MY DEATH from Santa Monica '72
A
EADGBE
X02220
G
EADGBE
320033
G#
EADGBE
466544
Am7
EADGBE
X02010
Am/G
EADGBE
3X2210
C
EADGBE
332010
Eb
EADGBE
XX5343
Bb
EADGBE
X13331
G#m
EADGBE
466444
Dsus4
EADGBE
XX0233
D
EADGBE
XX0232
Gm
EADGBE
355333
Cm
EADGBE
X35543
C/B
EADGBE
X20010
Emdim6
EADGBE
022010
F
EADGBE
133211
F#
EADGBE
244322
Am
EADGBE
X02210
Em6
EADGBE
022020
B
EADGBE
X24442
Bm
EADGBE
X24432
Em
EADGBE
022000
Em7
EADGBE
022030
INTRO:  Em  Em7  Em6  Emdim6
        Em  Em7  Em6  Emdim6


Em Em7         Em6  Emdim6    Em
My death waits like an old roué
Em7     Em6 Emdim6       Em
So confident I'll go his way
Em7        Em6 Emdim6  D           Dsus4  D
Whistle to him and the passing time
G  Am7         A            G
My death waits like a bible truth
Am     F             Am   Am/G
At the funeral of my youth
   F                      G
We drank for that and the passing time
G#m      F#                    G#m
My death waits like a witch at night
   F#                    G#m
As surely as our love is bright
F#                             B
Let's not think of that or the passing time


CHORUS 1:
Em                D
But what ever lies behind the door
C        C/B             B
There is nothing much to do
Em              D
Angel or devil, I don't care
C      C/B               Am Am/G     B
For in front of that door,  there is you


BREAK:  Bb  C


Gm
My death waits like a beggar blind
Who sees the world through an unlit mind
                         F
Throw him a dime for the passing time
Bb             C           Bb
My death waits to allow my friends
  G#                       Cm
A few good times before it ends
              G#                      Bb
Ah, let's not think about the passing time
Bm             A                  Bm
My death waits there between your thighs
          A                     Bm
Your cool fingers will close my eyes
          A               F#
Let's not think about the passing time


CHORUS 2:
Gm                F
But what ever lies behind the door
Eb                       D
There is nothing much to do
Gm              F
Angel or devil, I don't care
Eb                                   D
For in front of that door,  there is you


Gm
My death waits there among the leaves
In magicians' mysterious sleeves
                         F
Rabbits and dogs and the passing time
Bb             C               Bb
My death waits there among the flowers
          G#              Cm
Where the blackest shadow cowers
              G#             Bb
So let's pick lilacs for the passing time
Bm             A                 Bm
My death waits there in a double bed
      A                 Bm
Sails of oblivion at my head
          A               F#
Let's not think about the passing time


CHORUS 3:
Gm                F
But what ever lies behind the door
Eb                       D
There is nothing much to do
Gm              F
Angel or devil, I don't care
Eb                                   D
For in front of that door...there is you


Notes:

  • This transcription is taken from the Santa Monica 1972 version and is slightly different to the Hammersmith Odeon version.

  • If you have any trouble reading or understanding the guitar chords or the tab you can click here for a rough guide!