Intro
|C# C#sus2 |F# | 2x
[Verse]
C# C#sus2 F#
I was a little boy of nine years old, the whole world in his hands
C# C#sus2 F#
Trying to toss that ball across the yard, a game of catch with my old man
D#m C# F#
He'd always say I'm sorry every time he had to leave
D#m C# F#
And I was much to young to understand what he would say to me
[Chorus]
G# F# C#
When you're young you always think the sun is gonna shine
G# F# C#
There'll come a day you'll have to say hello to goodbye
G# F#
Sit down son come take my hand, look me in the eye
C# D#m C# Cadd9 C# C#sus2 F#
Take these words promise me your gonna live before you die
[Instrumental]
|C# C#sus2 |F# |
[Verse]
C# C#sus2 F#
I was barely seventeen, the summer of seventy nine
C# C#sus2 F#
Already I was feeling like I was running out of time
D#m C# F#
I had this girl we fell in love, or should I say that she had me
D#m C# F#
Then one fateful night changed our lives and made a memory
[Chorus]
G# F# C#
When you're young you always think the sun is gonna shine
G# F# C#
There'll come a day you'll have to say hello to goodbye
G# F# C#
She laid me down she took my hand and looked me in the eye
D#m C# Cadd9
And just before she kissed me she said
C# C#sus2 F#
You're gonna live before we die
C# C#sus2 F#
Live before you die
[Bridge]
A#m F#5 G#5 A#5 C5 C#5 D#5
You learn to love to live
A#m F#5 G#5 A#5 C5 C#5 D#5
You fight and you forgive
A#m F#5 G#5 A#5 C5 C#5 D#5
You learn whats wrong and right
A#m G# F#
Live before you die
[Instrumental]
|C# C#sus2 |F# |
[Verse]
C# C#sus2 F#
I've made mistakes I've caught my breaks, but I've got no regrets
C# C#sus2 F#
Theres some things I don't remember but one thing I dont forget
[Chorus]
G# F# C#
When you're young you always think the sun is gonna shine
G# F# C#
There'll come a day you'll have to say hello to goodbye
G# F#
Shout it out let someone somewhere know that your alive
C# D#m C# Cadd9 C# C#sus2 F#
Take these words wear them well, you gotta live before you die
C# C#sus2 F#
Live before you die
C# C#sus2 F#
Live before you die
[Outro]
A#m F#5 G#5 A#5 C5 C#5 D#5
You learn to love to live
A#m F#5 G#5 A#5 C5 C#5 D#5
You fight and you forgive
A#m F#5 G#5 A#5 C5 C#5 D#5
You face the darkest night
A#m G# F#
Just live before you die