Difficulty
Intermediate
Rate for accuracy
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Key: F
Intro:
C Gm F Bb
F Gm C Bb x3
F Dm Ab Eb Bb
Verse 1:
F Bb F
What would there be left
Bb F C Gm Bb
If you're not there to carry me home?
F Bb F
What would there be left
Bb F C Gm Dm Ab
If you're not there to steady my shaking bones?
Bb F
What would there be left?
Chorus:
C Bb F
I'm killing my borrowed time
C Bb F
I'm killing my borrowed time
Dm Bb F
I'm killing my borrowed time
C Bb F
Verse 2:
F Bb F
What would there be left
Bb F Gm Bb
If the tide rolled in and swallows you whole?
F Bb F
What will there be left
Bb F C Gm
If the light within got buried up in the snow
Bridge:
Ab Eb Bb
Hey, I'll cut your throat
F C Gm
How little your money's worth
Bb Ab Eb Bb
Like a bird into a jet plane
F B F Gm
I'm bringing you back to earth
Outro:
C Bb F
Killing my borrowed time
C Bb F
I'm killing my borrowed time
Dm Bb F
It's been a long time coming
C Bb F
Don't you look so surprised
C Bb F
Honey it's the death of all loving
C Bb F Dm
Let's go out on a high
Bb F
I'm killing my borrowed time
C Bb F Gm C Bb
Oh
yeah
F Gm C Bb
Bb F Gm C Bb
Oh whoa, whoa
F G C Bb
Other versions of this song
- Killing My Borrowed Time (Bass)
Song History
Published: May 26, 2025
Last Updated: September 10, 2025