City And Colour – Body In A Box chords ver. 3

Tuning: Standard - Capo 2nd
Strumming Patterns:
 Verse- down, up, down up,   up, down, up,
 Chorus- down, up, down, up,  up, down, up,  up, down, up,  up, down, up

Right after you strum Dsus4 twice (down, up) you switch to D and same with Em7 to Em

Verse:


G         Dsus4   D                   Em7 Em    Cadd9        There's a funeral procession on the highway,
G       Dsus4  D        Em7 Em    Cadd9Traffic screeches to a halt.
G              Dsus4 D          Em7 Em    Cadd9There's people searching for a better way,
              G   Dsus4 D Em7  Cadd9To live their lives.
G      Dsus4 D                   Em7 Em    Cadd9      Johnny lived a good life, you'll hear them say
G           Dsus4 D          Em7 Em    Cadd9As tears of sadness soak the ground.
G          Dsus4 D            Em7 Em    Cadd9The reaper crept in, took his breath away,
                     G   Dsus4 D Em7 Em Cadd9In the middle of the night.

[Chorus:]
Em                               CWe celebrate the lives of the dead,
                       G                           D/FIt's like a man's best party, only happens when he dies.
Em                                CWe gather 'round to pay our respects,
            G                                  D/FWhile their souls are still searching for the light,
                           (BACK TO VERSE CHORDS)
Searching for the light.

Verse:

G               Dsus4 D           Em7 Em    Cadd9So please don't come to me on my dying day,
G          Dsus4 D Em7 Cadd9Just let me go in peace.
G            Dsus4 D        Em7 Em    Cadd9With all the things that I forgot to say,
                       G  Dsus4 D Em7 Em Cadd9Still racing through my mind.
G           Dsus4 D            Em7 Em    Cadd9And don't you bury me six feet under ground,
G         Dsus4 D      Em7 Em    Cadd9Just burn my body in a box.
G          Dsus4 D Em7 Em        Cadd9And let my ashes blow with the wind,
             G  Dsus4 D Em7 Em Cadd9Out into the night.... sky.


Chorus:

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