The titular song of the Song of a Dead Man EP
It is played half-step down in the recorded version, though I know he has played regular tuning for live
performances.
Sorry if some of the lyrics are not 100%--I tried my best!
Anyways, please rate/comment :)
Intro: Am D Am D
Am D
He came to the light of the sun in ‘55
Am D
The time when a man would look you in the eyes
Am
And now he lay by the lady who he gave his name
D
through the winds of the winter and the summer rain
Am D
But alive in the only way it really means to be
F Em Am
Now come on, black rider, won’t you ride along with me
Am D Am D
Am D
He came to the people in the year I came to be
Am D
And sang hallelujah ‘till he sank into the sea
Am
And now he lay in a corner where nobody knows,
D
where the graze is so fallow anywhere he goes
Am D
And alive in the only way it really means to be
F Em Am
Now come on, holy rider, won’t you sing along with me
F Am
See there’s a hurry that don’t wait up for the fool who’s taking time
F Am
And there’s a fury that don’t let up for the ruler in the sky
F Am C
And there’s something I don’t quite understand
F Em Am
Oh there’s something about the song of a dead man
Am D Am D
Am D
It’s strange how the living don’t seem to live at all
Am D
A ghost has a way of making all of this seem small
Am
And now I lay in the shadow of the ones who shone
D
like a flame in the night of a long ago
Am D
But alive with a heartbeat beating away indeed
F Em Am
And now come on, versifier, don’t you put that fire on me
F Em Am
Say come on, versifier, don’t you put that fire on me
F Am
See there’s a hurry that don’t wait up for the fool who’s taking time
F Am
And there’s a fury that don’t let up for the ruler in the sky
F Am C
And there’s something I don’t quite understand
F Em Am Am
Oh there’s something about the song of a dead man
G Am
Ooohhhh where did he go?
G F
Ooohhhh above or below
G Am
Ooohhhh maybe between
G F C
Ooohhhh whatever that means
F Am
See there’s a hurry that don’t wait up for the fool who’s taking time
F Am
And there’s a fury that don’t let up for the ruler in the sky
F Am C
And there’s something I don’t quite understand
F Em Am
Oh there’s something about the song of a dead man
F Em Am C
Oh there’s something about the song of a dead man
F Em Am
Oh there’s something about the song of a dead man
