The Band Perry - If I Die Young Chords & Tabs

 

If I Die Young Chords & Tabs

The Band Perry Chords & Tabs

Version: 8 Type: Chords

If I Die Young Chords

   
Capo is on 3. All chords are relative to capo. Basic chords; F, C, G, Am.

                    F
If I die young
                    C              
Bury me in satin
              G                           Am
Lay me down on a bed of roses
                                F          C
Sink me in the river at dawn
                   G                               F
Send me away with the words of a love song
F         C      G
Oh oh, oh oh

                                   F                                              C
Lord make me a rainbow, I'll shine down on my mother
                                               G                                   Am
She'll know I'm safe with You when she stands under my colors
F                                                               C
Oh and life ain't always what you think it ought to be, no
       G                                        F
She ain't even grey but she buries her baby
       F                C                   G
The sharp knife of a short life
      F         C                              G
Well, I've had just enough time

                   F
If I die young
                    C              
Bury me in satin
              G                           Am
Lay me down on a bed of roses
                                F          C
Sink me in the river at dawn
                   G                               F
Send me away with the words of a love song
       F                C                   G
The sharp knife of a short life
      F         C                              G
Well, I've had just enough time
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                                  F                                             C
And I'll be wearing white when I come into Your kingdom
F                                                        C
I'm as green as the ring on my little cold finger
G                                                                                 Am
I've never known the loving of a man but it sure felt nice when he was holding my hand
F                                              C
There's a boy here in town says he'll love me forever
G                                                            F
Who would have thought forever could be severed by
       F                C                   G
The sharp knife of a short life
      F         C                              G
Well, I've had just enough time

INSTRUMENTAL-- F, C, G, Am... F, C, G, F

F
So put on your best boys
C                                G
And I'll wear my pearls
G
What I never did is done

    F                  C          
A penny for my thoughts
F                                C
Oh no, I'll sell them for a dollar
G                                         Am
They're worth so much more after I'm a goner
F                                              C
And maybe then you'll hear the words I've been singing
G                                         F
Funny when you're dead how people start listening

                   F
If I die young
                    C              
Bury me in satin
              G                           Am
Lay me down on a bed of roses
                                F          C
Sink me in the river at dawn
                   G                               F
Send me away with the words of a love song

        F                C                   G
The sharp knife of a short life
      F         C                              G
Well, I've had just enough time

F
So put on your best boys
C                                G
And I'll wear my pearls