[Intro] Am  C  G  A  
        C  G  Am  G
        G  G  Am  Dm  
        Em  G  Am  G 
        Dm  Em  Am  G  
        Am  C  G  Am 
        G  Dm  Am  
        G  Dm

[Primeira Parte]

Am         C           G
   I had a good friend
          Am
In my hometown
      C
Early this morning
G                     Am
They layed him in the ground

Am        C       G
He was my brother
                 Am
I won't tell You his name
Am       C      G
He was a junkie
                 Am     Dm
For Whiskey and Cocaine

[Refrão]

Dm  Am   Em    G       Dm
Oh, no, He's dead an' cold
Dm    Am  Em      G           Dm
Don't Go down the Dead Man's Road!
Em    G        Am
The Dead Man's Road!

( Am  G  Dm  Em )
( G  Am  G  Dm )
( Em  G  Am  C )
( G  Am  C  G )
( Am  C  G )
( Dm  Am )

[Segunda Parte]

Am                       C
I hear You're out there, sayin
G                   Am
"It won't happen to me"
Am               C
'Cause it feels good an that makes that
G          Am
So easy to believe

Am            C
My friend was young an' strong
G              Am
Like everybody else
Am         C
I began to understand
G                Dm
When I got there myself

[Terceira Parte]

Am               C
All the goodtime losers
G            Am
They knew my name
Am               C
Just small-time users
G            Am
Waiting on a train

Am                C
I danced with the Devil
G                  Am
He tried to get my soul
         C
I didn't recognize him
G                 Am
On the Dead Man's Road

[Refrão]

Dm  Am   Em    G       Dm
Oh, no, He's dead an' cold
Dm    Am  Em      G           Dm
Don't Go down the Dead Man's Road!
Em    G        Am
The Dead Man's Road!

[Solo] Am  Dm  Em  C
       Am  G  Dm  Em
       Am  Dm  Em  Am
       C  Dm  Em  G
       Am  C  G  Am
       C  G  Am  Dm

[Quarta Parte]

Am              C     G
I cheated on my woman
              Am
An' I cheated myself
                    C        G
I cheated my mother and my father
          Am   A
Everybody else

A              C
I came to know Jesus
G            Am
An' he saved my soul
              C      G
Changed my direction
                   Am
From the Dead Man's Road

[Refrão]

Dm  Am   Em    G       Dm
Oh, no, He's dead an' cold
Dm    Am  Em      G           Dm
Don't Go down the Dead Man's Road!
Em    G        Am
The Dead Man's Road!

Dm  Am   Em    G          Dm
Oh, no, He's dead annnn' cold
Dm    Am  Em      G           Dm
Don't Go down the Dead Man's Road!
Em    G        Am
A Dead Man's Road!

[Final] A  G  Dm  Em  
        Am  G  Dm  Em 
        C  Am  G  Dm  
        Em  G  Am  C 
        Dm  Em  Am  C 
        Am  Am  G  Am  
        C  G  Am  C