Em             Bm
I died so many years ago,
    D              A       C          G
But you can make me feel like it isn't so.
    Bm               C       D       Em             A
Why you come to be with me I think I finally know.

[Verse 2]
       E                            Bm
You're scared, ashamed of what you feel,
      D              A                    C                   G
But you can't tell the ones you love, you know they couldn't deal.
      Bm            C              D                Em     A
But whispering in a dead man's ear doesn't make it real.

[Verse 3]
       E                          Bm
That's great, but I don't want to play,
        D               A           C             G
Because being with you touches me, more than I can say.
    Bm             C               D            E
And since I'm only dead to you I'm saying stay away,
     D     G    F# E
And let me rest in peace!

[Chorus]
       F#      A             E
Let me rest in peace! Let me get some sleep!
       F#               A            E                  D
Let me take my love and bury it in a hole that's 6 feet deep!
       F#         A                C#m              G6
I can lay my body down but I can't find my sweet release.
     D     A   G  E
So let me rest in peace!

[Verse 4]
       E                      Bm
You know you've got a willing slave,
    D                A                  C              G
And you just love to play the part that you might misbehave.
  Bm             C                D           E
Until you do I'm telling you stop visiting my grave,
     D     G    F# E
And let me rest in peace!

[Bridge]
   D            C#         G#              C       C#
I know I should go but I follow you like a man possessed.
          G#               C        C#                 G#             C
There's a traitor here beneath my breast and it hurts me more than you've
     C#
ever guessed.
       G#                        C        C#    C#m                 G#
If my heart could beat it would break my chest, but I can see you're unimpressed.
   E
So leave me be and...

[Chorus]
       F#      A             E
Let me rest in peace! Let me get some sleep!
       F#               A            E                  D
Let me take my love and bury it in a hole that's 6 feet deep!
       F#         A                C#m              G6
I can lay my body down but I can't find my sweet release.
     D     A   G  E
So let me rest in peace!

[Outro]
E             D      A    G  E
Why don't you let me rest in peace?