GRATEFUL WHEN YOU'RE DEAD

Intro/Verse:

          G
e -------------------------------------------
B -------------------------------------0-----
G -------------------------------------0--3--  x4 as intro
D ----------------8-10~-------------------2--  without chords
A -----------8-10------------8-10---------3--
E ---x-x-/10-------------/10------8\3~-------

I'm painting, I paint a picture in your mind
If you're driving roads to suicide, I know you can sympathise

PRE-CHORUS:

        G         C                       G              C
If your love is a cheatin', and if you're blinded by the pain

     G            C           G             C
Your honeymoon in summer is a picnic in the rain


CHORUS:

          Bb                         A      Ab 
You'll be grateful when you're dead___              [repeat]

Bb      C        C#      C
Ba, ba, ba_____  ba, ba, ba_____                    [repeat]


[Play Verse 2, Pre-chorus and Chorus]

[Play Solo]

[Play Intro/Verse riff two times and repeat Chorus]


END:

This progression is played at the end along the chords:

e ---------------
B --1------------
G ---------------
D ---------------
A ----3-4-5-6-7--
E ---------------

End on this:

C Bb C C# C Bb G


VERSE/PRE-CHORUS/CHORUS 2's LYRICS:

I'm shaking, I shake the spear before your eyes
Well, if you know your history, You will read between the lines
If you're waiting for a vision, to illuminate your mind
To leave this world of misery, oh leave it all behind
You'll be grateful when your dead...



GRATEFUL WHEN YOU'RE DEAD

[0:17] - indicates time riff/chords should be played according to CD

(barre chords)

A#  - 688766
A   - 577655
G#  - 466544 
Gm7 - 353333
C   - 335553

(riff) played during verse and intro ([0:00] -> [0:17])

e -----------------------
B -----------------------
G ------3----------------
D --3-5---5~----3-5------
A -----------------3-----
E -------------------3~--

(verse) ([0:17] - [0:41])

Gm7
I'm painting,
(riff)
I paint a picture in your mind,

If you're driving roads to suicide,
(riff)
I know you can sympathise.
Gm7         C   (N.B. strum Gm7 2x)
If your love is a cheatin'
Gm7      C (N.B. strum Gm7 2x)
and if you're blinded by the pain,
Gm7   C   Gm7     C (N.B. strum Gm7 2x)
Your honeymoon in summer is a picnic in the rain

(chorus) ([0:41] -> [0:58] and [1:22] -> [1:39] and [2:03] -> [2:26])
A#    A    G#
You'll be grateful when you're dead
A#   A  G#  
grateful when you're dead,


Gm7 Gm7 C
Ba  ba  ba (x4)  (N.B Strum each chord once on each 'ba')

2nd Verse ([0:58] - [1:22])

Gm7
I'm shaking,
(riff)
I shake the spear before your eyes,

well if you know your history,
(riff)
you will read between the lines.
Gm7            C (N.B. strum Gm7 2x)
If your waiting for a vision
Gm7    C
to illuminate your mind,
Gm7 C         Gm7        C  (N.B. strum Gm7 2x)
To leave this world of misery, oh leave it all behind. 

Thanks to: Nigel Martin - ma71nm@surrey.ac.uk