Kari Maaren

Have I Mentioned We're All Dead Here?
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Oh, come on:  who doesn't think of psychiatry whenever ghosts come up?  They're clearly related.

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Have I Mentioned We're All Dead Here?
C
 
C                          Fsus2              G7sus4 G7
Welcome to our session.  I trust that our clinicians
       C        Cmaj7 Am               Dm            G7
Have helped you grow accustomed to our institution.  Anyway,
   C                              Fsus2       G7sus4 G7
It must be quite disturbing to be seeing apparitions,
        C       Cmaj7    Am                       F        G7  C
But I’m sure we can work through this, and you’re going to be okay.
  Am                                F                G7
I know you’ve said your memories of recent times are hazy;
            C              C7                    F             Fm
You’ve been overwhelmed by ghosts and don’t know what to do or where to go.
      C      Cmaj7 Am                F                C
Don’t worry; I assure you, sir, that you are far from crazy,
    F                  C                  F                    G7 G7sus4 G7
And we shall make real progress.  But for starters, you should know:
 
C      F  C     G7sus4 C G7sus4 G7 C Cmaj7  
Have I mentioned we’re all dead here,
Am            Dm               C7sus4 G7
Which must be quite a shock to you?
  C                 C7
I think it’s pretty great
         F                Fm
You have realised way too late
           C              G7sus4   G7       F   C   F   G7
That it is likely you are going to die here too.
 
   C                           Fsus2          G7sus4 G7
So tell me of your mother; I expect she’s overbearing.
      C       Cmaj7  Am               Dm              G7
Your father’s rather distant, and you often feel that you’re alone.
     C                               Fsus2             G7sus4 G7
Your visions are the product of your mother’s stifling caring
         C        Cmaj7   Am               F       G7      C
And your father’s need to force you out to make it on your own.
    Am                               F               G7
You long for their approval, but the contradiction’s causing
    C       C7                 F             Fm
You to dissociate and let your mind create a fantasy,
    C       Cmaj7    Am                F                 C
And thus we get your ghosts—I’m sorry, would you mind us pausing?
    F                C            F             G7 G7sus4 G7
The poltergeists are acting up in visiting room three.

C      F  C      G7sus4 C G7sus4 G7 C Cmaj7  
Have I mentioned we’re all dead here,
Am            Dm               C7sus4 G7
Which must be quite a shock to you?
  C                 C7
I think it’s pretty great
         F                Fm
You have realised way too late
           C              G7sus4   G7       F   C   F   G7
That it is likely you are going to die here too.

   C                                   Fsus2        G7sus4 G7
If you can come to terms with your own morbid disposition,
      C           Cmaj7 Am             Dm            G7
Which prompts you to reject advice and causes you to see the dead,
    C                                Fsus2         G7sus4 G7
You may find you’re improving, quite of your own volition.
 C        Cmaj7   Am      F     G7  C
Ideally, you’ll develop telepathy instead.
    Am                             F              G7
Our hour’s up, but I’d say we’ve established a connection.
   C             C7              F              Fm
It can’t be easy for you just to open up; that’s quite all right.
     C      Cmaj7 Am               F           C
Now, if you will excuse me, I find I’ve a predilection
   F                 C                    F             G7 G7sus4 G7
To rend your soul in twain while wreaking terror in the night.
 
C      F  C      G7sus4 C G7sus4 G7 C Cmaj7  
Have I mentioned we’re all dead here,
Am            Dm               C7sus4 G7
Which must be quite a shock to you?
  C                 C7
I think it’s pretty great
         F                Fm
You have realised way too late
           C              G7sus4   G7       F   C   F   G7
That it is likely you are going to die here too.
 
C      F  C      G7sus4 C G7sus4 G7 C Cmaj7  
Have I mentioned we’re all dead here,
Am            Dm               C7sus4 G7
Which must be quite a shock to you?
  C                 C7
I think it’s pretty great
         F                Fm
You have realised way too late
           C              G7sus4   G7       F   C
That it is likely you are going to die here too.

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