I'll Be Mellow When I'm Dead Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[D][C][Bb][C]
[D]I don't

[Verse 1]
[D]care
about your [C]karma[D]
[G]I don't car[D]e about what's hip[F]
No [G]space cadet's gonna
[Bb]tell me what to do
[D]

[Verse 2]
[F]
I [G]won't [D]swim in your jac[C]uzzi
[D]You[G] ca[D]n't make me settle down[F]
I'd rather [G]kick and jump
and [Bb]bite and scratch
And [D]scream until I'm blue

[Verse 3]
[G]I may as well [A]be hyper [Bm]as long
as I'm still [G]around
'Cause I'll have [D]lots of
time to be laid back
When [G]I'm six feet under[D]ground

[Verse 4]
I'll be mellow when I'm [A]dead
I'll be [G]mellow when I'm dead
I'll be [D]mellow when I'm dead

[Verse 5]
I'll be mellow when I'm [A]dead
I'll be [G]mellow when I'm dead
I'll be [D]mellow when I'm dead

[Verse 6]
When are [D]you [G]cosmic [D]cowboys
Gonna [G]get it through [A]your heads?
I'll be mellow [D]when I'm

[Verse 7]
[Bm]dead
I'll be mellow [D]when I'm [G]dead
I'll be [A]mellow when I'm [D]dead[Bb][C]
[D]I can't stand

[Verse 8]
the smell of in[C]cense[D]
[G]I don[D]'t really like to [F]jog
[G]No Joni Mitchell [Bb]8- tracks in my car,
[D]ooh[F]

[Verse 9]
I hate [D]anything [C]organ[D]ic[G]
Even [D]health food makes me [F]sick
You won't [G]catch me sipping [Bb]Perrier
Down [D]in some sushi bar, I tell you

[Verse 10]
[G]Now's the time to go [A]for all the
[Bm]gus to y[D]ou can g[G]rab
You'll have [D]plenty of
time to be low- key
When you're [G]laid out on [D]the slab

[Verse 11]
I'll be mellow when I'm [A]dead
I'll be [G]mellow when I'm dead
I'll be [D]mellow when I'm dead

[Verse 12]
I'll be mellow when I'm [A]dead
I'll be [G]mellow when I'm dead
I'll be [D]mellow when I'm dead

[Verse 13]
When are [D]you [G]cosmic [D]cowboys
Gonna [G]get it through your head[A]s?

[Verse 14]
I'll be mellow when I'm [Bm]dead
I'll be mellow [A]when I'm [G]dead
I'll be [A]mellow [D]when I'm dead

[Verse 15]
I'll be mellow when I'm [Bm]dead
I'll be mellow when I'm [G]dead
I'll be [A]mellow when I'm [D]dead

[Interlude 1]
[C][G][D][C][G][D][C][G]
[D]

[Verse 16]
I don't want no [A]part of that vegetarian scene
I won't [D]buy me a pair of designer jeans
No [A]red[Ebdim]wood hot tub to m[A]y name
I got [Bm]all that I w[D]ant and if
it's all the same to you

[Verse 17]
I [G]don't need a course in self- awareness
To [F#]find out who I [Bm]am
[A]And I'd rather have a,
a Big Mac or a Jumbo Jack
Than all the bean sprouts in Japan
[D][A]

[Interlude 2]
[D][C]
[Bb][C][D]

[Verse 18]
So don't [D]ask me what I'm in[C]to[D]
[G]I don't nee[D]d to prove I'm coo[F]l
I'll [G]break your arm if you [Bb]ask me
what's my sign
[D]

[Verse 19]
[F]
I won't [D]tell you where my head's at
[G]I don't nee[D]d to see no shr[F]ink
Psychos[G]is may be [Bb]in this year
But I'm [D]really not that kind

[Verse 20]
And I'm in no [G]hurry to be [A]casual
In [Bm]fact, I think, [G]I'll wait
Until I'm [D]pushing up the daisies

[Verse 21]
Like wow, man, can you relate?
[A]I'll be mel[D]low when I'm dea[Bm]d
I'll be mellow when I'm [G]dead
I'll be [A]mellow when I'm [D]dead

[Verse 22]
I'll be mellow when I'm [Bm]dead
I'll be mellow when I'm [G]dead
I'll be [A]mellow when I'm [D]dead

[Verse 23]
I'll be mellow when I'm [Bm]dead
I'll be mellow when I'm [G]dead
I'll be [A]mellow when I'm [D]dead

[Verse 24]
I'll be mellow when I'm [Bm]dead
I'll be mellow when I'm [G]dead
I'll be [A]mellow when I'm [D]dead