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