xMcGuinness Flint “When I’m Dead And Gone” Chords: Mandolin: D G A E 2 3 0 A 0 2 0 D 0 0 2 G 2 0 2 Guitar: D G A E 2 3 0 B 3 3 2 G 2 0 2 D 0 0 2 A x 2 0 E x 3 x Intro: D G D G Intro fill: At the end of the G, on the top string, run down (this also repeats through the verse): Guitar: E: 3-3-3---2---0-| B: 3-3-3---3---3-| G: 0-0-0---0---0-| D: 0-0-0---0---0-| Mandolin: E: 3-3-3---2---0-| A: 2-2-2---2---0-| D: 0-0-0---0---0-| G: 0-0-0---0---0-| D G Oh I love you baby. I love you night and day. D G When I leave you baby. Don't cry the night away. D G When I die don't you write. No words upon my tomb. D G I don't believe I want to leave no epitaph of doom. D A D G Oh oh oh oh. When I'm dead and gone D A D G A I want to leave some happy woman living on. D A D G Oh oh oh oh. When I'm dead and gone D A G D don't want nobody to mourn beside my grave. (note – at the end of the first chorus couplet, G->A progression is much quicker than other changes – same as in the outro) D G Oh my Melinda, she's out to get my hide. D G She's got a shotgun and her daughter by her side. D G Hey there ladies. Johnson's free. D G Who's got the love, who's got enough to keep a man like me? D A D G Oh oh oh oh. When I'm dead and gone D A D G A I want to leave some happy woman living on. D A D G Oh oh oh oh. When I'm dead and gone D A G D Don't want nobody to mourn beside my grave. Instrumental / solo (to play this, you need a kazoo and to forget how to play the guitar – otherwise, twiddling on the D pentatonic suffices) D A D G Oh oh oh oh. When I'm dead and gone D A D G A I want to leave some happy woman living on. D A D G Oh oh oh oh. When I'm dead and gone D A G D Don't want nobody to mourn beside my grave. Outro: D / / / G / A / (repeat & fade – or end on D) Ooh la la la
