Ryan Adams - Funeral Marching

ryan adams
funeral marching
rock n roll
no capo
standard tuning

by michael george drexler

intro :
C#m A
C#m A E
C#m A E

verse :
C#m A
oh what’s the use in trying
C#m A E
thick as thieves and packs of lies
C#m A
marching to the palaces of the
E
night
C#m A
all my life i looked for something
C#m A E
all my seas are drops of rain
C#m A E
drunk as sailors drinking from your hand

pre chorus :

A G# F# E F# G# A
girl , you can do just as you like
A G# F# E F# G# A
girl , you can do just as you please
A G# F# E F# G# A
girl , you wanted , you could’ve been dead

B5 BaddA BaddG# BaddF# B5
now , you’re swinging like a funeral march in june
BaddA BaddG# BaddF#
and it’s way past july

C#m , A C#m , A , E

C#m A
oh , what’s the use in trying?
C#m A E
all the time , it ends in nothing
C#m A E
oh , what’s the use in trying now?
C#m A
burn all the canvases
C#m A E
they painted up the queens in crutches
C#m A E
trial to see how they all see you now

A G# F# E F# G# A
girl , you can do just as you like
A G# F# E F# G# A
girl , you can do just as you please
A G# F# E F# G# A
girl , you wanted , you could’ve been dead

B5 BaddA BaddG# BaddF# B5
now , you’re swinging like a funeral march , oh
BaddA BaddG# BaddF#
yeah , but nobody died
B5 BaddA BaddG# BaddF# B5
ya , you’re swinging like a funeral march
BaddA BaddG# BaddF#
oh , you used to be beautiful

B A E
oh , you used to be beautiful
B A E
oh , you used to be beautiful
B
oh . . .

C#m , A , C#m , A , E

C#m A
oh , what’s the use in trying?
C#m A E
everything turns to nothing
C#m A E
no mechanics here can save your life
C#m A
moons crash inside the opera
C#m A E
oozing all the starless actors
C#m A E
all hung there in pieces of a sky

chorus :

A G# F# E F# G# A
girl , you can do just as you like
A G# F# E F# G# A
girl , you can do just as you please
A G# F# E F# G# A
girl , you wanted , you could’ve been dead

B5 BaddA BaddG# BaddF# B5
now , you’re swinging like a funeral march , oh
BaddA BaddG# BaddF#
yeah , but nobody died
B5 BaddA BaddG# BaddF#
oh , you’re swinging like a funeral march
B A E
oh , you used to be beautiful
B A E
oh , you used to be beautiful
B A E
oh , you used to be beautiful
B A E
oh , you used to be beautiful

B A E x 3

B

C#m , A
C#m , A , E