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