Ballad Of The Dying Man

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        F/A            Gm           Gm7          Abdim7
       x_oo_o        xo___o        xo___o        x__o_x
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         Dm            Eb            Am          Dbaug
       o__ooo        ______        x_____        _x_oo_
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          G7             C            Ab
       xo_o_o        x_o___        x_____
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Intro

The intro is the same chord sequence as the chorus. I like to accent my strumming in a
way that mimics the high notes of the piano part. On the second F in the sequence, try
moving your pinky up to the fifth fret of the high D string (3x0005) and back down to
the third fret (3x0003) in order to follow the piano. Throughout the song, I also alternate
between Gm and Gm7 (which I've marked in parentheses) toward the end of phrases in order
to get the higher F-note of the keys, even though it sounds like Josh plays it as a
straight Gm.
F  Fmaj7  F7  F  Bb  F/A  Gm  Abdim7  Gm (Gm7)

Verse 1

F                   Dm    Eb           Gm (Gm7)
Naturally the dying man wonders to himself:
F                          Dm   Eb           Gm (Gm7)
Has commentary been more lucid than anybody else?
     Am                                   F7
And had he successively beaten back the rising tide
                Dm                  Dbaug
Of idiots, dilettantes, and fools
                 Abdim7      Gm
On his watch while he was alive
F        Abdim7            Db    Dm
Lord, just a little more time

Chorus 1

    F Fmaj7 F7     F
Oh, in no time at all
               Bb  F/A  Gm
This'll be the distant past
G7    Gm (Gm7)
Ooh

Verse 2

F                 Dm   Eb              Gm (Gm7)
So says the dying man once I'm in the box
F                           Dm   Eb            Gm (Gm7)
Just think of all the overrated hacks running amok
                 Am                                   F7
And all of the pretentious, ignorant voices that will go unchecked
                 Dm                 Dbaug
The homophobes, hipsters, and 1%
                          Abdim7      Gm
The false feminists he'd managed to detect
F          Abdim7                     Db    Dm
Oh, who will critique them once he's left?

Chorus 2

    F Fmaj7 F7     F
Oh, in no time at all
               Bb  F/A  C
This'll be the distant past

Bridge

Ab                  C               F         Bb
What he'd give for one more day to rate and analyze
Gm                     C           F        Bb
The world made in his image as of yet to realize
        Dm      Gm     C
What a mess to leave behind

Verse 3

F                    Dm   Eb             Gm (Gm7)
Eventually the dying man takes his final breath
F                              Dm      Eb                Gm (Gm7)
But first checks his news feed to see what he's 'bout to miss
        Am                        F7
And it occurs to him a little late in the game
             Dm                   Dbaug
We leave as clueless as we came
                            Abdim7         Gm
From rented heavens to the shadows in the cave
F        Abdim7         Db    Dm
We'll all be wrong someday