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[Verse 1]
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Hey love, you're not still afraid of our dearly departed, (right?)
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Cause Earhart, Mozart, Joan of Arc and all of their friends are expected tonight
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Listen now, we have little time so let's find some festive decor
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Break out the candles, the cabernet, strike up the band
[Chorus]
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Let's all raise the dead
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And ask them to come to feast
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A big celebration of past consummations and grand conceits
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Let's all break some bread
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And merry down the boulevard
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Give medals of honor to all of the goners and deceased
[Verse 2]
(Dramatic Strum)
C G
Come on, don't you tell me that you don't recognize anyone
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This is Miss Dickenson, go ahead and tell her, her poems really lived on
(Primary Strum)
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Everyone, life is strictly for the living, like you and me
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But tonight we are sharing, despite this odd pairing you see
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[Chorus]
G C C C
Let's all raise the dead
C G G G G
And ask them to come to feast
G G G G C C G
A big celebration of past consummations and grand conceits
G C C C
Let's all break some bread
C C G G G G
And merry down the boulevard
G G G G C C G G
Give medals of honor to all of the goners and deceased
[Chorus]
G C C C
Let's all raise the dead
C G G G G
And ask them to come to feast
G G G G C C G
A big celebration of past consummations and grand conceits
G C C C
Let's all break some bread
C C G G G G
And merry down the boulevard
G G G G C C G G
Give medals of honor to all of the goners and deceased
[Intrumental]
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G G
[Instrumental]
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G G
[Chorus]
N.C.
Let's all raise the dead
N.C.
And ask them to come to feast
N.C.
A big celebration of past consummations and grand conceits
(Primary Strum)
G C C C
Let's all break some bread
C C G G G G
And merry down the boulevard
G G G G C C G G
Give medals of honor to all of the goners and deceased
[Otro]
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G G G G G C C G
G C C C C C G G
G G G G G G
(Dramatic Strum)
C C