Chords for Eric Church - A Man Who's Gonna Die Young

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_ [N] _ _ _ _ I uh, _
[Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ _ tonight is uh, [G] my son is at his first opera performance.
It's two years [E] old. _ _ _
[C] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [N] I'm gonna tell you, I'm gonna play this song, uh, nobody's heard this song, it's just for
uh, it's on the next album, and it's his first time.
And uh, there was a time in my youth that I never thought, I'm 36 years old, I never
thought I'd be 36 years old.
I thought I would, [Ab] I thought I would punch the clock a long time ago with how I've lived.
But um, [B] _ this uh, [Bb] _ _ this song's called uh, A Man Who's Gonna [Em] Die Young.
And uh, _ _ I [Bb] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [Bb] _
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_ _ _ _ [Bbm] locked past [Eb] cars and sharp dreams, [Bb] chased a lot of crazy things, [Ebm]
left behind
my share of broken [Bb] pieces. _ _
_ _ [Eb] This morning I turned 36, [Bb]
and you just remember half of it.
[Ebm] You wonder how you outlived [Bb] Hank or Jesus.
I _ _ [Eb] put a rage in the river, the roll in the thunder, but you kept me from going under.
_ When that current got too [Bb] heavy, _ _ [Eb] _
I always thought I'd [Db] be a heap of metal [Bb] in a cloud
of smoke, [Ebm] but stuck to the pedal.
Soap apart like a junkyard rusty, _ _ [Bb] _ _ [A] _ [Ab] a fear I've had none.
[Eb] What the hell made you wanna love?
_ [Cm] _ He [F] was gonna die [Bbm] young.
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_ [C] _ In the mirror I saw [Eb] my surprise.
[F] Who knew gray hairs liked to hide [Ebm] on a hay, they didn't think he'd [Bb] live past 30.
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And if I make it 30 more, it's [C] the brown that you'll [Bb] be looking for, [Ebm] as you run your fingers through it.
Say [C] slow down honey.
_ [Eb] I put a rage in the river, the roll [Bb] in the thunder, but you kept me from [Eb] going under.
_ When that current got [C] too heavy, _ [Cm] _ I always [F] thought I'd be a heap of metal in a cloud
[Eb] of smoke, but stuck to the pedal.
Soap apart like a [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ junkyard rusty, a fear I've [Cm] had none.
What the hell made you wanna love? _ _ _
He [Bb] was gonna die young.
[Bbm] Call _ [Eb] _
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_ _ [F] _ _ it intuition, [Eb]
I call it crazy.
Just thought [C] by now [Bbm] I'd be pushing up daisies, [Ebm] but I'd gladly stick around if we're [Bb] together. _
_ [Eb] So [Bb] baby when you bow your [Eb] head tonight, could you [Bb] tell the Lord I changed my mind?
[Eb] And with you, [F] I'd like to live forever.
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