Well, this is the first time I figure out the chords for the song by myself so I
may be wrong. Anyway, there is no chord version for Dearly Departed on Ultimate
Guitar so I just want to start the discussion with these chords and if you have
any corrections, I'll gladly accept them. Also, I really apologize for my bad
English. Greetings to all the Young Guns' fans all over the world from Russia :D
Intro: D (Em) G (A) Bm (Em) G (x2)
Listen to the rhythm guitar in the song to figure out what I mean, you strum D,G
and Bm, chords Em and A are transitional, you strum them only once or you can skip
them, I put them in parantheses. Also, you can play E instead of Em, both sound
good to me :) Exactly the same for the chorus.
Verse 1:
Oh, dust and bon[D]es[(Em)]
Th[G]at I have left behind[(A)]
Are [Bm]monuments to th[A]ose I used to kn[G]ow
At l[Bm]east I know whe[A]re I am on my ow[G]n
Chorus (I play it slightly different from the intro, A instead of Em once but you
can play it exactly like the intro, sounds nice, you can still skip transitional
chords in parentheses, in chorus it's even better to do so, I think) :
I wanna be the [D]last thing that[(Em)] you s[G]ee[(A)]
[Bm] [(A)] [G]
Be my dearly departed
[D]Back to when[(Em)] you w[G]ere the on[(A)]ly th[Bm]ing[(A)]
I [G]need
Before I gave[D] uuu[(Em)]uuuuu[G]uuu[(A)]p, m[Bm]y dearl[(A)]y dep[G]arted
Gave uuu[D]uuuu[(Em)]uuuuu[G]uuuuu[(A)]p, my[Bm] dearly[(A)] depa[G]rted
Verse 2:
Your sticks and stones are all that I've ever known
I'm bruised but I'm not broken and I know
At least I know where I am on my own
Chorus:
I wanna be the last thing that you see
Be my dearly departed
Back to when you were the only thing
I need
Before I gave up, my dearly departed
Gave up, my dearly departed
Bridge:
[Bm]None of the pe[A]ople who t[D]ried to could m[G]ake me feel this way
I'll [A]gladly do my [Bm]time
[Bm]I found you, u[A]nbound you, and [D]tried to exp[G]lain the only way,
That [A]I knew how to[Bm] say
Chorus (play the intro/chorus chords until the end):
I wanna be the last thing that you see
Be my dearly departed
Back to when you were the only thing I need
I wanna be the last thing that you see
My dearly departed
I wanna be the last thing that you see
My dearly departed
I wanna be the last thing that you see
My dearly departed
I wanna be the last thing that you see
My dearly departed
End on A
may be wrong. Anyway, there is no chord version for Dearly Departed on Ultimate
Guitar so I just want to start the discussion with these chords and if you have
any corrections, I'll gladly accept them. Also, I really apologize for my bad
English. Greetings to all the Young Guns' fans all over the world from Russia :D
Intro: D (Em) G (A) Bm (Em) G (x2)
Listen to the rhythm guitar in the song to figure out what I mean, you strum D,G
and Bm, chords Em and A are transitional, you strum them only once or you can skip
them, I put them in parantheses. Also, you can play E instead of Em, both sound
good to me :) Exactly the same for the chorus.
Verse 1:
Oh, dust and bon[D]es[(Em)]
Th[G]at I have left behind[(A)]
Are [Bm]monuments to th[A]ose I used to kn[G]ow
At l[Bm]east I know whe[A]re I am on my ow[G]n
Chorus (I play it slightly different from the intro, A instead of Em once but you
can play it exactly like the intro, sounds nice, you can still skip transitional
chords in parentheses, in chorus it's even better to do so, I think) :
I wanna be the [D]last thing that[(Em)] you s[G]ee[(A)]
[Bm] [(A)] [G]
Be my dearly departed
[D]Back to when[(Em)] you w[G]ere the on[(A)]ly th[Bm]ing[(A)]
I [G]need
Before I gave[D] uuu[(Em)]uuuuu[G]uuu[(A)]p, m[Bm]y dearl[(A)]y dep[G]arted
Gave uuu[D]uuuu[(Em)]uuuuu[G]uuuuu[(A)]p, my[Bm] dearly[(A)] depa[G]rted
Verse 2:
Your sticks and stones are all that I've ever known
I'm bruised but I'm not broken and I know
At least I know where I am on my own
Chorus:
I wanna be the last thing that you see
Be my dearly departed
Back to when you were the only thing
I need
Before I gave up, my dearly departed
Gave up, my dearly departed
Bridge:
[Bm]None of the pe[A]ople who t[D]ried to could m[G]ake me feel this way
I'll [A]gladly do my [Bm]time
[Bm]I found you, u[A]nbound you, and [D]tried to exp[G]lain the only way,
That [A]I knew how to[Bm] say
Chorus (play the intro/chorus chords until the end):
I wanna be the last thing that you see
Be my dearly departed
Back to when you were the only thing I need
I wanna be the last thing that you see
My dearly departed
I wanna be the last thing that you see
My dearly departed
I wanna be the last thing that you see
My dearly departed
I wanna be the last thing that you see
My dearly departed
End on A
