To get a sound closer to the fingerpicking in the actual song, play the chords in
the following manner:
D Am7 Em G
e|--0h2-0--0--0----0--0-----0---0--0--0----0--0--0-----------|
B|--3---3--0--1----3--1-----0h1-0--1--0----0--0--0-----0--0--|
G|--2---2--0--0----0--0-----0---0--0--0----2--0--0-----0--0--|
D|--0---0--0--2----2--2-----2---2--2--2----2--2--0-----0--0--|
A|--x---x--x--0----0--0--0--0---0--0--2----2--2--2-----------|
E|--x---x--x--x----x--x-----x---x--x--0----0--0--0--3--------|
---------------------------------------|
---0--0--0--0-----0--0-----0--0--0--0--|
---0--0--0--0-----0--0-----0--0--0--0--|
---0--0--0--0-----0--0-----0--0--0--0--|
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3--------------3--------3--------------|
Intro:
D Am7 Em G (x2)
Verse 1:
D Am7 Em G
Live or die before I get it done will you decide?
D Am7 Em G
Take my words and turn them into signs they will survive
D Am7 Em G
Because a long time ago I knew not to deprive,
Verse 2:
D Am7 Em G
It's safe out there and now you’re everywhere just like the sky
D Am7 Em G
And you I love you, you are the love supreme you are the ride
D Am7 Em G
And when you hear this you know it's your jam it's your goodbye
Chorus:
G
Like I said
C
You know I'm almost dead
Em
You know I'm almost gone
G
And when the drummer drums
C
He's gonna play my song
Em
To carry me along
G
Like I said
C
You know I'm almost dead
Em
You know I'm almost gone
G
And when the moment comes
C
To ferry me away
Em
To where we all belong
Verse 3:
D Am7 Em G
We all cross when we’re feeling lost it's just the time
D Am7 Em G
Could Terry cry the day her lover died she recognized
D Am7 Em G
Because you gave her a life of real love it's no surprise
D Am7 Em G
The nights are long but the years are short when you’re alive
D Am7 Em G
Way back when will never be again it was a time
D Am7 Em G
It's gonna catch you so glad I met you to walk the line
Chorus:
G
Like I said
C
You know I'm almost dead
Em
You know I'm almost gone
G
And when the drummer drums
C
He's gonna play my song
Em
To carry me along
G
Like I said
C
You know I'm almost dead
Em
You know I'm almost gone
G
And when the moment comes
C
To ferry me away
Em
To where we all belong
G C E (x3)
Chorus:
G
Like I said
C
You know I'm almost dead
Em
You know I'm almost gone
G
And when the drummer drums
C
He's gonna play my song
Em
To carry me along
G
Like I said
C
You know I'm almost dead
Em
You know I'm almost gone
G
And when the moment comes
C
To ferry me away
Em
To where we all belong
Outro:
G C Em
Let me live so when it’s time to die even the reaper cries
G C Em
Let me die so when it's time to leave another sun will rise
G
I said yeah!
C
Yeah, yeah!
Em
Yeah yeah!
G
I said yeah!
C
Yeah, yeah!
Em
Yeah yeah!
G
I said yeah! (Chorus restarts at this point; yeahs continue throughout)
C
Yeah, yeah!
Em
Yeah yeah!
(At the end of one full chorus, yeahs stop)
G
Like I said
C
You know I'm almost dead
Em
You know I'm almost gone
G
Like I said
C
You know I'm almost dead
Em
You know I'm almost gone
G
Like I said
C
You know I'm almost dead
Em
You know I'm almost gone
