dead and gone,
(G6) D   A   D   G  A  
I wanna leave some happy woman living on,
D   A   Bm   G(G5)(GM7)
Woh, hoh- oo, oh, when I'm dead and gone,
(G6) D   A   G  D  
Don't want nobody to mourn beside my grave------!
[Dobro and Kazoo break]
D   G(G5)(GM7)(G6)
| / / / / | / / /__/_/ /_/_/_/ |
D   G(G5)(GM7)(G6)
| / / / / | / / /__/_/ /_/_/_/ |
D   G(G5)(GM7)(G6)
| / / / / | / / /__/_/ /_/_/_/ |
D   G(G5)(GM7)(G6)
| / / / / | / / /__/_/ /_/_/_/ |
[Chorus]
D   A   Bm   G(G5)(GM7)
Woh, hoh- oo, oh, when I'm dead and gone,
(G6) D   A   D   G  A  
Don't want nobody to mourn beside my grave, ...hey--!
D   A   Bm   G(G5) (GM7)
Woh, hoh- oo, oh, when I'm dead and gone,
(When I'm dead...)
(G6) D   A   G  D  
Don't want nobody to mourn beside my grave-----!
(...and gone! Don't want nobody to mourn-----!)
[Break]
| D/ / / / | G/ / A/ / | D/ / / / | G/ / A/ / |
| D/ / / / | G/ / A/ / | D/ / / / | G/ / A/ / |
[Coda]
DOo - lah, nah - nah! GHey, Aey - ey!
DOo - lah, nah - nah! GHey, Aey - ey!
DOo - lah, nah - nah! GHey, Aey - ey!
DOo - lah, nah - nah! GHey, Aey - ey!
[Suggestion for ending]
D   G(G5) (GM7)(G6) D  
| / / / / | / / /__/_/ /_/_/_/ | / ||
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