Intro (x2): Bb C Dm
 
Verse 1:
Bb              C               D5
The demon queen of high school has decreed it
         Bb       C            D5
She says Monday 8AM I will be deleted
Bb
They'll hunt me down in study hall
Dm7#5              Dm6
Stuff and mount me on the wall
Eb                                A7
Thirty hours to live, how shall I spend it?
 
Verse 2:
Bb5             C5              D5
I don't have to stay and die like cattle
        Bb5                C5          D5
I could change my name and ride up to Seattle
Bb5                        (nc)
But I don't own a motorbike...wait
Dm7#5              Dm6
Here's an option that I like
Eb                               A7
Spend these thirty hours getting freaky
 
Chorus:
        Eb5
Yeah, I need it hard
C5              Gm   
I'm a dead girl walking
    Eb5
I'm in your yard
C5              Gm   
I'm a dead girl walking
Eb5                  Cm   
Before they punch my clock
Bb5                   Gm   
I'm snappin' off your window lock
Eb5             F5                  Gm   
Got no time to knock, I'm a dead girl walking...
 
Interlude:
Gm   
(Veronica, what're you doing in my room?)
Gm   
(Shhhh...)
 
Verse 3:
Bb              C               D5
Sorry, but I really had to wake you;
         Bb           C                D5
See, I decided I must ride you till I break you.
Bb
'Cause Heather says I gots to go;
Dm7#5               Dm6
You're my last meal on death row.
Eb5                                  A7
Shut your mouth and lose them tighty-whities!  Come on!
 
Chorus:
  Eb5
Tonight I'm yours,
C5              Gm   
I'm a dead girl walking!
    Eb5
Get on all fours,
C5                  Gm   
Kiss this dead girl walking!
Eb5                  Cm   
Let's go, you know the drill;
Bb5                  Gm   
I'm hot and xxxxxx and on the pill.
Eb5             F5                  Gm   
Bow down to the will of a dead girl walking!
 
Bridge:
        Ab
And you know, you know, you know
Eb
It's 'cause you're beautiful.
Ab
You say you're numb inside,
Eb
But I can't agree.
        Cm      Bb
So the  world's unfair,
        Ab         Eb
Keep it locked out there...
             F
In here it's beautiful.
                Gb
Let's make this beautiful!
(nc)
(That works for me-)
 
Instrumental:
B5 Abm    Ebm   
B5 Abm    Ebm   
Gb5 Ab5 A5 Bbm B5 Db5 Eb5
 
Chorus:
           E5
Yeah! Full steam ahead!
Dbm                    Abm   
Take this dead girl walking (how'd you find my address?!)
      E5
Let's break the bed!
C#5(m)                 Abm   
Rock this dead girl walking! (I think we tore my mattress!)
 
Outro:
E                    Dbm
No sleep tonight for you,
       Abm                B5
Better chug that Mountain Dew! (okay, okay)
E                    Dbm
Get your ass in gear,
        Abm              B5
Make this whole town disappear! (okay, okay!)
E                    Dbm
Slap me! Pull my hair,
        Abm                B
touch me there and there and there
            Dbm6
But no more talking! (Woah!)
                    Abm                   B         Dbm
Love this dead girl walking! (Woah, woah! Hey, hey! Yeah, yeah!)
                    Abm                   B         Dbm
Love this dead girl walking! (Woah, woah! Hey, hey! Yeah, yeah!)
                    Abm
Love this dead girl-
    Abm   Abm   Abm
Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Oww!
Abm
Yeeeaaaah!!!
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