Chords for Petra - If I Had To Die For Someone
Tempo:
83.95 bpm
Chords used:
D
G
E
C
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[G] [D] [Em]
[G] [G] [D] [C]
[G] [D] [Em]
[G] [D] [C]
[G] I wear my [D] seatbelt in the [Em] car, I buckle [G] up to safety, I run for [F#m] cover [C] from the storm.
[G] I wear a bandaid [D] on my knee, I [E] look both ways when [G] crossing and I flee, any [D] danger [C] I can see.
[G] And if I try each [C] day to save my life in every [D] way I can, how could I understand [Am] the way [D] you [C] died for me?
[A]
[E] Even if I think I [D] would have to die for someone, [A] if I had to die for someone else,
how could I ever [E] get my life to set the guilty [D] free when I cannot imagine [A] if I had to [F#m] die for [E] someone [G] else like me?
[D] [Em] [C] Someone [G] else like me.
[D] [C] [G] I [D] keep away from falling [Em] rocks and I don't [C] play with matches, [G] I [D] lock the door, I [C] don't know why.
[G] It seems to [D] me I'm much too [Em] old to wear a [C] scarf out in the [G] cold, but I want to [D] live [C] until I die.
[G] I guess I love my [C] life a little more than I should [D] love it, and if I had to [Am] I don't know if I [G] could [C] lay it down.
[A] Cause I don't know [E] if I could even if I think I [D] would, if I had to die for someone, [A] if I had to die for someone else,
how could I ever get [E] my life to set the guilty [D] free when I cannot imagine [A] if I had to die for [E] someone [F#m] else like [E] me?
And [D] I am glad that you are not at [F#m] all like [E] me, cause [G] you laid down your life and [F#m] did it willingly.
[E] It [D] still amazes [C#m] me to know [C] it's me that you are thinking [D] of.
No one else could have a [G] greater life, [D] [Em]
[G] [D] [C]
[G] a greater life, [D] [Em]
[G] [Bm] [C] [G]
[A] cause I don't know if I [E] could even if I think I [D] would,
if I had to die for someone, [A] if I had to die for someone else, how could I ever get [E] my life to set the guilty [D] free when I cannot imagine
[A] if I had to die [D] for [E] someone [A] else like me?
Cause I don't know if [E] I could even if I think I [D] would, if I had to die for someone,
[A] if I had to die for someone else, how could I ever get [E] my life to set the guilty free [D] when I cannot imagine [A] if I had to die [F#] for [E] someone [A] else like me?
[E]
[D] If I had to die for someone, [A] could I die for someone?
[E]
[D] If I had to die for someone, [A] could I die [Bm] for someone?
[E] [A] [E]
[G] [G] [D] [C]
[G] [D] [Em]
[G] [D] [C]
[G] I wear my [D] seatbelt in the [Em] car, I buckle [G] up to safety, I run for [F#m] cover [C] from the storm.
[G] I wear a bandaid [D] on my knee, I [E] look both ways when [G] crossing and I flee, any [D] danger [C] I can see.
[G] And if I try each [C] day to save my life in every [D] way I can, how could I understand [Am] the way [D] you [C] died for me?
[A]
[E] Even if I think I [D] would have to die for someone, [A] if I had to die for someone else,
how could I ever [E] get my life to set the guilty [D] free when I cannot imagine [A] if I had to [F#m] die for [E] someone [G] else like me?
[D] [Em] [C] Someone [G] else like me.
[D] [C] [G] I [D] keep away from falling [Em] rocks and I don't [C] play with matches, [G] I [D] lock the door, I [C] don't know why.
[G] It seems to [D] me I'm much too [Em] old to wear a [C] scarf out in the [G] cold, but I want to [D] live [C] until I die.
[G] I guess I love my [C] life a little more than I should [D] love it, and if I had to [Am] I don't know if I [G] could [C] lay it down.
[A] Cause I don't know [E] if I could even if I think I [D] would, if I had to die for someone, [A] if I had to die for someone else,
how could I ever get [E] my life to set the guilty [D] free when I cannot imagine [A] if I had to die for [E] someone [F#m] else like [E] me?
And [D] I am glad that you are not at [F#m] all like [E] me, cause [G] you laid down your life and [F#m] did it willingly.
[E] It [D] still amazes [C#m] me to know [C] it's me that you are thinking [D] of.
No one else could have a [G] greater life, [D] [Em]
[G] [D] [C]
[G] a greater life, [D] [Em]
[G] [Bm] [C] [G]
[A] cause I don't know if I [E] could even if I think I [D] would,
if I had to die for someone, [A] if I had to die for someone else, how could I ever get [E] my life to set the guilty [D] free when I cannot imagine
[A] if I had to die [D] for [E] someone [A] else like me?
Cause I don't know if [E] I could even if I think I [D] would, if I had to die for someone,
[A] if I had to die for someone else, how could I ever get [E] my life to set the guilty free [D] when I cannot imagine [A] if I had to die [F#] for [E] someone [A] else like me?
[E]
[D] If I had to die for someone, [A] could I die for someone?
[E]
[D] If I had to die for someone, [A] could I die [Bm] for someone?
