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Threw this together real quick after watching his live radio performance.. 
His tempo changes here and there, check out a couple different live versions to get the feel. Thanks!
[Verse]
CChose an easy rhyme to fill these moments of your time
I tried to keep between the line, looking forward and behind
I studied highway archeology, poetry and rhythm
As I'm tapping in the forniac this moment of expression
It's Gevolving and dissolving, connecting and Fmaj7exploding,
BCuilding up and then eroding
ItG's the end and I keep rolling
I Fplayed a skinny, skinny indie white boy blues in a scuffed up military styCle shoes
I'm Fa convenient store connoisseur
On a broFmaj7ken shoestring budget tGour
FClap or float, just barley float
Sing it fast and now get them all
Get no one knows success
It's soon forgotten, put to rest
Crossed the country a million times
Trillion roads, gazillion signs
A re-enactment is this life
These words are just a bite from all those heroes that I heardG  
Fmaj7Just paraphrasing words. To Cleave behind a song,
A reG-enactment of a song
[Chorus]
CHey I'm in love Amwith this living and Gthe deadC  
CHey I'm in love Amwith the living and Gthe deadC  
Living and the dead
I'm in love with a lover whose dead
[Verse]
CI've seen some highs and lows
I've seen those Akron’s and Toledo's.
And you know we’ve done some shows, not a single person goes.
Driven fourteen hours
Just to play into the sound guys
He's reading his book
You’ve got to suck it up and try
Some bartGender's playing on that mega touch machineFmaj7  
CHearing on her long fingernails tapping on that sGcreen
And it's a cold Fbleak night as the poles bleeding light
CDetroit's abandoned, no casinos in my sights.
FI Got to kill my time, I’m a ghost out on these streets.
CI'll be sleeping in my truck tonight
And not sGleeping in your ice cold sheets
CCause I got a scrambled heart, it's a little over cooked
Got a novel full of wishes missing from your book
There's no insurance in this life
No protection from the night
Too many rules and no direction
You walk under a knife
It's just this tempGorality, of creating Fmaj7fleeting moments
If your lackCing in permanent
You better make your moment potent aGh ugh
[Chorus]
CHey I'm in love Amwith this living and Gthe deadC  
CHey I'm in love Amwith the living and Gthe dyingC  
CHey I'm in love Amwith the living and Gthe deadC  
CHey I'm in love Amwith the living and Gthe dyingC  
Living and the dead
I'm in love with the living and the dead
Living and the dead
I'm in love with a lover whose dead

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Living And The Dead

by David Dondero

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Fmaj7

Threw this together real quick after watching his live radio performance..

His tempo changes here and there, check out a couple different live versions to get the feel. Thanks!

[Verse]

Chose an easy rhyme to fill these moments of your time

I tried to keep between the line, looking forward and behind

I studied highway archeology, poetry and rhythm

As I'm tapping in the forniac this moment of expression

G Fmaj7

It's evolving and dissolving, connecting and exploding,

Building up and then eroding

It's the end and I keep rolling

F C

I played a skinny, skinny indie white boy blues in a scuffed up military style shoes

I'm a convenient store connoisseur

Fmaj7 G

On a broken shoestring budget tour

Flap or float, just barley float

Sing it fast and now get them all

Get no one knows success

It's soon forgotten, put to rest

Crossed the country a million times

Trillion roads, gazillion signs

A re-enactment is this life

These words are just a bite from all those heroes that I heard

Fmaj7 C

Just paraphrasing words. To leave behind a song,

A re-enactment of a song

[Chorus]

C Am G C

Hey I'm in love with this living and the dead

C Am G C

Hey I'm in love with the living and the dead

Living and the dead

I'm in love with a lover whose dead

[Verse]

I've seen some highs and lows

I've seen those Akron’s and Toledo's.

And you know we’ve done some shows, not a single person goes.

Driven fourteen hours

Just to play into the sound guys

He's reading his book

You’ve got to suck it up and try

G Fmaj7

Some bartender's playing on that mega touch machine

C G

Hearing on her long fingernails tapping on that screen

And it's a cold bleak night as the poles bleeding light

Detroit's abandoned, no casinos in my sights.

I Got to kill my time, I’m a ghost out on these streets.

I'll be sleeping in my truck tonight

And not sleeping in your ice cold sheets

Cause I got a scrambled heart, it's a little over cooked

Got a novel full of wishes missing from your book

There's no insurance in this life

No protection from the night

Too many rules and no direction

You walk under a knife

G Fmaj7

It's just this temporality, of creating fleeting moments

If your lacking in permanent

You better make your moment potent ah ugh

[Chorus]

C Am G C

Hey I'm in love with this living and the dead

C Am G C

Hey I'm in love with the living and the dying

C Am G C

Hey I'm in love with the living and the dead

C Am G C

Hey I'm in love with the living and the dying

Living and the dead

I'm in love with the living and the dead

Living and the dead

I'm in love with a lover whose dead

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