Capo 4th fret (There's another one posted on the site but this one is more complete and with precise sync of chords and lyrics) [Verse] G The first guy I knew who died I can't remember his name C the tenth grade started he just never came again G all his friends sat around and cried D for a day or two G You can say what you want about immortal soul C when that guy died it left a hole G it was my first clue D G that when they're gone they're gone [Chorus] C Maybe Jesus beat that rap we're not sure G maybe you can live forever if your heart is pure D G or maybe you'll come back some day as a king prawn C G Maybe angels come and take you away to heaven or the other way D G but from down here it appears that when they're gone they're gone [Verse] G Me and Stevie Gibson used to walk home from school C he used to have this little turn around rule G if you turn around the one way gotta turn around the other way or D it's bad luck G He went out rafting on the river C the river went around and the raft went around G D and his luck got all wound up and he drowned G and he was gone [Chorus] C Maybe Jesus beat that rap we're not sure G maybe you can live forever if your heart is pure D G or maybe you'll come back some day as a king prawn C G Maybe angels come and take you away to heaven or the other way D G but from down here it appears that when they're gone they're gone [Verse] G Two weeks after Dieter died you could call him on the phone C and he would tell you that he's not home G and it gave you an eerie feeling even though you knew D it was just an answering machine G 'Cause somewhere deep inside you know C that they don't come back when they go G D and he had gone and when they're gone G they're gone [Chorus] C Maybe Jesus beat that rap we're not sure G maybe you can live forever if your heart is pure D G or maybe you'll come back some day as a king prawn C G Maybe angels come and take you away to heaven or the other way D G but from down here it appears that when they're gone they're gone [Verse] G My mother died in intensive care C we were sitting around singing on folding chairs G when I got the feeling D somebody wasn't there G Well I counted noses but it came out right C the doctors said she died that night G D but I felt that hole and I knew that G she was gone [Chorus] C Maybe Jesus beat that rap we're not sure G maybe you can live forever if your heart is pure D G or maybe you'll come back some day as a king prawn C G Maybe angels come and take you away to heaven or the other way D G but from down here it appears that when they're gone they're gone [Verse] G I looked up death in the dictionary one day C just to see what the dictionary had to say G it's the complete and irreversible cessation of D life functions G Which is not very poetic but it's precise and clean C and if you analyze it what that means is G D when they're gone G they're gone [Chorus] C Maybe Jesus beat that rap we're not sure G maybe you can live forever if your heart is pure D G or maybe you'll come back some day as a king prawn C G Maybe angels come and take you away to heaven or the other way D G but from down here it appears that when they're gone they're gone