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