Em             D
I died so many years ago,
    Em              A      G           D
But you can make me feel like it isn't so.
    Em               D       G       Em             A7
Why you come to be with me I think I finally know.
     E                            D
Your scared, ashamed of what you feel,
      Em              A                    G                   D
But you can't tell the ones you love, you know they couldn't deal.
      Em                 D             A             G     A7
But whispering in a dead man's ear doesn?t make it real.
     E                            D
That?s great, but I don?t want to play,
        Em               A           G             D
Because being with you touches me, more than I can say.
       D             A              Em
And since I'm only dead to you I'm saying stay away,
      D       A       E
And let me rest in peace!

Chorus
       D         A              E
Let me rest in peace! Let me get some sleep!
       D                      A         E                A7
Let me take my love and bury it in a hole that's 6 feet deep!
       D            A                E
I can lay my body down but I can't find my sweet release.
     D     A        E
So let me rest in peace!

    Em                         D
You know you've got a willing slave,
                     Em       A         G           D
And you just love to play the part that you might misbehave.
    Em              D              G         Em            
Until you do I'm telling you stop visiting my grave,
     D     A        E
And let me rest in peace!
   D            Dm        Db      Ab        C       Db
I know I should go but I follow you like a man possessed.
             Db      Ab     C        Db                   Ab               C    Db
There's a traitor here beneath my breast and it hurts me more than you've ever guessed.
       Db          Ab             C        Db    Dbm               Ab
If my heart could beat it would break my chest, but I can see your unimpressed.
        E
So leave me be and...