A Death In The Family

Sum 41 - A Death In The Family: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "A Death In The Family" 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.

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C#m                         G          E
Oh to be blessed with this godless mistake one
C#m                       G
One day you soon will find
      E
(Just a warning)
C#m                        G   E
You're gonna pay for the abominations
C#m                      G E
It's only matter of time

C#m                              E
I wait I hope I pray for better days
              B/D#           C#m
(They seem so few and far between)
                                        E
The fear the pain this hate is not for me
               G#                  G#
(We're not so different can't you see?)

Chorus:
      A
Your lies
     F#m       C#m
Will tear you apart
      E         A
Will take you alive
       F#m         C#m
Won't spare you at all
   E                 A
I tell you all your lies
     F#m       C#m
Will tear you apart
     E              A
I'm calling all to arms
        F#m
So everyone and all
      G#                G#
It's time to hear your voice
               C#m  G E E F#m
You've got the right
C#m G  E
Oh rescue me!

You better pray for your commiseration
You're almost out of time (Just a warning)
Your fate is left to a different generation
You know they won't be kind

You take this hate and package it to sell
(To victims of your great divide)
You've no capacity to even feel
(I hope you get this through your mind)

[Chorus 2]
     A
Your lies
     F#m       C#m
Will tear you apart
     E         A
Will take you alive
       F#m         C#m
Won't spare you at all
  E                 A
I tell you all your lies
     F#m       C#m
Will tear you apart
    E              A
I'm calling all to arms
        F#m
So everyone and all
     G#                G#
It's time to hear your voice

            A            E
Because now I won't let you
     G#          C#m
Just break me in two
         A          E            G#
There's no way that I would give in
       A              E
Those words that you say
   G#          C#m
Of hate and dismay
      A              E          G#
Will lose you your place in the end

Chorus


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If you are also interested in learning how to play "A Death In The Family" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "A Death In The Family" by Sum 41.

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