Songwriting rhymes for dead
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Perfect rhymes for dead
- head
- lead
- dread
- tread
- thread
- bed
- read
- shed
- ahead
- instead
- overhead
- bloodshed
- aforesaid
- embed
- godhead
- fed
- ted
- fled
- braindead
- bled
- shred
- talking head
- figurehead
- imbed
- spearhead
- shithead
- watershed
- inbred
- loggerhead
- misled
- sped
- widespread
- brown bread
- unsaid
- seabed
- featherbed
- test bed
- fred
- bulkhead
- thoroughbred
- deathbed
- flatbed
- sled
- deadhead
- hotbed
- retread
- letterhead
- drumhead
- trundle bed
- ned
- riverbed
- hardhead
- dragonhead
- med
- gingerbread
- arrowhead
- masthead
- woodshed
- bullhead
- white bread
Near rhymes for dead
Near rhymes work great for songwriting, often giving a more interesting feel than perfect rhymes.
- when
- get
- let
- tell
- there
- then
- where
- well
- again
- there's
- end
- them
- friends
- myself
- guess
- left
- care
- yes
- forget
- scared
- friend
- let's
- em
- they're
- hell
- their
- else
- hair
- best
- felt
- help
- swear
- pretend
- spend
- tears
- s
- gets
- air
- set
- went
- met
- mess
- yourself
- m
- next
- says
- fell
- perfect
- breath
- yet
- rest
- step
- tear
- send
- held
- regret
- wear
- bet
- check
- fair
- meant
- dress
- less
- neck
- share
- ten
- smell
- death
- chest
- spent
- hotel
- sweat
- eh
- stare
- self
- kept
- sense
- ends
- sex
- edge
- men
- wet
- l
- dressed
- against
- beg
- sell
- west
- confess
- spell
- dare
- unless
- bear
- bell
- cigarette
- n
- respect
- steps
- heads
- cared
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