The Rasmus - Play Dead: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Play Dead" 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.

Bm
Darling stop confusing me
With your wishful thinking
Hopeful embraces
          G      Em
Don't you understand?
Bm
I have to go through this
I belong to here where
No-one cares and no-one loves
No light no air to live in
A place called hate
              Em
The city of fear

I play dead
It stops the hurting
I play dead
And the hurting stops
It's sometimes just like sleeping
Curling up inside my private tortures
I nestle into pain
Hug suffering
Caress every ache
I play dead
It stops the hurting



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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A

Guitar chord A

Em

Guitar chord Em

G

Guitar chord G

Bm

Guitar chord Bm

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 "Play Dead" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Play Dead" by The Rasmus.