Chords for Billy Joe Shaver - Live Forever
Tempo:
95.35 bpm
Chords used:
G
C
D
Em
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

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I'd like to dedicate this, actually this whole show to my son.
his birthday.
used to play with me and he was a great player.
Allman Brothers and the Eagles, everybody.
started with me when he was about 12, 13 years old.
I say boy, there's a man here.
passed away on New Year's Eve of 2000 with a heroin overdose in a hotel there in New Mexico.
Eddie.
his birthday.
used to play with me and he was a great player.
Allman Brothers and the Eagles, everybody.
started with me when he was about 12, 13 years old.
I say boy, there's a man here.
passed away on New Year's Eve of 2000 with a heroin overdose in a hotel there in New Mexico.
Eddie.
100% ➙ 95BPM
G
C
D
Em
E
G
C
D
I'd like to dedicate this, actually this whole show to my son.
This is his birthday.
_ _ _ He _ used to play with me and he was a great player.
He played with the Booker T and the Allman Brothers and the Eagles, everybody.
He was a wonderful guitar player.
He started with me when he was about 12, 13 years old.
It reminds me a lot of this boy here.
I say boy, there's a man here.
_ _ _ He passed away on New Year's Eve of 2000 with a heroin overdose in a hotel there in New Mexico.
But this is his birthday.
Happy Birthday, Eddie. _ _ _ _ _ _
It's also Father's Day.
_ Happy Father's Day to all you fathers and happy Father's Day to you, Dad. _ _ _
That's our [G] Heavenly Father, the big one. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[D] _ _ [G] _ [C] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _
_ [G] _ [C] _ _ _ [G] I'm going to live [E] forever.
I'm [Em] going to cross that [C] river.
I'm [D] going to catch [G] tomorrow now.
_ _ You're going to want to [E] hold me just [Em] like I always [C] told you.
You're [D] going to miss me [G] when I'm gone.
_ _ _ [C] I'm going to live forever.
Nobody here will [G] ever find me.
_ [D] I will always [G] be around.
_ [Em] _ [C] Just like the songs I [G] leave behind me.
_ [D] I'm going to live [G] forever now. _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _
_ [G] _ [C] _ _ _ [G] You fathers and you [E] mothers, be [Em] good to one [C] another.
Please [D] try to raise your [G] children right.
_ _ Don't let the darkness [E] take them.
Don't [Em] make them feel [C] forsaken.
Just [D] lead them safely [G] to the light.
_ [Em] _ [C] When this old world is [G] blown asunder
_ [D] and all the stars [G] fall from the sky,
_ [C] _ remember someone [G] that loves you.
_ [D] _ We'll live forever, [G] you and I.
_ _ _ I'm going to live forever.
[Em] I'm going to cross that [C] river.
[D] I'm going to catch [G] tomorrow now.
_ _ _ I'm going to live [E] forever.
[Em] I'm going to cross [C] that river.
[D] I'm going to catch [G] tomorrow now. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ I'm [D] _ _ [G] _
_ [Gm] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ [D] _
_ [G] _ _ _ [Em] _ [G] _ gonna [Em] _ _ cross [C] that river, [D] I'm gonna catch [G] tomorrow now.
_ _ [Em] _ Thank _ [C] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ you so much. _ _
This is his birthday.
_ _ _ He _ used to play with me and he was a great player.
He played with the Booker T and the Allman Brothers and the Eagles, everybody.
He was a wonderful guitar player.
He started with me when he was about 12, 13 years old.
It reminds me a lot of this boy here.
I say boy, there's a man here.
_ _ _ He passed away on New Year's Eve of 2000 with a heroin overdose in a hotel there in New Mexico.
But this is his birthday.
Happy Birthday, Eddie. _ _ _ _ _ _
It's also Father's Day.
_ Happy Father's Day to all you fathers and happy Father's Day to you, Dad. _ _ _
That's our [G] Heavenly Father, the big one. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[D] _ _ [G] _ [C] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _
_ [G] _ [C] _ _ _ [G] I'm going to live [E] forever.
I'm [Em] going to cross that [C] river.
I'm [D] going to catch [G] tomorrow now.
_ _ You're going to want to [E] hold me just [Em] like I always [C] told you.
You're [D] going to miss me [G] when I'm gone.
_ _ _ [C] I'm going to live forever.
Nobody here will [G] ever find me.
_ [D] I will always [G] be around.
_ [Em] _ [C] Just like the songs I [G] leave behind me.
_ [D] I'm going to live [G] forever now. _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _
_ [G] _ [C] _ _ _ [G] You fathers and you [E] mothers, be [Em] good to one [C] another.
Please [D] try to raise your [G] children right.
_ _ Don't let the darkness [E] take them.
Don't [Em] make them feel [C] forsaken.
Just [D] lead them safely [G] to the light.
_ [Em] _ [C] When this old world is [G] blown asunder
_ [D] and all the stars [G] fall from the sky,
_ [C] _ remember someone [G] that loves you.
_ [D] _ We'll live forever, [G] you and I.
_ _ _ I'm going to live forever.
[Em] I'm going to cross that [C] river.
[D] I'm going to catch [G] tomorrow now.
_ _ _ I'm going to live [E] forever.
[Em] I'm going to cross [C] that river.
[D] I'm going to catch [G] tomorrow now. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ I'm [D] _ _ [G] _
_ [Gm] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ [D] _
_ [G] _ _ _ [Em] _ [G] _ gonna [Em] _ _ cross [C] that river, [D] I'm gonna catch [G] tomorrow now.
_ _ [Em] _ Thank _ [C] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ you so much. _ _