Passenger - Wicked Man's Rest: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Wicked Man's Rest" on your guitar with our detailed chord guide and lyrics. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

Learn Wicked Man's Rest Guitar Chords and Lyrics by Passenger

This section will guide you through each part of the song, providing the guitar chords placed directly above the lyrics for easy playing. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced player, these elements will help you perform "Wicked Man's Rest" smoothly on your guitar.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

        D#m
You can say I'm mad, you can say I'm crazy,
        A#m
But I'm only as bad as the maker who made me:
C#
Sinner in the darkness, liar in the church,
G#m
Deaf man's silence, the blind man's search.

Teardrop falling, memory recalling,
Ghost in your dreams & your secret recordings,
Mad man's matches, the lump in the throat,
The pea under your mattress, the hole in your coat.

Singer with the sound down, winner on the come down,
Poet in the overcoat looking for a suntan,
On his birthday, prisoner on his first day,
Tired of the new wave.

Chorus:
           B                 D#m
I rise to meet you as your trust dissolves to shame,
        C#            G#m
Oh this innocence has turned & lost its way,
             B                 D#m
Retrace the footprints off the path from which I came,
         C#
I'm the beast in you, the beast in me.

Which way are we going?
The doors close in an hour.

You can say I'm mad, you can say I'm crazy
But I'm only as bad as the maker who made me:
Needle for the user, the pain in your chest,
Beggar & the chooser, the wicked man's rest.

Fear in the stuntman, sneer in the playground,
Bottle in the hand of the dirty old drunk man,
Leaf falling, autumn calling,
dark clouds forming.

Chorus:
I rise to meet you as your trust dissolves to shame,
Oh this innocence has turned & lost its way,
Retrace the footprints off the path from which I came,
I'm the beast in you, the beast in me.

      B             D#m
Bite my nails right down to the skin,
      F#                     C#
Where one trust ends another lie begins.
B                      D#m
Patch over holes in my weakened heart,
      F#             C#
Which angels hold & devils pull apart.

          C#
I'm the beast in you, the beast in me,
The bitterness, the jealousy,
     D#m                     A#m
The part of you that never sleeps.

Are you my angel?
Will we walk all night through solitary streets?

         B                           D#m
And you hardly can imagine what you never had before,
         C#                             G#m
And the reason that you're given still leaves you wanting more.
         B                           D#m
And you hardly can imagine what you never had before,
         C#
And the reason that you're given still leaves you wanting more.

Chorus:
           B                D#m
I rise to meet you as your trust dissolves to shame,
        C#             G#m
Oh this innocence has turned & lost its way,
             B                  D#m
Retrace the footprints off the path from which I came,
          C#
I'm the beast in you, the beast in me.
The bitterness, the jealousy,
The part of you that never sleeps.


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A#m

Guitar chord A#m

C#

Guitar chord C#

D#m

Guitar chord D#m

F#

Guitar chord F#

G#m

Guitar chord G#m

B

Guitar chord B

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "Wicked Man's Rest" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Wicked Man's Rest" by Passenger.

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