Chords for Tribute To Kevan Mckenzie

_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[Gm] They _ _ [Bb] _ don't know you till [Gm] you're dead.
_ [Eb] Aye! _ _ _
[Bb] Yeah, [Eb] they don't know you.
[Bb] Yeah.
_ _ _ I've been to a funeral [Gm] the other [Bb] day
_ for a [Gm] friend who had passed away.
[Eb] Cars lined the [Bb] road all along the route.
[Eb] _ People came [Bb] from East, West, North and South.
_ Roses by the [Gm] threshers, cars by [Bb] the floor.
People parked the [Gm] church from pulpit to [Eb] door.
They said good [Bb] things about Johnny.
_ [Eb] _ His friends [Bb] started to cry.
_ [Eb] _ Johnny, [Bb] oh my [Gm] Johnny,
_ [C] why did you have [F] to die?
[Eb] They don't know you [Bb]
till you're dead.
[Eb] Till you're sick and can't [Bb] raise your head.
But [Eb] when you're up and [Bb]
feeling fine,
[Eb] they don't check for [Bb] you no time.
Aye! _ _
[Gm] Aye, aye, they [Bb] don't know you till you're dead.
[Gm] _ Till [Eb] you're sick and can't raise up [Bb] your head.
[Eb] Oh yeah. _
[Bb] Oh.
_ They said he [Gm] was a good man.
[Bb] A true [Gm] and faithful friend.
[Eb] _ One who you [Bb] could depend on
[Eb] _ right up [Bb] to the very end.
But what a crying shame [Gm] and a downright [Bb] disgrace.
They didn't take the [Gm] time to say to his [Eb] face,
see Johnny [Bb] was my neighbor.
_ [Eb] _ I'll always [Bb] hear him say,
_ [Eb] All them so [Bb]-called friends [Gm] I [C] got,
ain't none of them [F] come my way.
[Eb] They don't know you [Bb] until you're dead.
[Eb] Till you're sick and can't [Bb] raise your head.
But [Eb] when you're up and [Bb] feeling fine,
[Eb] they don't check for you none [Bb] of the time.
Aye! _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ [Bb] Friends coming around _
[Gm] _ only [Eb] when you're dead. _
[Bb] _ _ _ [Eb] Yeah. _ _ _
[Bb] Yeah.
See they must build up each other [Gm] by speaking out the [Bb] word.
To a friend [Gm] you're honest while it's [Eb] heard.
It [Bb] don't make no sense.
[Eb] Oh, man, for right to [Bb] sit and mourn.
[Eb] Or speak [Bb] good words about _ [Gm] someone
[C] when _ [F] they're dead and gone.
[Eb] They don't know you [Bb] until they're dead.
[Eb] Till you're sick and can't [Bb] raise your head.
But [Eb] when you're up and feeling [Bb] _ fine,
[Eb] they don't check for you [Bb] none of the time. _ _ _ _
[Gm] Oh!
_ _ _ [Bb] _ Man, _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ they _ [Eb] don't know you _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
[Bb] till you're dead [Eb] till you're sick and tired [Bb] raise your head but
[Eb] when you're up and [Bb] you're feeling fine _ [Eb] nobody's checking for you [Bb] no time [Eb] they don't know you
[Bb] till you're dead [Bb] nobody's checking [Eb] for you [Bb] till you're dead [Eb] church pie [Bb] everybody's coming
when you're dead [Eb] friends from out of [Bb] town when you're [F] dead dressed [Cm] in black big rim [Bb] hats
when you're dead [Cm] liquor smelling all [Bb] over the break [Cm] t-shirt bearing [Bb] when you're dead
they don't [Cm] even know who [Bb] bit you when you're dead [Cm] jumping and screaming [Bb] when you're dead
trying to jump in [Cm] a hole i [Bb] tell ya when you're dead they [Eb] can't even make for the party [Bb] when you're dead
they ready [Cm] to go party right [Bb] now when you're dead [Eb] fighting over the _ [Bb] when you're dead
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