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Mitski – Dead Women Chords on Piano & Ukulele

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These are Dead Women chords by Mitski for Piano and Ukulele.

[Intro]
E Ab D Gb
C E  B C

[Verse 1]
Em               G    
  Would you have liked 
     D             B
me better if I'd died
   C                   Em 
So you could tell my story
      B               D
 the way it ought to be?
E               Ab        
 You'd find my parents and
  D             Gb
 ask to see my things
 C               Em       
Rifle through it all, fill 
       B                   C
the blanks with what you need

[Chorus]
Em         B       C      G
Do-do-do-do, do-do-do-do-do
Am     Em     B  C
Do-do-do-do, do, do-do

[Verse 2]
Em            G       
  If I'd died willing, 
            D        B
you'd have taken it nice
       C                G    
If I'd sewn rocks in a dress,
            A            D
 gone with grace into a lake
E               Ab          
 But since I'm alive, you'll
          D              Gb
 have to break in as I sleep
          C              Em
When you find my love beside me
          B               C
Choke him dead for havin' me

[Chorus]
Em         B       C      G
Do-do-do-do, do-do-do-do-do
Am
Do-d

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[Verse 3]
Em                G          
While I dream of flying, stab
      D             B
 me twenty-seven times
 C          Em            
Ransack the house for what 
        B                    D
you'll auction, what you'll keep
     Em        Ab              
Then embalm me up 'cause you're
 D              Gb
 hosting the viewing
         C            Em    
Saying, "She gave her life so 
           B                C
we could have her in our dreams"
 D                           
"She gave her life so we could 
  B
fck her as we please"

[Chorus]
Em         B       C      G
Do-do-do-do, do-do-do-do-do
Am     Em     B  C
Do-do-do-do, do, do-do
Em         B       C      G
Do-do-do-do, do-do-do-do-do
Am     Em     B  C
Do-do-do-do, do, do-do
C E Ab D B

How to play Dead Women: key, chords and progression

Dead Women by Mitski is centred on E minor (one sharp: F♯). The song uses 10 chords: E, Ab, D, Gb, C, B, Em, G, Am and A.

Listen for C – Em – B – C (VI – i – V – VI in E minor): the song comes back to it again and again. Once these 4 changes are comfortable, most of the song is done.

Good to know: on guitar, Ab, Gb and B need a barre or movable shape. Take the change into them slowly at first; piano and ukulele players have it easier.