Too Late To Die Young chords by Dan Bern

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Intro:
G+G G MajorG D/F#D/F# E minorEm D MajorD Dsus2Dsus2 D MajorD G+G G MajorG D/F#D/F# E minorEm D MajorD Dsus2Dsus2 D MajorD

Verse 1:
      G+G
The day the Elvis died
      E minorEm
Was like a mercy killing
G+G         D MajorD    G+G
America breathed a sigh of relief
    C majorC
We knew all about the drugs
    D MajorD   G+G
And the Vegas shows
     C majorC       G+G
And there wasn't much of anything
   D MajorD
That looked like grief

Pre Chorus:
   C majorC
And I guess he shoulda done
   D MajorD     G+G
Like James Dean did
     C majorC     G+G
'Stead of putting on weight
      G+G   D/F#D/F# E minorEm
And sinking down, down, down
C majorC
Easier to take
  D MajorD      G+G
If he had just skidded straight
  C majorC    G+G    D MajorD
To souvenir city and T-shirt town

Chorus:
  FF      Bb majorBb
And sometimes I wish
   D MajorD       G+G
I was smarter that I am
    C majorC     G+G
But I'm on my 3rd city
    C majorC     G+G
And I'm on my 4th car
    C majorC     G+G
And I'm on my 5th apartment
    E minorEm          D MajorD
And so many of my days have sprung

Refrain:
       C majorC      G+G
And now it's too late to crash
C majorC      G+G
Too late to burn
C majorC      C/BC/B C/AC/A G+G D MajorD  G+G
Too late to die        young

Verse 2:
    G+G
If Pete Rose had exploded
    C majorC
Like Roberto Clemente
    G+G           D MajorD
He'd be hanging in the Hall of Fame
    G+G
Without fail
    C majorC
Can you name the last good film
D MajorD       G+G
Marlon Brando made
   C majorC         G+G
While trying to keep his kid
   D MajorD
From going to jail?

Bridge:
    A augmentedA
And the old people
    D MajorD
On the street are telling you
 A augmentedA         D MajorD    D/C
"Don't become like me" but every day
D/B          D/Bb
You creep a little bit closer

Pre Chorus:
   C majorC
And I guess we shoulda done
   D MajorD     G+G
Like James Dean did
     C majorC     G+G
'Stead of putting on weight
      G+G   D/F#D/F# E minorEm
And sinking down, down, down
C majorC
Easier to take
  D MajorD      G+G
If we'd a just skidded straight
  C majorC    G+G    D MajorD
To souvenir city and T-shirt town

Chorus:
  FF      Bb majorBb
And sometimes I wish
   C majorC       G+G
I was smarter that I am
    C majorC     G+G
But I'm on my 3rd city
    C majorC     G+G
And I'm on my 4th car
    C majorC     G+G
And I'm on my 5th apartment
   E minorEm          D MajorD
And so many of my days have sprung

Refrain:
       C majorC      G+G
And now it's too late to crash
C majorC      G+G
Too late to burn
C majorC      C/BC/B C/AC/A G+G D MajorD  G+G
Too late to die        young