• Song:

    Dyin Man

  • Artist:

    Widespread Panic

Main Riff:
   /  /  /  /       /  /  /  /
 | --7------------- | --7------------- | 
 | --(b9)-----7-8-7-- | --(b9)------------ | 
 | --(b9)------------ | --(b9)-----6-7-6-- |   Play this anywhere
 | --(b9)------------ | --(b9)------------ |   you see an E
 | --7------------- | --7------------- | 
 | ---------------- | ---------------- | 
   E5                E5

Chorus:
E5
So long, baby since you've been gone
I'm a dyin' man, I'm a dyin' man

Verse 1:
A5
  Don't ever tell a dyin' man
                               E5
You never meant to shoot him down
A5
Yeah, don't do no good to tell a dyin' man
B5                  D5           E5
You never meant to shoot him down
     B5
Now, all my friends and relatives, they've been tellin' me
A5
  Don't come around, don't come around,
                     E5
Don't come around no more

   /      /     /     /      /  /
 | --------------------------------- | 
 | --------------------------------- | 
 | --------------------------------- |  > Main Riff
 | -----5-7-5-----5-7-5----5-7-5---- | 
 | ---7---------7--------7---------- | 
 | --------------------------------- | 
    A5

Each of the repeated riffs above correspond
to the three beats of the "don't come around" lyrics.

Verse 2:
Ever since the day you left this Earth
Can't keep a job, can't keep a job
Yeah, ever since the day you left this Earth
Can't keep a job, can't keep a job
A lot of people down at the agency been tellin' me
Don't come around, don't come around,
Don't come around no more

Chorus:
E5
So long, baby since you've been gone
I'm a dyin' man, I'm a dyin' man
A5
So long, baby since you've been gone
      E5
I'm a dyin' man, I'm a dyin' man

  /  /  /  /    /  /  /  /
 D5     G5  Ab5  E5           (x2)

Jam over verse chord pattern

Repeat Verse 1

(Chorus)
I'm a dyin' man, I'm a dyin' man
I'm a dyin' man, I'm a dyin' man
I'm a dyin' man, I'm a dyin' man

  /  /  /  /    /  /  /  /
 D5     G5  Ab5  E5           (x2)

End on an E
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