Verse 1- Ebm D Boy you'll be the death of me Dm You’re my James Dean C#m You make me feel like I’m seventeen Ebm D You drive too fast, you smoke too much Dm But that don’t mean a thing C#m ‘cause i’m addicted to the rush Chorus- B ‘Cause I rather die young B Ebm C#m B Ebm B Than live my life without you Ebm B C#m I rather not live at all G C#m G Than live my life without you B ‘Cause I rather die young B Ebm C#m B Ebm B Than live my life without you Ebm B C#m I rather not live at all G C#m G Than live my life without you Verse 2- Ebm D You know i’ve been in love before Dm You’re the first one ever seen C#m That burns like gasoline Ebm D So light a match, turn off the lights Dm I’m holding on to you C#m ‘cause this might be a last night, oh Chorus- B ‘Cause I rather die young B Ebm C#m B Ebm B Than live my life without you Ebm B C#m I rather not live at all G C#m G Than live my life without you B ‘Cause I rather die young B Ebm C#m B Ebm B Than live my life without you Ebm B C#m I rather not live at all G C#m G Than live my life without you Bidge- A What i’m telling you F# I’m giving you my life, it’s in your hands G And what i’m gonna do A Is be a woman and you can be a man A And I wanna say F# Nobody understands what we’ve been through G A I rather give up everything B B Than to live my life without you instrumental solo- B - Ebm - C#m - B - Ebm - B Ebm - B - C#m all G - C#m - G B - Ebm - C#m - B - Ebm - B Ebm - B - C#m all G - C#m - G Chorus- B ‘Cause I rather die young B Ebm C#m B Ebm B Than live my life without you Ebm B C#m I rather not live at all G C#m G Than live my life without you B ‘Cause I rather die young B Ebm C#m B Ebm B Than live my life without you Ebm B C#m I rather not live at all G C#m G Than live my life without you