If I Die Young

Chords

G-Tuning (Baritone)

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    |                          Song: If I Die Young                         |
    |                         Artist: The Band Perry                        |
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    KEY: A                                                          1/4 TIME

 
                                D    A    E    F#m
                           A|---0----0----2----0----|
                           E|---2----0----4----2----|
                           C|---2----1----4----1----|
                           G|---2----2----4----2----|



INTRO:
         D                 A             E               F#m
If I die young, bury me in satin. Lay me down on a bed of roses.
               D         A             E                      F#m
Sink me in the river at dawn. Send me away with the words of a Love song.
D      A
 Uh oh,  uh oh

1ST VERSE:
               D                             A
Lord make me a rainbow, I?ll shine down on my mother
                          E                           F#m
She?ll know I?m safe with you when she stands under my colors, oh and
D                           A                       E
 Life ain?t always what you think it ought to be, no 
                       F#m
Ain?t even gray but she buries her baby

HOOK:
D            A              E  F#m   D      A               E    F#m
 The sharp knife of a short life, well I?ve had just enough time

CHORUS:
         D                 A             E               F#m
If I die young, bury me in satin. Lay me down on a bed of roses.
               D         A             E                      F#m
Sink me in the river at dawn. Send me away with the words of a Love song..


{HOOK}


2ND VERSE:
                    D              A
And I?ll be wearing white, when I come into your kingdom
    E                      F#m                    D                  A
I?m green as the ring on my little cold finger, I?ve never known the lovin? of a man 
       E                         F#m
But it sure felt nice when he was holding my hand. 
          D                          A
There?s a boy here in town says he?ll love me forever,
 E                       F#m
Who would have thought forever could be severed by


{HOOK}


BRIDGE:
   D                        A                    E                   F#m
So put on your best boys and I?ll wear my pearls. What I never did is done.

3rd VERSE:
                                         D                                                         A
A penny for your thoughts , oh no, I?ll sell them for a dollar
        E                   F#m
They?re worth so much more after you?re a goner
  D                            A
And maybe then you?ll hear the words I been singin?
E                         F#m
Funny when you?re dead how people start listening


{CHORUS}


CODA:
D     A        E  F#m
 Uh oh (Uh oh) 
D     A
 The ballad of a dove (uh, oh)
E        F#m
 Go with peace and love. 
 D                    A
Gather up your tears, keep ?em in your pocket
  E                             F#m
Save them for a time when you?re really gonna need them, oh


{HOOK)


OUTRO:
   D                         A
So put on your best boys and I?ll wear my pearls?