Brendan's Death Song

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