Intro:
D
 Doesn't matter how my moments were defined
Daug
 Doesn’t matter how I fought to stay alive
G
 Doesn't matter what I had to sacrifice
          Gm
If it was hard to see for you

Verse 1:
    Bm                 Bb
And all my dreams, and all my fears
    A                   Gbm
And all my friends, and all my tears
    Bm                Bb
And all the years I spent sincere
        G           Gm
You'll read the eulogy

Pre-chorus:
            G                 A             D      Gbm
And you’ll tell them just how effortless I lived then
            G                A                  D   Gbm
And you'll fill in all the gaps where you were missing
            G                 A
And you'll mourn me in your story
               Gb               Bm
Just like you mourned me to my face
                 Em
And then you'll tell them that I miss you
              G            Gb
And you won't even say my name

Chorus:
  D    Gb              G         Gm
When I die, they will bury me a woman
         D             Gbm
While I lie still and restless
          Gb           G
Breaking silent in my casket
        Bm                              Bb
Let me rest inside your peace, in your memory
             A                       D
Perfectly positioned how you wanted me
                 G     A
'Cause once you bury me

Interlude:
   D Daug G Gm
   D Daug G Gm

Verse 2:
          Em            A
They will ignore all I was
                   D     Bm
'Cause they never listened
           Em           A
They will betray every wish
                   D     Bm
'Cause I couldn’t say them
           Em                    A
When they search my clothes for outfits
                 Gb             D
They’ll just go buy a dress instead
                Gm
Because there's no time left to meet me
                   A                (C#dim)
They’ll mourn the person in their head

Bridge:
  D     Gb             G        Gm
When I die, they will bury me a woman
         D           Gbm
While I cry, mad and helpless
         Gb             G
Wishing miracles would listen
Bm                                Bb
No one needs to know what you'll leave below
               A                 D
Who will I end up? Will I ever know?
                 G                   A
'Cause once you bury me, you can forget me

Chorus:
  D     Gb             G         Gm
When I die, they will bury me a woman
         D             Gbm
While I lie still and restless
          Gb           G
Breaking silent in my casket
        Bm                              Bb
Let me rest inside your peace, in your memory
             A                       D
Perfectly positioned how you wanted me
                 G           Gmaj7
'Cause once you bury me, I’ll be complete
  A7         Gb7
Eternally a resting stranger

Bridge:
D
 I'll die a vague recollection
Daug
 I'll die awkward conversation
G
 I'll die what you can't remember
Gm
 I'll die as a resting stranger
D
 I'll die, all my things in trash bags
Daug
 I'll die with an urn of dyed ash
G
 I'll die, hundred unfinished plans
Gm
 I'll die anything but a man
D
 I'll lie where the council says so
Daug
 I'll lie several miles from home
G
 I'll lie under dirt overgrown
Gm
 I'll lie with a name I don't know
D                               Gm
 I'll sit beside a corpse I've never seen before
          G                                A
And I'll mourn how I'm dead inside your dreams
                           D Daug G Gm
And I'll be dead to all I was

Outro:
   D Gbm Gb G
   Bm Bb A D
   G A
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