• Song:

    Dyin Man

  • Artist:

    Widespread Panic

Main Riff:
   /  /  /  /       /  /  /  /
|--7-------------|--7-------------|
|--9------7-8-7--|--9-------------|
|--9-------------|--9------6-7-6--|  Play this anywhere
|--9-------------|--9-------------|  you see an E
|--7-------------|--7-------------|
|----------------|----------------|
   E                E

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

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

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

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

  /  /  /  /    /  /  /  /
| D     G  G# | E          | (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

  /  /  /  /    /  /  /  /
| D     G  G# | E          | (x2)

End on an E
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