Tuning: Standard - Capo 2nd
Strumming Patterns:
 Verse- down, up, down up,   up, down, up,
 Chorus- down, up, down, up,  up, down, up,  up, down, up,  up, down, up

Right after you strum D4 twice (down, up) you switch to D and same with Em7 to Em

Verse:


G         D4   D                   Em7 Em    C9        
There's a funeral procession on the highway,
G       D4  D        Em7 Em    C9
Traffic screeches to a halt.
G              D4 D          Em7 Em    C9
There's people searching for a better way,
              G   D4 D Em7  C9
To live their lives.
G      D4 D                   Em7 Em    C9      
Johnny lived a good life, you'll hear them say
G           D4 D          Em7 Em    C9
As tears of sadness soak the ground.
G          D4 D            Em7 Em    C9
The reaper crept in, took his breath away,
                     G   D4 D Em7 Em C9
In the middle of the night.

[Chorus:]
Em                               C
We celebrate the lives of the dead,
                       G                           D/F
It's like a man's best party, only happens when he dies.
Em                                C
We gather 'round to pay our respects,
            G                                  D/F
While their souls are still searching for the light,
                           (BACK TO VERSE CHORDS)
Searching for the light.

Verse:

G               D4 D           Em7 Em    C9
So please don't come to me on my dying day,
G          D4 D Em7 C9
Just let me go in peace.
G            D4 D        Em7 Em    C9
With all the things that I forgot to say,
                       G  D4 D Em7 Em C9
Still racing through my mind.
G           D4 D            Em7 Em    C9
And don't you bury me six feet under ground,
G         D4 D      Em7 Em    C9
Just burn my body in a box.
G          D4 D Em7 Em        C9
And let my ashes blow with the wind,
             G  D4 D Em7 Em C9
Out into the night.... sky.


Chorus:

Em                               C
We celebrate the lives of the dead,
                       G                           D/F
It's like a man's best party, only happens when he dies.
Em                                C
We gather 'round to pay our respects,
            G                                  D/F
While their souls are still searching for the light,
                           (BACK TO VERSE CHORDS)
Searching for the light.