Dead

(by They Might Be Giants)

D D G A x3 D
I returned a bag of groceries
accidentally taken off the shelf
Before the expiration date

I came back as a bag of groceries
accidentally taken off the shelf
Before the date stamped on myself

G // G/F# Em // D/F# G // A //
Did a large procession wave their
torches as my head fell in the basket?
And was everybody dancing on the casket?

D // G // Em G A //
Now it’s over, I’m dead and I haven’t
done anything that I want
D G Em C D G A
Or I’m still alive
and there’s nothing I want to do

I will never say the word
“procrastinate” again
I’ll never see myself in the mirror
with my eyes closed

I didn’t apologize
for when I was eight,
and I made my younger brother
Have to be my personal slave

Did a large procession wave their
torches as my head fell in the basket?
And was everybody dancing on the casket?

Now it’s over, I’m dead and I haven’t
done anything that I want
Or I’m still alive
and there’s nothing I want to do

…

G G/F# A A7/G
So I won’t sit at home anymore and you won’t
D/F# D/E G G/F#
See my head in the window and I won’t be around
A A7/G D/F# G A
Ever anymore and I’ll be up there on the wall at the store

I returned a bag of groceries
accidentally taken off the shelf
Before the expiration date

I came back as a bag of groceries
accidentally taken off the shelf
Before the date stamped on myself

Did a large procession wave their
torches as my head fell in the basket?
And was everybody dancing on the casket?

Now it’s over, I’m dead and I haven’t
done anything that I want
Or I’m still alive
and there’s nothing I want to do