Biography:
Laleh Pourkarim (born June 10, 1982 in Bandar-e Anzali, Iran) is a Swedish singer-songwriter & producer. She came to Sweden when she was 9 and grew up in Gothenburg. She produced and wrote her 2005 eponymous debut album, which she received seven nominations for at the 2005 Grammis awards and won three: Artist, Producer, and New Artist of the Year. She has cited Cat Stevens, The Police, Kate Bush, ABBA as influences.
Laleh now lives in Los Angeles where she mainly writes and produces music for other pop artists
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Laleh - Some Die Young (2012)
Chords 17/7-2014 by Jon Malmin ([email protected])
Tuning: Standard E
I've only written the chords out for the first chorus, the progression is the same
every time.
[Verse 1]
F
I will tell your story if you die
C Dm C Bb C
I will tell your story and keep you alive
Dm
The best I can
I will tell them to the children
C Bb C Dm
If we have some... if we have some
C/E F Bb C Dm
......But I've always felt the feeling we would die young
Bb C Dm
Some die young
Bb C Dm
Some die young
Bb C Gm
Some, some die young
[Chorus]
F Dm
But you better hold on
D/F# Gm F C
.........So many things I need to say to you
D/F# Gm F Dm
Please don't, don't let me go
D/F# Gm F/A Bb C
And we said we would die together
Gm
Some die young
F Dm
But you better hold on
D/F# Gm F C
.........So many things I need to say to you
D/F# Gm F Dm
Please don't, don't let me go
D/F# Gm F/A Bb C
And we said we would die together
(F)
Some die young
[Verse 2]
F
I will tell your story if you try
C Dm C Bb C
...But how long will your thoughts of valleys stay green
Dm
When the world you were born in changes with seasons
C Bb C Dm
Will you run with the stream or will you run alone
C/E F Bb C Dm
.......Or will you run against and finally reveal
Bb C Dm
Why some die young
Bb C Dm
Why some die young
Bb C
Why some die
Gm
Some die young
[Chorus]
F Dm
But you better hold on
D/F# Gm F C
.........So many things I need to say to you
D/F# Gm F Dm
Please don't, don't let me go
D/F# Gm F/A Bb C
And we said we would die together
Gm
Some die young
F Dm
But you better hold on
D/F# Gm F C
.........So many things I need to say to you
D/F# Gm F Dm
Please don't, don't let me go
D/F# Gm F/A Bb C
And we said we would die together
Gm
Some die young
F Dm
But you better hold on
D/F# Gm F C
.........So many things I need to say to you
D/F# Gm F Dm
Please don't, don't let me go
D/F# Gm F/A Bb C
And we said we would die together
Gm
Some die young
[Outro]
F
Some die young
Bb/F
Some die young
F/A
She walks with her head in the sand
Bb/G
They will never die
The song's ending is a bit weird, but end it in F major and it'll sound fine!
Chords 17/7-2014 by Jon Malmin ([email protected])
Tuning: Standard E
I've only written the chords out for the first chorus, the progression is the same
every time.
[Verse 1]
F
I will tell your story if you die
C Dm C Bb C
I will tell your story and keep you alive
Dm
The best I can
I will tell them to the children
C Bb C Dm
If we have some... if we have some
C/E F Bb C Dm
......But I've always felt the feeling we would die young
Bb C Dm
Some die young
Bb C Dm
Some die young
Bb C Gm
Some, some die young
[Chorus]
F Dm
But you better hold on
D/F# Gm F C
.........So many things I need to say to you
D/F# Gm F Dm
Please don't, don't let me go
D/F# Gm F/A Bb C
And we said we would die together
Gm
Some die young
F Dm
But you better hold on
D/F# Gm F C
.........So many things I need to say to you
D/F# Gm F Dm
Please don't, don't let me go
D/F# Gm F/A Bb C
And we said we would die together
(F)
Some die young
[Verse 2]
F
I will tell your story if you try
C Dm C Bb C
...But how long will your thoughts of valleys stay green
Dm
When the world you were born in changes with seasons
C Bb C Dm
Will you run with the stream or will you run alone
C/E F Bb C Dm
.......Or will you run against and finally reveal
Bb C Dm
Why some die young
Bb C Dm
Why some die young
Bb C
Why some die
Gm
Some die young
[Chorus]
F Dm
But you better hold on
D/F# Gm F C
.........So many things I need to say to you
D/F# Gm F Dm
Please don't, don't let me go
D/F# Gm F/A Bb C
And we said we would die together
Gm
Some die young
F Dm
But you better hold on
D/F# Gm F C
.........So many things I need to say to you
D/F# Gm F Dm
Please don't, don't let me go
D/F# Gm F/A Bb C
And we said we would die together
Gm
Some die young
F Dm
But you better hold on
D/F# Gm F C
.........So many things I need to say to you
D/F# Gm F Dm
Please don't, don't let me go
D/F# Gm F/A Bb C
And we said we would die together
Gm
Some die young
[Outro]
F
Some die young
Bb/F
Some die young
F/A
She walks with her head in the sand
Bb/G
They will never die
The song's ending is a bit weird, but end it in F major and it'll sound fine!
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