Brendan's Death Song

	 
[Riff]
    D         C             Am        Em        G
E---0h2p0------------------------------------------------------------------|
B---------3---1-(1h)3--1----0h1-0--1--0~--------0~-------------------------|
G---2~--------0~---------0--2~-----------2-0-2------0~--*strum or pick G*--|
D---0~------------------------------------------0~-------------------------|
A-------------3~------------0~---------------------------------------------|
E--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[Intro]
D C Am Em G (x2)
[Strophe]
D    C            Am     Em              G 
If I die before I get it done will you decide 
D       C                   Am   Em                 G 
Take my words and turn them into signs that will survive 
          D    C        Am Em            G 
because a long time ago I  knew not to deprive 
     D        C                    Am   Em                    G 
It's safe out there and now you're everywhere just like the skies 
D       C                 Am    Em                  G 
You are love, you are the love supreme, you are the rise 
             D    C                     Am   Em                G 
And when you hear this you'll know it's your jam it's your goodbye
[Refrain]
G                        Cmaj7                     Em 
Like I said you know I'm almost dead, you know I'm almost gone 
             G                           Cmaj7                 Em 
and when the drummer drums he's going to play my song to carry me along 
G                        Cmaj7                     Em 
Like I said you know I'm almost dead, you know I'm almost gone 
             G                      Cmaj7               Em 
and when the boatman comes to ferry me away to where we all belong
[Strophe]
D      C                    Am      Em                 G 
We all crossed when we were feeling lost it's just the tide 
  D    C                 Am    Em            G 
Katari cried the day her lover died she recognized 
           D    C             Am   Em              G 
Because he gave her a life of real love it's no surprise 
    D          C            Am        Em                 G 
The nights are long but the years are short when you're alive 
D        C                Am  Em            G 
Way back when would never be again it was a time, 
           D     C              Am  Em              G 
It's gonna catch you, so glad I met you to walk the line
[Refrain]
G                        Cmaj7                     Em 
Like I said you know I'm almost dead, you know I'm almost gone 
             G                           Cmaj7                 Em 
and when the drummer drums he's going to play my song to carry me along 
G                        Cmaj7                     Em 
Like I said you know I'm almost dead, you know I'm almost gone 
             G                      Cmaj7               Em 
and when the boatman comes to ferry me away to where we all belong
[Refrain]
G                        Cmaj7                     Em 
Like I said you know I'm almost dead, you know I'm almost gone 
             G                           Cmaj7                 Em 
and when the drummer drums he's going to play my song to carry me along 
G                        Cmaj7                     Em 
Like I said you know I'm almost dead, you know I'm almost gone 
             G                      Cmaj7               Em 
and when the boatman comes to ferry me away to where we all belong
[Strophe]
G                        Cmaj7                Em 
Let me live so when it's time to die even the reaper cries 
G                       Cmaj7                Em 
Let me die so when it's time to live another son will rise  
       G          Cmaj7       Em 
I said Yeah  Yeah Yeah   Yeah Yeah 
       G          Cmaj7       Em 
I said Yeah  Yeah Yeah   Yeah Yeah  (cont. a while, fading)
[Refrain]
G                        Cmaj7                     Em 
Like I said you know I'm almost dead, you know I'm almost gone 
             G                           Cmaj7                 Em 
and when the drummer drums he's going to play my song to carry me along 
G                        Cmaj7                     Em 
Like I said you know I'm almost dead, you know I'm almost gone 
             G                      Cmaj7               Em 
and when the boatman comes to ferry me away to where we all belong  
G                        Cmaj7                     Em 
Like I said you know I'm almost dead, you know I'm almost gone 
             G                           Cmaj7                 Em 
and when the drummer drums he's going to play my song to carry me along 
G                        Cmaj7                     Em 
Like I said you know I'm almost dead, you know I'm almost gone 
             G                      Cmaj7               Em 
and when the boatman comes to ferry me away to where we all belong  
G                        Cmaj7                     Em 
Like I said you know I'm almost dead, you know I'm almost gone  
G                        Cmaj7                     Em 
Like I said you know I'm almost dead, you know I'm almost gone