This is Spike's song. It has four parts, the acoustic verses with open and barre chords, followed by distorted guitar with powerchords, an organ break then back to distorted guitar. In my acoustic version I played everything as full barre chords.

Tabbed by Jeff Burke. Chords, additions and corrections by me.

+CHORDS+
The song uses mostly open chords and 5th chords (powerchords). The only non-easy chord is Bm. The strumming patten is very simple - just strike each chord once where it's written.

Acoustic/clean chords:
E   0 2 2 1 0 0
Bm  2 2 4 4 3 2 (or x x 4 4 3 x)
D   x 0 0 2 3 2
A   0 0 2 2 2 0
C   0 3 2 0 1 0
G   3 2 0 0 0 3
Em  0 2 2 0 0 0

Electric/distorted chords:
G5  3 5 5 x x x
F#5 2 4 4 x x x
C#m x x 6 6 5 x (or C#5 x 2 6 6 x x)
B5  x 2 4 4 x x
D5  x 5 7 7 x x
C5  x 3 5 5 x x
Db5 x 4 6 6 x x
Ab5 4 6 6 x x x
 

Verse1
|E |E            |Bm   |Bm
I died so many years ago.
|D
You can make me
|A   |C           |G
feel like it isn't so.
      | Bm                    |C
And why you come to be with me,
    |D              |Em    |Em  |A  |A
I think I finally know.          Mm-mmm.

Verse2
           |E         |E                           |Bm  |Bm
You're scared, ashamed of what you feel.
      |D                        |A
And you can't tell the ones you love,
       |C                         |G
You know they couldn't deal.
|Bm            |C
Whisper in a dead man's ear,
    |D                 |Em  |Em  |A  |A
It doesn't make it real.

Verse3 [drums & bass come in]
         |E          |E                  |Bm  |Bm
That's great but I don't wanna play,
         |D                    |A
'Cause being with you touches me,
|C                   |G
More than I can say.
     |Bm                 |C
And since I'm only dead to you,
     |D             |E   |E
I'm sayin' stay away.

      |D5       |G5  F#5|E5  |E5
And let me rest in peace.

Chorus
           |F#5    |A5
Let me rest in peace,
           |E5         |E5
let me get some sleep.
          |F#5                    |A5
Let me take my love and bury it
     |E5                |D5
In a hole six-foot deep.
       |F#5               |A5
I can lay my body down
               |C#m              |G5  |G5
But I can't find my sweet release.
    |D5     |G5  F#5|E5  |E5
So let me rest in peace.

Verse4
       |E5  |E5                        |B5    |B5
You know you got a willing slave
     |D5                     |A5
And you just love to play the thought
       |C5                      |G5
That you might misbehave.
  |B5                    |C5
Until you do, I'm tellin' you,
       |D5              |E5  |E5
Stop visiting my grave
    |D5        |G5  F#5|E5  |E5
And let me rest in peace.

Bridge [organ arranged for guitar]
  |B5     |D5       |C#5  |C#5
I know    I should go
     |Db5  Ab5| Ab5     C5|C5      Db5| Db5
But I follow you like a man possessed.
          |Db5   Ab5| Ab5 C5|C5      Db5| Db5
There's a traitor here  beneath my breast
      |Db5    Ab5| Ab5            C5|C5  Db5| Db5
And it hurts me more than you've ever  guessed.
     |Db5      Ab5| Ab5           C5| C5    Db5| Db5
If my heart could beat, it would break my chest.

    |Db5
Db5
| Db5
But I can see
       |Ab5     |Ab5
you're unimpressed
   |E5      |E5
So leave me be and

Chorus
      |F#5      A5| A5
let me rest in peace,
       |E5       |E5
Let me get some sleep.
       |F#5              |A5
Let me take my love and bury it
     |E5           |D5
In a hole six-foot deep.
      |F#5        |A5
I can lay my body down
            |C#m           |G5  |G5
But I can't find my sweet release.

|D5     |G5  F#5|E5
Let me rest in peace.

|E5              |D5     |G5  F#5 |E5  |E5 ||
   Why won't you let me rest in peace?
 

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