Chords for The Stray Birds - "When I Die"
Tempo:
70.5 bpm
Chords used:
D
G
A
Bm
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[C] [D] [C]
[D]
[C] You know, [F]
when [C] this started in the first place [G] was less, you know, [Am] less what I eat.
[Em] [D] When I [A] die, [G] lay me down at the [D] [A] stream, [Bm] by the tree [A] with the deepest [D] root.
[G] [D] Bury [A] my [G] body in [D] gold [A] chains, [Bm] and a [A] pair of my leather [G] [D] boots.
[G] [D]
[G] Maybe sing [D] a song, [G] [D] maybe carry a rose, [G] maybe listen for [D] the wind [A] on the [G] day you blow.
Don't [D] you tell them you love me, [G] if [D] you've broken my heart.
[G] Leave the [D] flowers above me [A] now, don't [G] tear them apart.
[D] When [A] I [Bm] die, [G] lay me down at [D] the [A] stream, [Bm] by the [F#m] tree with [A] the [D] deepest root.
[G] [D] Bury [A] my body [G] in gold [D] chains, [Bm] and a [F#m] pair of [A] my leather [G] [D] boots.
[G] [D] [G] Take my [D] guitar [G] from the [D] empty hall, [G] don't [D] let it hang from [A] some [D] rich [G] man's wall.
That [D] piece of [G] wood is how I learn [D] to pray, [G] just [D] find some [A] hands to play it [G] every day.
[D] Take my body down Main Street, [G] take me by [D] my old [G] school.
Toast my [D] name at the bar [A] where we used to [G] shoot pool.
Take me [D] past the graveyard [G] where my [D] family lay.
[G] I wanna [D] be by the water [A] on that [G] final day.
[D] When [A] I die, [G] lay me down at [D] the [A] stream, [Bm] by the tree [A] with the [D] deepest root.
[G] [A] [D] Bury [A] my [G] body in gold [A] chains, [Bm] and a pair [A] of my [G] leather boots.
[D] I said bury [A] my [G] body in [D] gold [F#m] chains, [Bm] and a pair [A] of my [G] leather boots.
[D] My [G] leather boots.
[D] [G] My leather boots.
[D] My [G] leather boots.
[A] [D] If [G] you don't [D] like [A] dirt, you can always go [D] to Abilene.
[G] I hear the [D] getting's plenty, [A] and the grass is [D] always green.
You [G] can always head to [D] Kansas City, [A] where they pave all [D] of their roads.
[G] But the vices flow [D] like the Ohio, [A] and the governor's [Bm] on parole.
[G] [Dm] [C] [D] [C]
[D]
[C] You know, [F]
when [C] this started in the first place [G] was less, you know, [Am] less what I eat.
[Em] [D] When I [A] die, [G] lay me down at the [D] [A] stream, [Bm] by the tree [A] with the deepest [D] root.
[G] [D] Bury [A] my [G] body in [D] gold [A] chains, [Bm] and a [A] pair of my leather [G] [D] boots.
[G] [D]
[G] Maybe sing [D] a song, [G] [D] maybe carry a rose, [G] maybe listen for [D] the wind [A] on the [G] day you blow.
Don't [D] you tell them you love me, [G] if [D] you've broken my heart.
[G] Leave the [D] flowers above me [A] now, don't [G] tear them apart.
[D] When [A] I [Bm] die, [G] lay me down at [D] the [A] stream, [Bm] by the [F#m] tree with [A] the [D] deepest root.
[G] [D] Bury [A] my body [G] in gold [D] chains, [Bm] and a [F#m] pair of [A] my leather [G] [D] boots.
[G] [D] [G] Take my [D] guitar [G] from the [D] empty hall, [G] don't [D] let it hang from [A] some [D] rich [G] man's wall.
That [D] piece of [G] wood is how I learn [D] to pray, [G] just [D] find some [A] hands to play it [G] every day.
[D] Take my body down Main Street, [G] take me by [D] my old [G] school.
Toast my [D] name at the bar [A] where we used to [G] shoot pool.
Take me [D] past the graveyard [G] where my [D] family lay.
[G] I wanna [D] be by the water [A] on that [G] final day.
[D] When [A] I die, [G] lay me down at [D] the [A] stream, [Bm] by the tree [A] with the [D] deepest root.
[G] [A] [D] Bury [A] my [G] body in gold [A] chains, [Bm] and a pair [A] of my [G] leather boots.
[D] I said bury [A] my [G] body in [D] gold [F#m] chains, [Bm] and a pair [A] of my [G] leather boots.
[D] My [G] leather boots.
[D] [G] My leather boots.
[D] My [G] leather boots.
[A] [D] If [G] you don't [D] like [A] dirt, you can always go [D] to Abilene.
[G] I hear the [D] getting's plenty, [A] and the grass is [D] always green.
You [G] can always head to [D] Kansas City, [A] where they pave all [D] of their roads.
[G] But the vices flow [D] like the Ohio, [A] and the governor's [Bm] on parole.
[G] [Dm] [C] [D] [C]
Key:
D
G
A
Bm
C
D
G
A
[C] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ You know, [F] _
when [C] this started in the first place [G] was less, you know, [Am] less what I eat.
