A 
It’s bad luck to be braggin’… how you put me down 
                                E 
Watch out for the lies that you spread 
    E 
You ripped out my heart but I can… still get around 
                                         A 
You’ve got to… show some respect for the dead 

       A 
You’re gonna be sorry for the way you behaved 
                           E 
Regret every mean word you said 
      E 
It’ll come back to haunt you… if you dance on my grave 
                                        A 
You ought to… show some respect for the dead 

           E                         A 
You got to show some respect for the dearly departed 
   B7                         E 
Respect for the fool that you left broken-hearted 
     A                          D            B7 
It was hard to extinguish, that big flame we started 
             E                           A      E      A 
You’ve got to… show some respect for the dead 

A 
Life as I knew it… ended the day 
                        E 
You left for another instead 
     E 
Your dreams become nightmares if you treat love this way 
                                      A 
You got to… show some respect for the dead 

           E                         A 
You got to show some respect for the dearly departed 
   B7                         E 
Respect for the fool that you left broken-hearted 
     A                          D            B7 
It was hard to extinguish, that big flame we started 
             E                           A 
You’ve got to… show some respect for the dead 
              E                         A 
You’ve got to show some respect for the dead