Iron & Wine - Dead Man's Will


Standard Tuning

In The Reins - Capo 1
Tour EP - Capo 1
Yeti Vol. 1 - Capo 1
Live - Capo 1 or 2


Chords:

     C    F   Am7   G
e|---0----0----0----3
B|---1----0----1----0
G|---0----0----0----0
D|---2----0----2----0
A|---3----3----0----2
E|---0----1----0----3

Both the C chord and G chord include these occasional hammer-ons:

       C                  G

e|--0---0---0      e|--3---3---3
B|--1---1---1      B|--0---0---0
G|--0---0---0      G|--0---0---0
D|--2---0h2-2      D|--0---0---0
A|--3---3---3      A|--2---0h2-2
E|--0---0---0      E|--3---3---3

 

           C           F 
 Give this stone to my brother 
    C                Am7             F            G 
 We found it playing in the barnyard many years ago 
           C          F 
 Give this bone to my father 
       C                Am7               F               G 
 He'll remember hunting in the hills when I was ten years old 

        F              C 
 May my love reach you all 
 G             Am7           F             G 
   I locked it in myself and buried it too long 
          F            C 
 Now that I've come to fall 
 G               Am7              F                 G 
 please say it's not too late now that i'm dead and gone. 

           C               F 
 Give this string to my mother 
 C                 Am7            F              G 
     It pulled the baby teeth she keeps inside a drawer 
            C          F 
 Give this ring to my lover 
       C                 Am7            F               G 
 I was scared and stupid not to ask for her hand long before 

         F              C 
 May my love reach you all 
 G          Am7              F             G 
   I locked it in myself and buried it too long 
          F            C 
 Now that I've come to fall 
 G               Am7             F                 G 
 please say it's not too late now that i'm dead and gone.