Intro G Em D C x2
G Em D C
i was born a bitter old man who got his heart broken in catalonia 193
G Em
i haven't felt right since so i gave up on life before i arrived
D C G
i knew this place wasn't safe for anyone but fascists and republicans and their apologists
D C G Am D
but i swear to god i'm gonna die full of naive optimism a teenager's heartbreaking conviction
C D
that things can be different oh yeah things are gonna be real different when we're finished
G
around here
Am C D
i always wanted to die young
G Am C D
i always wanted to die young
G Am C
i always wanted to die young
D C
now i feel younger every day and i just hope i die younger than i am
Intro again (G Em D C x2)
G
i can hear you from a dozen states away
Em D C G
shivering through a dope sick morning of no money left and nothing else to steal
G Em D
lord only knows that i've had my share because there were years when i was ready to die
C G C
but it's only been recently that i've been willing to live
D C G Am D
and i swear to god i didn't plan for things to end up this way
C
i had a teenager's conviction that i would be different
D G
oh yeah i was gonna be real different than the person i became
Am C D
i always wanted to die young
G Am C D
i always wanted to die young
G Am C
i always wanted to die young
D C
now i feel younger every day and i just hope i die younger than i am
Bridge G Cm x4
G Em C
but now living's a struggle except when it isn't yeah
G Em C
i woke up this morning and i wasn't in prison
G Em C
but i can't promise that i'm far from it
i'd still kill a man for cigarette
G Em C
but with friends like you who needs homicide
G Em C
so this song goes out to all our homies locked down
G Em C
come on back now we need you around
G Em C
that judge he doesn't know what he's done
G Em C
no judges never know the things they do how could they
G Em D C x end on G