This is 'The Dead Girl', track 4 from Matthew Ryan's "May Day". It's in standard tuning
with capo on the 1st fret.
Intro: C, C/B, Em (x4) C, C/B
Verse 1:
[D]The dead girl mopes through a[G] dead scene
[D]With a cross-stitched lip she's picking at th[C]e seams
[D]She's got bravado she says she's been
[G]Featured in [G/F#]a few ma[Em]gazines
[Am]Ahh, A[D]hh
Interlude: C, C/B, Em (x2) C, C/B
Verse 2:
[D]Now outside the bar Hank is straddling a[G] police car
[D]His fingers are purple and numb from circling a[C] crowbar
[D]Well twenty-four years have made it clear
That[G] things ain'[G/F#]t ever what they a[Em]ppear
[Am]No [D]no
He says
Chorus:
[G]I won't [D]be going easily
[Am]No I won[C/B]'t [D]be goin[C]g lightly
[G]And I won't [D]be going peacefully
[Am]No I won?[C/B]?t b[D]e goin[C]g innocently
Interlude: C, C/B, Em (x4) C, C/B
Verse 3:
[D]A sweet drink spiked with a [G]speed-ball
[D]A twenty-foot ladder and a ninety-fo[C]ot wall
[D]Dark shadows are gathering and[G] swaggering
[G/F#]Down the[Em] hall
[Am]Ahh, [D]Ahh
And I know
Chorus:
[G]I won't [D]be going easily
[Am]I won[C/B]'t [D]be goin[C]g lightly
[G]And I won't [D]be going peacefully
[Am]No I won?[C/B]?t b[D]e goin[C]g cleanly
Outro: C, C/B, Em
with capo on the 1st fret.
Intro: C, C/B, Em (x4) C, C/B
Verse 1:
[D]The dead girl mopes through a[G] dead scene
[D]With a cross-stitched lip she's picking at th[C]e seams
[D]She's got bravado she says she's been
[G]Featured in [G/F#]a few ma[Em]gazines
[Am]Ahh, A[D]hh
Interlude: C, C/B, Em (x2) C, C/B
Verse 2:
[D]Now outside the bar Hank is straddling a[G] police car
[D]His fingers are purple and numb from circling a[C] crowbar
[D]Well twenty-four years have made it clear
That[G] things ain'[G/F#]t ever what they a[Em]ppear
[Am]No [D]no
He says
Chorus:
[G]I won't [D]be going easily
[Am]No I won[C/B]'t [D]be goin[C]g lightly
[G]And I won't [D]be going peacefully
[Am]No I won?[C/B]?t b[D]e goin[C]g innocently
Interlude: C, C/B, Em (x4) C, C/B
Verse 3:
[D]A sweet drink spiked with a [G]speed-ball
[D]A twenty-foot ladder and a ninety-fo[C]ot wall
[D]Dark shadows are gathering and[G] swaggering
[G/F#]Down the[Em] hall
[Am]Ahh, [D]Ahh
And I know
Chorus:
[G]I won't [D]be going easily
[Am]I won[C/B]'t [D]be goin[C]g lightly
[G]And I won't [D]be going peacefully
[Am]No I won?[C/B]?t b[D]e goin[C]g cleanly
Outro: C, C/B, Em
