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Body In A Box by City and Colour - Guitar Chords

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Version 1 Version 2

            G    D  Cadd9 Em7  Em    C  D/F# Dsus2

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


*Note: when he plays the Em7 and the Cadd9, you can hear a slight hammer on thing
going on in the background.. All that is.. is:

e|--3-------3--3-------3---------------------|
B|--3-------3--3-------3---------------------|
G|--0-------0--0-------0---------------------|
D|--2-0h2p0-0--2-0h2p0-0---------------------|
A|--2-------2--3-------3---------------------|
E|--0-------0--0-------0---------------------|

So it's strum chord once, then hammer 0h2 and then pull off and strum the chord a
few times with an open D string. Listen carefully and you'll hear what I'm on
about!!! Promise!


[Verse]

G         Dsus2  D                     Em7     Cadd9
There's a funeral procession on the highway,
G       Dsus2 D        Em7  Cadd9
Traffic screeches to a halt.
G              Dsus2 D         Em7     Cadd9
There's people searching for a better way,
              G   Dsus2 D Em7  Cadd9
To live their lives.
G      Dsus2 D                   Em7       Cadd9
Johnny lived a good life, you'll hear them say
G           Dsus2 D          Em7    Cadd9
As tears of sadness soak the ground.
G          Dsus2 D            Em7       Cadd9
The reaper crept in, took his breath away,
                     G   Dsus2 D Em7 Cadd9
In the middle of the night.


[Chorus]

Em                               C
We celebrate the lives of the dead,
                       G                           D/F#
It's like a man's best party, only happens when he dies.
Em                                C
We gather 'round to pay our respects,
            G                                  D/F#
While their souls are still searching for the light,
                           (BACK TO VERSE CHORDS)
Searching for the light.


[Verse]

G               Dsus2 D          Em7    Cadd9
So please don't come to me on my dying day,
G          Dsus2 D Em7 Cadd9
Just let me go in peace.
G            Dsus2 D       Em7       Cadd9
With all the things that I forgot to say,
                       G  Dsus2 D Em7 Cadd9
Still racing through my mind.
G           Dsus2 D            Em7     Cadd9
And don't you bury me six feet underground,
G         Dsus2 D     Em7  Cadd9
Just burn my body in a box.
G          Dsus2 D Em7         Cadd9
And let my ashes blow with the wind,
             G  Dsus2 D Em7  Cadd9
Out into the night..... sky.


[Chorus]

Em                               C
We celebrate the lives of the dead,
                       G                           D/F#
It's like a man's best party, only happens when he dies.
Em                                C
We gather 'round to pay our respects,
            G                                  D/F#
While their souls are still searching for the light,
                           (BACK TO VERSE CHORDS)
Searching for the light.


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| h  Hammer-on
| p  Pull-off

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We also have 18 songs by City and Colour

• As Much As I Ever Could
• Body In A Box
• Comin Home
• Harder Than Stone
• Hello Im In Delaware
• Little Hell
• Lover Come Back
• Northern Wind
• Of Space And Time
• Save Your Scissors
• Silver And Gold
• Sleeping Sickness
• The Death Of Me
• The Girl
• The Grand Optimist
• Waiting
• We Found Each Other In The Dark
• What Makes A Man

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