Status Quo - When I'm Dead And Gone: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "When I'm Dead And Gone" on your guitar with our chord guide. 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.

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

B                      E
Ooo I love you baby I love you night and day
B                             E
When I leave you baby don't cry the night away
B                               E
When I die, don't you write no words upon my tomb
   B                                 E
I don't believe I want to leave an epitaph for two

Chorus:
B        F#/A#  G#m               E
Wooh oh oh oh, when I´m dead and gone
         B                F#             B  E F#
I wanna leave some happy forman leave it all
B        F#/A#  G#m               E
Wooh oh oh oh, when I´m dead and gone
       B               F#             E
I know one nobody the phone site my friend

Ooh, my Melinda, she's out to get my hide
She gotta shotgun and a daughter by her side
Hey there ladies, Johnson's free
Who got the law, who got the love
to keep a man like me?

Chorus:
Woh, when I'm dead and gone
I'm gonna leave some happy woman living on
Woh, when I'm dead and gone
I don't want nobody to mourn beside my grave

        B             E F#
I said, oh na'n'na na,
B             E F#
oh na'n'na na
B             E F#
Oh na'n'na na
B             E F#
oh na'n'na na

  B                             E
When I die, don´t you write no word upon my toom
   B                              E
I don´t believe I want to leave no equal tie for two

Chorus:
Woh, when I'm dead and gone
I wanna leave some happy woman living on
Woh, when I'm dead and gone
I don't want nobody to mourn beside my grave

I said, oh na'n'na na, oh na'n'na na

Woh, when I'm dead, when I'm dead
Oh, when I'm dead and gone


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A#

Guitar chord A#

B

Guitar chord B

E

Guitar chord E

F#

Guitar chord F#

G#m

Guitar chord G#m

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 "When I'm Dead And Gone" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "When I'm Dead And Gone" by Status Quo.

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