Dead Man Walking

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The music video shows the guitarist playing with the capo on the 7th fret.
Use light palm muting.
CAPO 7
[Hook A]
A D
Call my doctor, call my lawyer
A Bm7
Call my brother, call my priest
A D
There's paperwork to fill out
G G
Cause a dead man walks the streets
A D
Cause my sister has a best friend
A Bm7
That I've known since I was three
A D
And now I'm gon' get strangled
G G
Cause we tangled in the sheets
[Hook B]
A D A Bm7
My homies like "dead man, dead man walking"
A D G G
My homies like "you a dead man, dead man walking"
[Verse 1]
A D A Bm7
Beautiful family friend is she
A D G G
Almost a decade older than me
A D A Bm7
And I've been gone for quite a while overseas, yeah...
A D G G
And she's been living up in Albany
A D
Then I had two shows I played up state
A Bm7
She came to show love and see my face
A D
Then we got drinks and we chilled like "hey"
G
-
And then from there it was, you know it was like.
[Hook A]
A D
Call my doctor, call my lawyer
A Bm7
Call my brother, call my priest
A D
There's paperwork to fill out
G G
Cause a dead man walks the streets
A D
Cause my sister has a best friend
A Bm7
That I've known since I was three
A D
And now I'm gon' get strangled
G G
Cause we tangled in the sheets
[Hook B]
A D A Bm7
My homies like "dead man, dead man walking"
A D G G
My homies like "you a dead man, dead man walking"
A D A Bm7
My homies like "dead man, dead man walking"
A D G G
My homies like "you a dead man, dead man walking"
[Verse 2]
A
Now she's like "Damn!
D A
How did we let this happen, damn!
Bm7 A
How did we end up in this bed then?"
D
I said "relax" and laughed like
G G
"This would be a pretty dope song."
A D
She's like "no, I swear to God I'll kill you
A Bm7
No, I really will just take your life
A D
No, don't even think about it
G G
But that would be a pretty dope song."
A D
So I came home and I called my friends
A Bm7
Then we got smacked and I wrote this jam
A D
I know for a fact that I'm gonna be dead
G
-
It's over, My life is dead ass over.
[Hook A]
A D
Call my doctor, call my lawyer
A Bm7
Call my brother, call my priest
A D
There's paperwork to fill out
G G
Cause a dead man walks the streets
A D
Cause my sister has a best friend
A Bm7
That I've known since I was three
A D
And now I'm gon' get strangled
G G
Cause we tangled in the sheets
[Hook B]
A D A Bm7
My homies like "dead man, dead man walking"
A D G G
My homies like "you a dead man, dead man walking"
A D A Bm7
My homies like "dead man, dead man walking"
A D G G
My homies like "you a dead man, dead man walking"

Dead Man Walking chords and lyrics

Free chords for Dead Man Walking by Jon Bellion. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.

The music video shows the guitarist playing with the capo on the 7th fret.
Use light palm muting.
CAPO 7
[Hook A]
[Hook B]
[Verse 1]
[Hook A]
[Hook B]
[Verse 2]
[Hook A]
[Hook B]

Dead Man Walking Chords by Jon Bellion

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