Verse/Instrumentals 
Dm - F - C - Dm - C - Dm - G - Dm 
Bridge Bit 
F - C - G - Dm - F - C - Bm - A 


Dm                     F 
I got dead man's rod dead man's reel 
C                        Dm 
Dead man's tuxedo with a lived in feel 
C                        Dm 
Dead man's desk and a dead man's chair 
G                                    Dm 
No I ain't dead yet, but I'm getting there 

Dm                            F 
From a dead man's closet I got a dead man's belt 
C                                     
A pair of bedroom slippers 
Dm 
Worn out was how they felt 
C                        Dm 
And an old tweed jacket with patched elbows 
G                                   Dm 
Dress rehearsal in a dead man's clothes 

F                           C 
Yeah I walked a mile in a dead man's shoes 
G                                  Dm 
Paid off a dead man's debts, and all his union dues  
F                                    C 
Slept with a dead man's widow, took in a dead man's kid 
Bm                     A 
Whatever I could was all I did. 

Dm - F - C - Dm - C - Dm - G - Dm (Instrumental) 

Dm                                F 
I wore a dead man's pants, with a  dead man's shirt 
C                                Dm 
tried all of it on, hell it couldn't hurt 
C                                Dm 
Clothes make the man, so it's been said 
G                                                Dm 
But a man sports a shroud when he's buried and he's dead 

Dm                                F 
Tried a dead man's hat on and it hurt my head 
C                                    Dm 
Replayed an outgoing message, the last words he said 
C                               Dm 
I got a dead man's watch ain't no big crime 
G                                      Dm 
I ain't dead yet, I got a little more time 

F                                C 
I read a dead man's will, cashed a dead man's cheque 
G                                    Dm 
Tied a dead man's neck tie round my neck 
F                                   C 
I wrecked a dead man's car, I sank a dead man's boat 
Bm                                 A 
I said a dead man's pray another dead man wrote 

Dm                                F 
Played a dead man's guitar, sang a dead man's song 
C                                    Dm 
I guess you'll starting to wonder how long will this go on 
C                                    Dm 
It's almost over, when its sung done and said 
G                                   Dm 
I'll sleep dream and die in a dead man's bed