Intro: A--A7-- x2, A--- x6
Verse 1:
A#
On the seventh hour
G#
of the seventh day
D#
The seventh son was looking
A#
for a seventh stage get away
A#
The word came down from
G#
a blinding light
D#
You got one chance baby
A#
baby you better do it right
A# G#
I was driving down on the 101
D#
It was late at night and I was
A#
thinking 'bout the things I'd done
A#
All of my regrets and
G#
baby all of my fears
D#
I was slipping the car from
A#
gear to gear to gear
A--- x4
Hey hey hey
Verse 2:
A#
God bless the child
G#
God bless his soul
D#
God perish the idea that
A#
he'll die before he's old
A#
You gotta be cool
G#
you got to behave
D#
And there'll be time for that
A#
when I'm lying in my grave
Verse 3:
A#
You gotta watch your step
G#
or you'll lose your way
D#
Take heed of your elders
A#
and do everything they say
A#
Watch out for the man
G#
the man who tolls the bells
D(hold)
But if I fear for the
devil and I fear for myself
Then I'm gonna have to
fear for everybody else
Chorus:
A# G#
Oh yeah I'm gonna fly
(sha la la la la mamma yeah)
D# A#
I'm gonna live until the day I die
A# G#
Ain't got time to wonder why
D# A#
I'm gonna live until the day I die
A#
Sha la la la mama yeah
G#
Sha la la la mama yeah
D#
Sha la la la mama yeah
A#
Sha la la la mama yeah
A#
Sha la la la mama yeah
G#
Sha la la la mama yeah
D#
Sha la la la mama yeah
A#
Sha la la la mama yeah
Outro: A--G--D--A-- x2