The Afterlife

( original version ) tune down three half steps : E - A - Bm - A E - Bm - A - E ( Bm is exchangable with D6 ) standard tuning version : C# - F# - G#m - F# C# - G#m - F# - C# ( G#m is exchangable with B6 ) ( capo 4 ) easy/Capo version : A - D - Em - D A - Em - D - A ( Em exchangable G6 ) ( note : this was originally played on a tuned down 12 string with reverb and delay ) after i died , and the make up had dried , i went back to my place . no moon that night , but a heavenly light shone on my face . still i thought it was odd , there was no sign of god just to usher me in . then a voice from above , sugar coated with love , said , "let us begin" . you got to fill out a form first , and then you wait in the line . you got to fill out a form first , and then you wait in the line . ok , a new kid in school , got to follow the rule , you got to learn the routine . woah , there’s a girl over there , with the sunshiny hair , like a homecomin’ queen . i said , "hey , what you say? it’s a glorious day , by the way how long you been dead?" maybe you , maybe me , maybe baby makes three , but she just shook her head . . . you got to fill out a form first , and then you wait in the line . you got to fill out a form first , and then you wait in the line . buddha and moses and all the noses from narrow to flat , had to stand in the line , just to glimpse the divine , what you think about that? well it seems like our fate to suffer and wait for the knowledge we seek . it’s all his design , no one cuts in the line , no one here likes a sneak you got to fill out a form first , and then you wait in the line . you got to fill out a form first , and then you wait in the line . after you climb , up the laddEr of time , the lord god is near . face to face , in the vastness of space , your words disappear . and you feel like swimming in an ocean of love , and the current is strong . but all that remains when you try to explain is a fragment of song . . . lord is it , be bop a lu la or ooh poppa do lord , be bop a lu la or ooh poppa do be bop a lu la