Dead Man acoustic
Capo 4
Standard
note: When I put Gsus it’s pretty much like a G except the 5th string is also 3rd fret
relative to capo, I don’t know what the chord is actually called. This was tabbed from
the youtube video of Steve playing this song acoustically.
Intro
C2 D/F# G x2
I was [D/F#]once a dead man
A stranger [D/F#]with no home
I stood [D/F#]opposed to God himself
And yet He [D/F#]pardoned me
Intro x4
[D/F#]With all my heart and the [D/F#]fiercest will
Desired not but to thieve and [D/F#]kill
I hadn’t a thought of peace, but [D/F#]war
Surrender was not what I’d endu[D/F#]re
Deliver me! Wake me up from this d[D/F#]amning sleep
I’m surrendering! Pull me out from this [D/F#]wickedness
In this thieving heart of stone
I realized all these sins I could not a[D/F#]tone
I was a murde[D/F#]rer
Faced with my list of [D/F#]crimes
I was [D/F#]once a dead man
A stranger [D/F#]with no home
I stood [D/F#]opposed to God himself
And yet He [D/F#]pardoned me
So just at [D/F#]the right time when we were [D/F#]dead in our sins
[D/F#] [D/F#]
You took this heart of mine and gave me life again
You gave me [D/F#]life again[D/F#]
[D/F#]So far apart and a [D/F#]debt to fulfill
This purchase bought on [D/F#]redemption’s hill
An ailing disease I couldn’t [D/F#]cure
Oh this grace! How rich and [D/F#]pure!
[D/F#] [D/F#]
The mob they yelled and [D/F#]screamed for justice
That wrath was ours we are to [D/F#]blame
You made a spectacle of rulers
Denying You of a king’s [D/F#]fame
Having [D/F#]crushed the written canon
[D/F#]That wrote of all our [D/F#]guilt and shame
Displayed [D/F#]upon the tree it was nailed
The saving power [D/F#]of Your name
For I was [D/F#]once a dead man
A stranger [D/F#]with no home
You saw this [D/F#]wretch
And You gave him life
Forever [D/F#]I’ll praise You!
I will praise You!
