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DEAD FOR LOVE - The Libertines
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Chords used:
Bm: x24432, Bm/Bb: X14321, B: x24442, G: 355433, F#: 244322, F: 133211, D: x00232
Em: 022000, Em7: 020000
I don't know if the name of Bm/Bb is correct, but that's how I play the chord.
I'm not entirely sure of the intro, but here's a try:
Bm - Bm/Bb - ?
e|----------------13-12---|
B|----------------14-11---|
G|------------------------|
D|------------------------|
A|------------------------|
E|------------------------|
Bm G
The only rule to stay alive
Bm G
Just keep breathing you’ll be fine
Bm G
You know she’s pulling up outside
Bm G F#
The car lights crawl across the curtain
Bm G
So put the gun back on the wall
Bm G
Take the suitcase from the wardrobe
Bm G
There’s a dead man on the floor
Bm
He’s not going anywhere
G F#
You’re moving to the door
B G
And everything he ever did
F# B
He only ever did for love
B G
And everything he ever said
F# B
Was only ever said for love
G
And now, now he lies dead,
F# B
He’s dead for love
G F#
His mind’s at ease, he sleeps in peace
Bm G
Your reflection in her eyes
Bm G
You just don’t recognise
Bm G
And soon you’ll realise
Bm G F#
This guy’s not going anywhere
Bm G
Now he’s done with you once more
Bm G
Race with the shadows to the door
Bm G
A guy like this needs to be sure
Bm G F#
No one was there when the devil rode out before
B G
And everything he ever did
F# B
He only ever did for love
B G
And everything he ever said
F# B
He only ever said for love
G
And now, now he lies dead,
F# B
Oh, he’s dead for love
G F#
His mind’s at ease, he sleeps in peace
Bm
And in the shadows you will walk tall
Bm/Bb
And there you’ll stay until you fall
D
And when the final hour arrives
Em
It’s only lovers left alive
Em7
Wretched souls and gangsters’ molls
B
Beyond the valley of the dolls
F# F F# F F#
The story they will never tell
F F# F F# F F# F F# F ----Not exactly sure how many of this, just hear the song
Because their lips are sealed
B G
And everything you ever did
F# B
You only ever did for love
B G
And everything you ever said
F# B
You only ever said for love
G
And now, now he lies dead,
F# B
He’s dead for love
G F#
Your mind’s at ease, you sleep in peace (Repeat last chorus twice)
