A
It’s bad luck to be braggin’… how you put me down
                                E
Watch out for the lies that you spread
    E
You ripped out my heart but I can… still get around
                                         A
You’ve got to… show some respect for the dead

       A
You’re gonna be sorry for the way you behaved
                           E
Regret every mean word you said
      E
It’ll come back to haunt you… if you dance on my grave
                                        A
You ought to… show some respect for the dead

           E                         A
You got to show some respect for the dearly departed
   B7                         E
Respect for the fool that you left broken-hearted
     A                          D            B7
It was hard to extinguish, that big flame we started
             E                           A      E      A
You’ve got to… show some respect for the dead

A
Life as I knew it… ended the day
                        E
You left for another instead
     E
Your dreams become nightmares if you treat love this way
                                      A
You got to… show some respect for the dead

           E                         A
You got to show some respect for the dearly departed
   B7                         E
Respect for the fool that you left broken-hearted
     A                          D            B7
It was hard to extinguish, that big flame we started
             E                           A
You’ve got to… show some respect for the dead
              E                         A
You’ve got to show some respect for the dead