Flogging Molly – May The Living Be Dead In Our Wake (Guitar)

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[Intro] D G Bm A D G D A D [Verse]
         D
Said her name was Marie

                       G
From the banks of the Lee

         Bm                             A
With the prettiest eyes my own had ever seen

      D
Her hair like ripples

                      G
They danced with the tide

        D                      A       D
As our hearts washed away to the sea

          D                       G
Was she sent down to me from the heavens above?

      D                          Bm
Her breath pure as whiskey, my heart fell in love

        D                           G
Now the devil is courtin' a different tune

         D                  A           D
And I laugh as the tears wash the rain
[Chorus]
        G                D
Tell me why no one's listenin'

        A                    D
Is there nothing at all left to say

        G                    D
In a world so unforgiving

           A                     Bm
You mean more to me each every day

G             D        A               D
So may the living be dead in our wake
D G D A D [Verse]
       D                                                 G
One cold winter's night behind the clouds stars did hide

        Bm                                       A
And the ghost of our souls thanking Christ we're alive

      D                                  G
Our spirits they crackled with lovers' first sight

        D               A                 D
Till the mornin' came fresh with a new

        D       G
Will you dance with me now, heaven's child, sang the clown

        D       Bm
We've nothing left to lose but your wings and my frown

        D                                 G
Where over the hills where the valleys will ring

        D          A            D
To the sound of our love singin' true
[Chorus]
        G                D
Tell me why no one's listenin'

        A                    D
Is there nothing at all left to say

        G                    D
In a world so unforgiving

           A                     Bm
You mean more to me each every day

G             D        A               D
So may the living be dead in our wake
[Bridge] D G Bm A D G D A D [Verse]
        Bm              A
But the summer sun is melting now

        G                    D
With the leaves I'll soon be gone

                  D                   A
Will you have the strength when the emptiness

          G
Shadows fall

        Bm              A
Or will your aching heart be ripped apart

G       D
By the beating from the storm

D       A       G
Or will howling gales like yesterdays be gone

A
Yeah, be gone... be gone
D G Bm A D G D A D
          D                       G
Was she sent down to me from the heavens above?

      D                          Bm
Her breath pure as whiskey, my heart fell in love

        D                           G
Now the devil is courtin' a different tune

         D                  A             D
And I laugh as the tears wash the rain
[Chorus]
        G                D
Tell me why no one's listenin'

        A                    D
Is there nothing at all left to say

        G                    D
In a world so unforgiving

           A                     Bm
You mean more to me each every day

G             D        A               D
So may the living be dead in our wake

        G                D
Tell me why no one's listenin'

        A                    D
Is there nothing at all left to say

        G                    D
In a world so unforgiving

           A                     Bm
You mean more to me each every day

G             D        A               D
So may the living be dead in our wake
[Outro] D G Bm A D G D A D