Cm
I've been wasting away
         Cm
Like the Christ on the cross
          Ab
And I can take no more
          Cm
Was I too dumb to give up
       Cm
Or too proud to give in
           Ab
Don't even care no more

[Pre-Chorus]
                              Bb
But I'm not here to raise the dead
                     Cm
Hang myself in every word that you said
                           Ab
I'm not here to share your bed

[Verse 2]
          Cm
There are things to forgive
          Cm
There are things to forget
                 Ab
There are things I regret
            Cm
And all the things that I did
        Cm
All the things that I said
         Ab
Are better left for dead

[Pre-chorus]
                              Bb
And I'm not here to raise the dead
                     Cm
Hang myself in every word that was said
                          Ab
If you want I'll take the blame
                              Bb
'Cause dreams get buried everyday


[Chorus]
             Cm                        Bb
Now there is rose on our grave and the colours have faded
   Gm                        Ab
So why should we try to hold on
           Cm                       Bb
We're like dust in the wind, we are memory jaded
   Gm                     Ab
So say what you will, say what you will for


[Post-Chorus]
Cm                     F
I cannot raise the dead, no
Cm                      Ab  Bb
I cannot raise the dead
Cm                     F
I cannot raise the dead, no
Cm                    Ab  Bb
I cannot raise the dead

[Verse 3]
     Cm
In a time before us
        Cm
We were both someone else
           Ab
And we can be again
            Cm
We both let wrong one in
            Cm
To keep the right one out
              Ab
And now we're both without

[Pre-chorus]
                              Bb
So let's not try to raise the dead
                          Cm
Hang ourselves in all the words that were said long ago
                          Bb
If you want I'll take the blame
                           Ab
For dreams get buried everyday


[Chorus]
             Cm                        Bb
Now there is rose on our grave and the colours have faded
   Gm                        Ab
So why should we try to hold on
           Cm                       Bb
We're like dust in the wind, we are memory jaded
   Gm                     Ab
So say what you will, say what you will for


[Post-Chorus]
Cm                     F
I cannot raise the dead, no
Cm                      Ab  Bb
I cannot raise the dead
Cm                     F
I cannot raise the dead, no
Cm                      Ab Bb
I cannot raise the dead


[Chorus]
             Cm                        Bb
Now there is rose on our grave and the colours have faded
   Gm                        Ab
So why should we try to hold on
           Cm                       Bb
We're like dust in the wind, we are memory jaded
   Gm                     Ab
So say what you will, say what you will for
         Cm                        Bb
There is rose on our grave and the colours have faded
   Gm                        Ab
So why should we try to hold on
           Cm                       Bb
We're like dust in the wind, we are memory jaded
   Gm                     Ab
So say what you will, say what you will for


[Post-Chorus]
Cm                     F
I cannot raise the dead, no
Cm                      Ab  Bb
I cannot raise the dead
Cm                     F
I cannot raise the dead, no
Cm                      Ab  Bb
I cannot raise the dead