_ [Em] _ [D] _ _ _ _ When I [A] die, [G] lay me down at the [D] [A] stream, [Bm] by the tree [A] with the deepest [D] root.
[G] _ _ [D] Bury [A] my [G] body in [D] gold [A] chains, [Bm] and a [A] pair of my leather [G] [D] boots.
_ _ [G] _ [D] _ _
_ [G] Maybe sing [D] a song, _ [G] [D] maybe carry a rose, [G] maybe listen for [D] the wind [A] on the [G] day you blow.
Don't [D] you tell them you love me, [G] if [D] you've broken my heart.
[G] Leave the [D] flowers above me [A] now, don't [G] tear them apart.
_ [D] When [A] I [Bm] die, [G] lay me down at [D] the [A] stream, [Bm] by the [F#m] tree with [A] the [D] deepest root.
[G] _ _ [D] Bury [A] my body [G] in gold [D] chains, [Bm] and a [F#m] pair of [A] my leather [G] [D] boots.
_ _ [G] _ [D] _ _ _ [G] Take my [D] guitar [G] from the [D] empty hall, [G] don't [D] let it hang from [A] some [D] rich [G] man's wall.
That [D] piece of [G] wood is how I learn [D] to pray, [G] just [D] find some [A] hands to play it [G] every day. _ _
[D] Take my body down Main Street, [G] take me by [D] my old [G] school.
Toast my [D] name at the bar [A] where we used to [G] shoot pool.
Take me [D] past the graveyard [G] where my [D] family lay.
[G] I wanna [D] be by the water [A] on that [G] final day.
_ [D] When [A] I die, [G] lay me down at [D] the [A] stream, [Bm] by the tree [A] with the [D] deepest root.
[G] _ _ [A] [D] Bury [A] my [G] body in gold [A] chains, [Bm] and a pair [A] of my [G] leather boots.
[D] _ I said bury [A] my [G] body in [D] gold [F#m] chains, [Bm] and a pair [A] of my [G] leather boots.
[D] My [G] leather boots.
[D] _ [G] My leather boots.
[D] My [G] leather boots. _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ [D] If _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] you don't [D] like [A] dirt, you can always go [D] to Abilene.
[G] I hear the [D] getting's plenty, [A] and the grass is [D] always green.
You [G] can always head to [D] Kansas City, [A] where they pave all [D] of their roads.
[G] But the vices flow [D] like the Ohio, [A] and the governor's [Bm] on parole.
_ _ [G] _ _ [Dm] _ [C] _ _ _ [D] _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ You know, [F] _
when [C] this started in the first place [G] was less, you know, [Am] less what I eat.
_ [Em] _ [D] _ _ _ _ When I [A] die, [G] lay me down at the [D] [A] stream, [Bm] by the tree [A] with the deepest [D] root.
[G] _ _ [D] Bury [A] my [G] body in [D] gold [A] chains, [Bm] and a [A] pair of my leather [G] [D] boots.
_ _ [G] _ [D] _ _
_ [G] Maybe sing [D] a song, _ [G] [D] maybe carry a rose, [G] maybe listen for [D] the wind [A] on the [G] day you blow.
Don't [D] you tell them you love me, [G] if [D] you've broken my heart.
[G] Leave the [D] flowers above me [A] now, don't [G] tear them apart.
_ [D] When [A] I [Bm] die, [G] lay me down at [D] the [A] stream, [Bm] by the [F#m] tree with [A] the [D] deepest root.
[G] _ _ [D] Bury [A] my body [G] in gold [D] chains, [Bm] and a [F#m] pair of [A] my leather [G] [D] boots.
_ _ [G] _ [D] _ _ _ [G] Take my [D] guitar [G] from the [D] empty hall, [G] don't [D] let it hang from [A] some [D] rich [G] man's wall.
That [D] piece of [G] wood is how I learn [D] to pray, [G] just [D] find some [A] hands to play it [G] every day. _ _
[D] Take my body down Main Street, [G] take me by [D] my old [G] school.
Toast my [D] name at the bar [A] where we used to [G] shoot pool.
Take me [D] past the graveyard [G] where my [D] family lay.
[G] I wanna [D] be by the water [A] on that [G] final day.
_ [D] When [A] I die, [G] lay me down at [D] the [A] stream, [Bm] by the tree [A] with the [D] deepest root.
[G] _ _ [A] [D] Bury [A] my [G] body in gold [A] chains, [Bm] and a pair [A] of my [G] leather boots.
[D] _ I said bury [A] my [G] body in [D] gold [F#m] chains, [Bm] and a pair [A] of my [G] leather boots.
[D] My [G] leather boots.
[D] _ [G] My leather boots.
[D] My [G] leather boots. _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ [D] If _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] you don't [D] like [A] dirt, you can always go [D] to Abilene.
[G] I hear the [D] getting's plenty, [A] and the grass is [D] always green.
You [G] can always head to [D] Kansas City, [A] where they pave all [D] of their roads.
[G] But the vices flow [D] like the Ohio, [A] and the governor's [Bm] on parole.
_ _ [G] _ _ [Dm] _ [C] _ _ _ [D] _ [C] _ _