If I Die Young chords by Lauren Alaina

If I Die Young by Lauren Alaina (Original by The Band Perry)
Album: American Idol Season 10
Track 2
2011


Standard Tuning
Capo on the 4th fret


Chords:

F:            x33211 or 133211
C:            x32010
G:            320003 or 320033
Am:           x02210
D:            xx0232
A:            x02220
Bm:           x24432

 Chorus:
            F                C
 If I die young, bury me in satin
          G              Am
 Lay me down on a bed of roses
                 F         C
 Sink me in the river at dawn
            G                      Am
 Send me away with the words of a love song
F   C      G   Am
 Oh oh, oh oh


 Verse:
                  F                             C
 Lord make me a rainbow, I'll shine down on my mother
                            G                           Am
 She'll know I'm safe with you when she stands under my colors oh and
F                             C
 Life ain't always what you think it ought to be no
G                         Am
 Ain't even grey, but she buries her baby


 Pre-Chorus:
F            C               G   Am
 The sharp knife of a short liiiiiife, well
F      C               G     Am
 I've had just enough time


 Chorus:
            F                C
 If I die young, bury me in satin
          G              Am
 Lay me down on a bed of roses
                 F         C
 Sink me in the river at dawn
            G                      Am
 Send me away with the words of a love song
F            C               G   Am
 The sharp knife of a short liiiiiife, well
F      C               G     (Am)
 I've had just enough time


 Verse:
                       F            C
 And I'll be wearing white, when I come into your kingdom
          G                      Am
 I'm as green as the ring on my little cold finger, I've
F                 C
 Never known the lovin' of a man
         G                         Am
 But it sure felt nice when he was holding my hand, there's a
F                        C
 Boy here in town says he'll love my forever
   G                      Am
 Who would have thought forever could be severed by


 Pre-Chorus:
F            C               G   Am
 The sharp knife of a short liiiiiife, well
F      C               G     Am
 I've had just enough time


 Instrumental:    F      C      G      Am      x 2


 Bridge:
     F                         C
 So put on your best boys and I'll wear my pearls
   G
 What I never did is done
                  F
 A penny for my thoughts, oh no
       C
 I'll sell them for a dollar
    G                       Am
 They're worth so much more after I'm a goner
      F                          C
 And maybe then you'll hear the words I been singin'
  G                       (Am)
 Funny when your dead how people start listenin'


 F      C      G      Am


 Chorus:
            G                D
 If I die young, bury me in satin
          A              Bm
 Lay me down on a bed of roses
                 G         D
 Sink me in the river at dawn
            A                      Bm
 Send me away with the words of a love song
G           D
 Oh oh the ballad of a dove
A         Bm
 Go with peace and love
  G                     D
 Gather up your tears, keep 'em in your pocket
  A                             Bm
 Save them for a time when your really gonna need them, oh
G            D               A    Bm
 The sharp knife of a short liiiiiife, well
G      D               A    Bm
 I've had just enough time


 Outtro:
     G                   D                   A
 So put on your best boys and I'll wear my pearls