D Bm G A D Bm G

[Verse 1]
A       D     Bm  G
When he died
      A             D     Bm  G
Turns out he left behind
  A               D     Bm           G
a mansion full of other people's skulls
    A                  D     Bm          G
The odd thing is, they never found his own
A       D
When he died

[Bridge]
Bm G A D Bm G

[Verse 2]
A       D     Bm  G
When he died
   A              D     Bm  G
He somehow left behind
        A              D       Bm        G
strange symbols on the floor beneath his corpse
  A           D        Bm       G        A
Investigators said the wood was scorched
        D    Bm G A
When he died

[Bridge]
D Bm G A (x3)

[Chorus 1]
A       F     Dm
When he died
     Bb            C         F    Dm    Bb
They found so many scorpions inside his lungs
C       F    Dm
When he died
    Bb             C                F     Dm
The statues of his missing children cried
         Bb             C      D      Bm G A
What was later found to be his blood

[Bridge]
D Bm G A (x3)

[Verse 3]
A       D          Bm              G
When he died (On a dark and stormy night)
     A              D           Bm           G
They telephoned his wife (Who reacted with delight)
    A             D     Bm       G       A
But gradually her voice began to fade to nothing
        D        Bm     G
And the Laughing Record played
    N.C.            D      Bm G A
The Laughing Record played

[Bridge]
D Bm G A

[Chorus 2]
        F     Dm
When he died
     Bb              C               F
They found a message etched into his spine
Dm   Bb   C       F     Dm
That said when he died
           Bb            C                   F     Dm
An endless age of untold nightmares would be nigh
        Bb                   C        D    Bm G A
And the blood would make the seas run red

[Bridge]
D Bm G A

[Verse 4]
A       D          Bm              G
When he died (On a dark and stormy night)
  A                  D        Bm            G
A nearby shed caught fire (It simply caught alight)
    A                     D            Bm       G
And when they cleared the charred wood from the ground
  A                 D        Bm   G
Inside they found a painting of a clown
     A               D      Bm     G
He'd painted it when he was just a child
    A                 D    Bm
But scrawled upon the back
      G     A          F    Dm Bb
Was exactly when he... died

[Outro]
C       F    Dm Bb
When he died
C       F    Dm Bb
When he died
C       F    Dm Bb
When he died
C       D    Bm G A
When he died