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DEAD
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(6/8 time)

 E                   A         B         E                   A         B
 I    re-  turned a  bag  of   groceries ac-  ci-  dent-ly   ta-  ken  off  the
 
 E                   A         B         E      E     (B [last time through])
 shelf be- fore the  ex-  pi-  ra-  tion date
 
 E(E-D)             A(C#)        B         E(E-D)           A(C#)       B
 I    came back as a bag  of   groceries ac-  ci-  dent-ly   ta-  ken  off  the
 
 E(E-D)              A(C#)        B         E          E7
 shelf be- fore the  date stamped on my- self
  
 A                        A(G#)      F#m                          E
did a large  proces- sion wave their tor- ches as  my   head fell in   the
 
 A                                       B                   B7
 bas- ket    and was every-    bo-  dy   dan- cing on   the  cas-      ket
 

   E                   A                   F#m      A          B
  now it's over  I'm dead and I haven't  done anything that I want   or   I'm
 
 E       A                F#m      D        E  A B
 still alive and there's nothing I want to do
 
 
 A                   A(G#)                   B                   B (A)
 So   I    won't     sit  at   home      any-      more      and  you  won't
 
 E (G#)                  B                  A                   A(G#)
 See  my   head in   the  win- dow       and  I    won't     be   a-   round
 
 B                   B(A)                  E                    A
 Ever      any-      more and  I'll be   up   there on  the  wall      at   the
 
 B                   B7
 store

        E    A                 F#m      D      E
End:  Still alive and there's nothing I want to do


(chords updated/fixed by Jordan Cooper, HALLOFEYES@AOL.COM because they were wrong.
Also added bass notes (in parenthesis) Linnell plays on keyboard.
Also finally figured out bridge section!  I think!)