[E] [A] [E]
Key:
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G
E
C
A
D
G
E
[G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ [Em] _ _ _
[G] _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ [C] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ [C] _ _ _
_ [G] I wear my [D] seatbelt in the [Em] car, I buckle [G] up to safety, I run for [F#m] cover [C] from the storm. _
[G] I wear a bandaid [D] on my knee, I [E] look both ways when [G] crossing and I flee, any [D] danger [C] I can see. _
[G] _ And if I try each [C] day to save my life in every [D] way I can, how could I understand [Am] the way [D] you [C] died for me?
_ _ [A] _ _ _
[E] Even if I think I [D] would have to die for someone, [A] if I had to die for someone else,
how could I ever [E] get my life to set the guilty [D] free when I cannot imagine [A] if I had to [F#m] die for [E] someone [G] else like me?
[D] _ _ [Em] _ [C] Someone [G] else like me. _
[D] _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ I [D] keep away from falling [Em] rocks and I don't [C] play with matches, [G] I [D] lock the door, I [C] don't know why.
[G] It seems to [D] me I'm much too [Em] old to wear a [C] scarf out in the [G] cold, but I want to [D] live [C] until I die.
_ [G] _ I guess I love my [C] life a little more than I should [D] love it, and if I had to [Am] I don't know if I [G] could [C] lay it down.
_ [A] Cause I don't know [E] if I could even if I think I [D] would, if I had to die for someone, [A] if I had to die for someone else,
how could I ever get [E] my life to set the guilty [D] free when I cannot imagine [A] if I had to die for [E] someone [F#m] else like [E] me?
And [D] I am glad that you are not at [F#m] all like [E] me, cause [G] you laid down your life and [F#m] did it willingly.
[E] It [D] still amazes [C#m] me to know [C] it's me that you are thinking [D] of.
No one else could have a [G] greater life, [D] _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [C] _ _
[G] a greater life, [D] _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [Bm] _ [C] _ [G] _ _
_ [A] cause I don't know if I [E] could even if I think I [D] would,
if I had to die for someone, [A] if I had to die for someone else, how could I ever get [E] my life to set the guilty [D] free when I cannot imagine
[A] if I had to die [D] for [E] someone [A] else like me?
Cause I don't know if [E] I could even if I think I [D] would, if I had to die for someone,
[A] if I had to die for someone else, how could I ever get [E] my life to set the guilty free [D] when I cannot imagine [A] if I had to die [F#] for [E] someone [A] else like me?
_ _ [E] _ _ _
[D] If I had to die for someone, [A] could I die for someone?
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _
[D] If I had to die for someone, [A] could I die [Bm] for someone?
[E] _ [A] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[G] _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ [C] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ [C] _ _ _
_ [G] I wear my [D] seatbelt in the [Em] car, I buckle [G] up to safety, I run for [F#m] cover [C] from the storm. _
[G] I wear a bandaid [D] on my knee, I [E] look both ways when [G] crossing and I flee, any [D] danger [C] I can see. _
[G] _ And if I try each [C] day to save my life in every [D] way I can, how could I understand [Am] the way [D] you [C] died for me?
_ _ [A] _ _ _
[E] Even if I think I [D] would have to die for someone, [A] if I had to die for someone else,
how could I ever [E] get my life to set the guilty [D] free when I cannot imagine [A] if I had to [F#m] die for [E] someone [G] else like me?
[D] _ _ [Em] _ [C] Someone [G] else like me. _
[D] _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ I [D] keep away from falling [Em] rocks and I don't [C] play with matches, [G] I [D] lock the door, I [C] don't know why.
[G] It seems to [D] me I'm much too [Em] old to wear a [C] scarf out in the [G] cold, but I want to [D] live [C] until I die.
_ [G] _ I guess I love my [C] life a little more than I should [D] love it, and if I had to [Am] I don't know if I [G] could [C] lay it down.
_ [A] Cause I don't know [E] if I could even if I think I [D] would, if I had to die for someone, [A] if I had to die for someone else,
how could I ever get [E] my life to set the guilty [D] free when I cannot imagine [A] if I had to die for [E] someone [F#m] else like [E] me?
And [D] I am glad that you are not at [F#m] all like [E] me, cause [G] you laid down your life and [F#m] did it willingly.
[E] It [D] still amazes [C#m] me to know [C] it's me that you are thinking [D] of.
No one else could have a [G] greater life, [D] _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [C] _ _
[G] a greater life, [D] _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [Bm] _ [C] _ [G] _ _
_ [A] cause I don't know if I [E] could even if I think I [D] would,
if I had to die for someone, [A] if I had to die for someone else, how could I ever get [E] my life to set the guilty [D] free when I cannot imagine
[A] if I had to die [D] for [E] someone [A] else like me?
Cause I don't know if [E] I could even if I think I [D] would, if I had to die for someone,
[A] if I had to die for someone else, how could I ever get [E] my life to set the guilty free [D] when I cannot imagine [A] if I had to die [F#] for [E] someone [A] else like me?
_ _ [E] _ _ _
[D] If I had to die for someone, [A] could I die for someone?
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _
[D] If I had to die for someone, [A] could I die [Bm] for someone?
[E] _ [A] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _