Live Like We're Dying
By: Kris Allen
I did not write this song!!
CAPO ON 5
Chords are relative to capo
Chords Used:
Cadd9 D/F# G Em7
E|----3-----2----3----3--|
B|----3-----3----3----3--|
G|----0-----2----0----0--|
D|----2-----0----0----2--|
A|----3-----0----2----2--|
E|----x-----2----3----x--|
Intro:
Cadd9 - G - Em7 - D/F#
Verse 1:
Cadd9 G Em7 D/F#
sometimes we fall down and can't get back up
Cadd9 G Em7 D/F#
we're hiding behind skin that's too tough
Cadd9 G Em7 D/F#
how come we don't say I love you enough
Cadd9 G Em7 D/F#
Till it's too late, it's not too late
Verse 2:
Cadd9 G Em7 D/F#
Our hearts are hungry for a food that won't come
Cadd9 G Em7 D/F#
we could make a feast from these crumbs
Cadd9 G Em7 D/F#
and we're all staring down the barrel of a gun
Cadd9 G
so if your life flashed before you
Em7 D/F#
what would you wish you would've done
Yeah... gotta start
Chorus: (tambourine)
Cadd9 G
lookin at the hand of the time we've been given here
Em7 D
this is all we got and we gotta start pickin it
Cadd9 G
every second counts on a clock that's tickin'
Em7 D/F#
gotta live like we're dying
We only got
Caad9 G
86 400 seconds in a day to
Em7 D/F#
turn it all around or throw it all away
Cadd9
we gotta tell 'em that we love 'em
G
while we got the chance to say
Em7 D/F#
gotta live like we're dying
Verse 3:
Cadd9 G Em7 D/F#
And if your plane fell out of the skies
Cadd9 G Em7 D/F#
who would you call with your last goodbyes
Cadd9 G Em7 D/F#
should be so careful who we live out our lives
Cadd9 G
so when we long for absolution
Em7 D/F#
there'll no one on the line
Yeah... gotta start
Chorus: (tambourine)
Cadd9 G
lookin at the hand of the time we've been given here
Em7 D/F#
this is all we got and we gotta start pickin it
Cadd9 G
every second counts on a clock that's tickin'
Em7 D/F#
gotta live like we're dying
We only got
Caad9 G
86 400 seconds in a day to
Em7 D/F#
turn it all around or throw it all away
Cadd9
we gotta tell 'em that we love 'em
G
while we got the chance to say
Em7 D/F#
gotta live like we're dying
Bridge:
Cadd9 G Em7 D/F#
Like we're dying oh-- like we're dying
Cadd9 G Em7 D/F#
Like we're dying oh-- like we're dying
Bridge 2:
Cadd9 G
We never know a good thing till it's gone
Em7 D/F#
you never see a crash until it's head on
Cadd9 G
all those people right when we're dead wrong
Em7 D/F#
you never know a good thing till it's gone
Chorus:
Cadd9 G
lookin at the hand of the time we've been given here
Em7 D/F#
this is all we got and we gotta start pickin it
Cadd9 G
every second counts on a clock that's tickin'
Em7 D/F#
gotta live like we're dying
Bridge:
Cadd9 G Em7 D/F#
Like we're dying oh-- like we're dying
Cadd9 G Em7 D/F#
Like we're dying oh-- like we're dying
Outro:
Cadd9 - G - Em7 - D/F# - Cadd9