Verse
Em D#
Boy you'll be the death of me
D#m
You’re my James Dean
Dm
You make me feel like I’m seventeen
Em D#
You drive too fast, you smoke too much
D#m
But that don’t mean a thing
Dm
‘cause i’m addicted to the rush
Chorus-
C
‘Cause I rather die young
C Em Dm C Em C
Than live my life without you
Em C Dm
I rather not live at all
G# Dm G#
Than live my life without you
C
‘Cause I rather die young
C Em Dm C Em C
Than live my life without you
Em C Dm
I rather not live at all
G# Dm G#
Than live my life without you
Verse 2-
Em D#
You know i’ve been in love before
D#m
You’re the first one ever seen
Dm
That burns like gasoline
Em D#
So light a match, turn off the lights
D#m
I’m holding on to you
Dm
‘cause this might be a last night, oh
Chorus-
C
‘Cause I rather die young
C Em Dm C Em C
Than live my life without you
Em C Dm
I rather not live at all
G# Dm G#
Than live my life without you
C
‘Cause I rather die young
C Em Dm C Em C
Than live my life without you
Em C Dm
I rather not live at all
G# Dm G#
Than live my life without you
Bidge-
A#
What i’m telling you
G
I’m giving you my life, it’s in your hands
G#
And what i’m gonna do
A#
Is be a woman and you can be a man
A#
And I wanna say
G
Nobody understands what we’ve been through
G# A#
I rather give up everything
C C
Than to live my life without you
instrumental solo-
C - Em - Dm - C - Em - C
Em - C - Dm
all
G# - Dm - G#
C - Em - Dm - C - Em - C
Em - C - Dm
all
G# - Dm - G#
Chorus-
C
‘Cause I rather die young
C Em Dm C Em C
Than live my life without you
Em C Dm
I rather not live at all
G# Dm G#
Than live my life without you
C
‘Cause I rather die young
C Em Dm C Em C
Than live my life without you
Em C Dm
I rather not live at all
G# Dm G#
Than live my life without you