McGuinness Flint
“When I’m Dead And Gone”
Chords:
Mandolin:
E 2 3 0
A 0 2 0
D 0 0 2
G 2 0 2
Guitar:
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:
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-|
Oh I love you baby. I love you night and day.
When I leave you baby. Don't cry the night away.
When I die don't you write. No words upon my tomb.
I don't believe I want to leave no epitaph of doom.
Oh oh oh oh. When I'm dead and gone
I want to leave some happy woman living on.
Oh oh oh oh. When I'm dead and gone
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)
Oh my Melinda, she's out to get my hide.
She's got a shotgun and her daughter by her side.
Hey there ladies. Johnson's free.
Who's got the love, who's got enough to keep a man like me?
Oh oh oh oh. When I'm dead and gone
I want to leave some happy woman living on.
Oh oh oh oh. When I'm dead and gone
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)
Oh oh oh oh. When I'm dead and gone
I want to leave some happy woman living on.
Oh oh oh oh. When I'm dead and gone
Don't want nobody to mourn beside my grave.
Outro:
D / / / G / A / (repeat & fade – or end on D)
Ooh la la la