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Living Will Get You Dead

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4/4
Standard Tuning
Intro/Verse
Eall alone Aagain
Ehe woke up Ascreaming here
Ehe needs more Aoxygen to Bbreathe
(B)                 A  E  
help him up hold him down
Elike a freighAt train
Eit's bearing Adown again
Ehe's got holy Awater in his Blungs
help him Aup
Chorus
F#mif that's how it's gonna beA  
Ewake me up Bwake me up
F#mpump me full of meAds
Edon't let me Bdrink from that cup
F#mslide a little piAll down my thEroat
iB'll try to keep it F#mdown
Aor pull my plug and don't be Bfrightened by the sound
Pre-verse
E  A  E  A  E  A  B  A
Verse
Eseventy and Aten
Eoutlived the Abest of men
Ehe wants to Asee his little Bkids again
Ahelp him up
Ebut in all Ahis years
Ethe pain's never Abeen this severe
Enow he's Aspiraling in Bfear
Ahold him down
Chorus
F#mif that's how it's gonna beA  
Ewake me up Bwake me up
F#mpump me full of meAds
Edon't let me Bdrink from that cup
F#mslide a little piAll down my thEroat
iB'll try to keep it F#mdown
Aor pull my plug and don't be Bfrightened by the sound
Solo
E...E 
E E B A
E E B A
C# B E A
E E B A
Chorus
F#mif that's how it's gonna beA  
Ewake me up Bwake me up
F#mpump me full of meAds
Edon't let me Bdrink from that cup
F#mslide a little piAll down my thEroat
iB'll try to keep it F#mdown
Aor pull my plug and don't be Bfrightened by the sound
Aor pull my plug and don't be Bfrightened by the sound
(End on E)

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Living Will Get You Dead

by The Loved Ones

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

F#m

4/4

Standard Tuning

Intro/Verse

E A

all alone again

E A

he woke up screaming here

E A B

he needs more oxygen to breathe

A E

(B)

help him up hold him down

E A

like a freight train

E A

it's bearing down again

E A B

he's got holy water in his lungs

help him up

Chorus

F#m A

if that's how it's gonna be

E B

wake me up wake me up

F#m A

pump me full of meds

E B

don't let me drink from that cup

F#m A E

slide a little pill down my throat

B F#m

i'll try to keep it down

A B

or pull my plug and don't be frightened by the sound

Pre-verse

E A E A E A B A

Verse

E A

seventy and ten

E A

outlived the best of men

E A B

he wants to see his little kids again

help him up

E A

but in all his years

E A

the pain's never been this severe

E A B

now he's spiraling in fear

hold him down

Chorus

F#m A

if that's how it's gonna be

E B

wake me up wake me up

F#m A

pump me full of meds

E B

don't let me drink from that cup

F#m A E

slide a little pill down my throat

B F#m

i'll try to keep it down

A B

or pull my plug and don't be frightened by the sound

Solo

E...E

E E B A

C# B E A

E E B A

Chorus

F#m A

if that's how it's gonna be

E B

wake me up wake me up

F#m A

pump me full of meds

E B

don't let me drink from that cup

F#m A E

slide a little pill down my throat

B F#m

i'll try to keep it down

A B

or pull my plug and don't be frightened by the sound

A B

or pull my plug and don't be frightened by the sound

(End on E)

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