Tuning: G C E A

DEAD TO THE WORLD PATTI SMITH [Verse 1]

^CDead to the world my ^Fbody was sleeping’ ^COn my mind was not^Fhin’ at all

^CCome a mist, an ^Fair so appealing ^CI’m here a whisperin', you ^Fsummoned, I called^C ^F

[Verse 2]

^CI formed me a presence whose ^Faspect was changing’ ^COh, he would shift, he would ^Fnot shift at all

^CWe sat for a while, he was ^Fvery engaging’ ^CAnd when he was gone, I was ^Fgone on a smile^C ^F

[Chorus]

With a ^Dmstrange way of walking’ And a ^Fstrange way of breathing’

More ^Dmlives than a cat that ^Fled me astray ^DmAll in all, he captured my ^Fheart

^CDead to the ^Dmworld and I ^Fjust slipped a^Cway

[Verse 3]

^CI heard me a music that d^Frew me to dancing’ ^CLo, I turned ^Funder his spell

^CI opened my coat but he n^Fever came closer ^CI bolted the door and ^Fwhispered, oh well^C ^F

[Chorus]

With a ^Dmstrange way of walking’ And a s^Ftrange way of breathing’

More l^Dmives than a cat that l^Fed me astray ^DmAll in all, he captured my ^Fheart

^CDead to the ^Dmworld and ^Fjust slipped ^Caway

[Instrumental] C F x 5 [Verse 4]

^CI laid in the rushes, the ^Fair was upon me ^CWondering’, well, I j^Fust couldn't discern

^CWill he come back, come ^Fback to me? ^COh, I whispered will you ^Fever return?^C ^F

[Verse 5]

^CI was feeling’ sensations in ^Fno dictionary ^CHe was less than a breath of s^Fhimmer and smoke

^CThe life in his fingers unw^Found my existence ^CDead to the world a^Flive I awoke^C ^F

[Chorus]

With a ^Dmstrange way of walking’ And a s^Ftrange way of breathing’

Less t^Dmhan a breath of s^Fhimmer and smoke ^DmThe life in his fingers unw^Found my existence

^CDead to the w^Dmorld ali^Fve I aw^Coke

[Outro]

^CAlive I a^Fwoke ^G(A^Amlive)

^CAlive I a^Fwoke ^G(Alive I a^Amwoke)

^CAlive ^F ^G(I^Am awoke)

^CI awoke^F ^G(I^Am awoke)

^CI awok^Fe ^G(A^Amlive)

^CAlive, al^Five, oh ^G(A^Amlive)

^G(A^Amlive) ^CAlive, al^Five, oh ^CAlive, al^Five, oh

Patti Smith - Dead to the world