When I Die chords by Nova Black

• Difficulty: Beginner 👶

Verse 1:
       C
When I die
          Dm
I need a friend who's really ballsy
        Am
To poke holes into my body
       F           G
And be kind if you can

    C
And plant a seed in every place
       Dm
I want flowers growing out of my face
    F       G            C
And bury me in a shallow grave
           F                G                   C
And if the wolves get to me first, well that's okay

           C
And when I die
              Dm
Don't let the government know I'm done
              Am
So they can't hold my rotting corpse
         F                 G
Over the heads of my loved ones

    C
And plant a tree, a mushroom or two
    Dm
Whatever I once meant to you
    F                  G               C
But don't let the government know it's true
   F                G                    C
To them I'm off the grid, that's nothing new


Chorus:
          F
And I can hope to be a tree
            C
Just like I hope to be someone
            G
But I think hope is just a human thing
      C
And I bet when I'm done

        F
I won't give a fuck, but it's just my luck
      C
That I'm a human now
          G
So please turn me into a garden
           C
As much as nature will allow


Verse 2:
           C
And when I die
              Dm
You tell your boss you had a best best friend
    Am
Who came to a quite tragic end
  F              G
I hope it wasn't true

      C
But take a day, a week or two
    Dm
To rest or cry but whatever you do
      F         G                       C
Don't let the government know that it's true
   F                G                    C
To them I'm off the grid, that's nothing new

           C
And when I die
         Dm
Will you visit in a year?
               Am
I hope there's roses in my ear
      F            G
And a willow in my gut

     C
Take all my things, all that I had
     Dm
I'll prob'ly die a bum, I hope I'm glad
    F          G           C
I'm sorry if I left anyone sad
      F               G               C
But I hope I did more good than I did bad


Chorus:
      F
And I swear that love's a curse
              C
But it's the best one that we've got
          G
I'm kinda scared to be a lonely tree
  C
I hope that I'm not

     F
But hope is still a human thing
     C
And I'm a human now
           G
So please let's become a forest
           C
As much as nature will allow


Outro:
                 F
And if you don't wanna be a tree
      C
Well, I'll still love you so
   G
If you're my friend until the end
                  C
I guess that's as far as it can go

     F
And I'll be a tree, and you'll turn to ash
   C
Or maybe six feet below
    G
It doesn't matter much
               F                  C
As long as the government doesn't know