Music: Thea Gilmore
Words: Sandy Denny (1947 - 1978)
From the album "Don't stop singing" (2011)
[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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Well I’m in such a terrible state
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And my country’s just like me
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Well I can’t afford to live in this place
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And I can’t afford to leave
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But my friends all say that it’s a shame
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And they just can’t understand why
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Oh, but if I don’t make it before I die, then I
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Just ain’t gonna die
[Verse 2]
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Well, I’ve been travelin' around the world
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And there’s nowhere I ain't been
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And everywhere goes by so fast
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And I don’t know what I've seen
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And they push me 'round on a wild goose chase
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By land or sea or sky
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Oh, but if I don’t make it before I die, then I
Eb D Gm
Just ain’t gonna die
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No, if I don’t make it before I die, then I
Eb D Gm
Just ain’t gonna die
[Bridge]
Eb Gm
Give me a bottle of wine
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I don’t wanna drink
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Get me out of my mind
D
I don’t wanna think
[Verse 3]
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When I close my weary eyes
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I think that it’s the end
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But it’s only then that I realize
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That I’m my own best friend
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There’s another day and another chance
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To put sixpence in the pie
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Oh, and if I don’t find it before I die, then I
Eb D Gm
Just ain’t gonna die
Eb Bb Gm
No, if I don’t find it before I die, then I
Eb D Gm
Just ain’t gonna die
Eb Bb Gm
No, if I don’t fins it before I die, then I
Eb D Gm
Just ain’t gonna die