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[Intro]
G
[Verse 1]
  GAfterlEmife, D6oh my God, what an awful wordG  
After all the Bmbreath, and the dirt, and the Afires are burntG  
And after all this Emtime, and D6after all the ambulances goG  
And after all the Bmhangers-on are done hanging on to the Adead light of the afterglow
N.C.
I've gotta know
[Chorus]
Can we wGmaj7ork it out?Em9  
Scream and sD6hout till we work it out?
Gmaj7Can we just wBmork it out?
Scream and sD6hout till we work it out?
Till we wGmaj7ork it outF#  Bm  
Till we wGmaj7ork it outF#  Bm  A6  
[Verse 2]
  GAfterlEmife, I D6think I saw what happens nextG  
Oh, it was just a gBmlimpse of you, like looking through a Awindow, or a shallow sea
ACould you see me?G  
And after all this tEmime
It's like D6nothing else we used to knowG  
And after all the Bmhangers-on are done hanging on to the Adead light of the afterglow
N.C.
I've gotta know
[Chorus]
Can we wGmaj7ork it out?Em9  
Scream and sD6hout till we work it out?
Gmaj7Can we just wBmork it out?
Scream and sD6hout till we work it out?
[Bridge]
D6But you say "Gmaj7ooh,F#  
When lBmove is gone
BmWhere do we go, where dGmaj7o we go?"
Gmaj7"Ooh,F#  
When lBmove is gone
Where do we go?Gmaj7  F#  
(Where Bmdo we go?)
(Where Gmaj7do we go, oF#h)Bm  
(Where do we Gmaj7go?)F#  
(Where Bmdo we go?)
(Where Gmaj7do we go, oF#h)Bm  
[Outro]
  GWhen love is Em7gone, where does it D6go?
  GWhere does it Bsus4go, where do we F#m7go?

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Afterlife

by Sir Sly

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Gmaj7

Em9

Em7

Bsus4

F#m7

[Intro]

[Verse 1]

G Em D6 G

Afterlife, oh my God, what an awful word

Bm A G

After all the breath, and the dirt, and the fires are burnt

Em D6 G

And after all this time, and after all the ambulances go

Bm A

And after all the hangers-on are done hanging on to the dead light of the afterglow

N.C.

I've gotta know

[Chorus]

Gmaj7 Em9

Can we work it out?

Scream and shout till we work it out?

Gmaj7 Bm

Can we just work it out?

Scream and shout till we work it out?

Gmaj7 F# Bm

Till we work it out

Gmaj7 F# Bm A6

Till we work it out

[Verse 2]

G Em D6 G

Afterlife, I think I saw what happens next

Bm A

Oh, it was just a glimpse of you, like looking through a window, or a shallow sea

A G

Could you see me?

And after all this time

D6 G

It's like nothing else we used to know

Bm A

And after all the hangers-on are done hanging on to the dead light of the afterglow

N.C.

I've gotta know

[Chorus]

Gmaj7 Em9

Can we work it out?

Scream and shout till we work it out?

Gmaj7 Bm

Can we just work it out?

Scream and shout till we work it out?

[Bridge]

D6 Gmaj7 F#

But you say "ooh,

When love is gone

Bm Gmaj7

Where do we go, where do we go?"

Gmaj7 F#

"Ooh,

When love is gone

Gmaj7 F#

Where do we go?

(Where do we go?)

Gmaj7 F# Bm

(Where do we go, oh)

Gmaj7 F#

(Where do we go?)

Gmaj7 F# Bm

(Where do we go, oh)

[Outro]

G Em7 D6

When love is gone, where does it go?

G Bsus4 F#m7

Where does it go, where do we go?

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