On The Day I Die chords by The Shires

Chords with lyrics

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

Verse 1:
      G+G
On the day I die
      C majorC       G+G
You better dance, don't cry
G+G       E minorEm      G+G
Baby, I'll be leaving on a high
G+G
On the day I die

     C majorC       G+G
Find the keys to my old car
C majorC         G+G
Pray it starts and take it for a drive
     E minorEm
Roll the windows down
     C majorC
Turn the music up

        G+G
Start singing (Woah, woah)
    E minorEm
And get lost in a song
  C majorC          D MajorD
And take the wrong road home
       C majorC
Like I always used to

Chorus:
     E minorEm
If I did one thing right
    C majorC
It was you and I
    G+G
Oh, I loved you
   C majorC   G+G
I'll always love you

      E minorEm
So play it loud all night
    C majorC
If I'm not by your side
     G+G
I'm up above you
   C majorC   G+G
I'll always love you

      E minorEm  D MajorD   C majorC
I've had a good, good life
       E minorEm   D MajorD   C majorC
So, darling, dance, don't cry
       G+G
On the day I die

Verse 2:
G+G
On the day I die
    C majorC        G+G
I want nothing left unspoken
 C majorC       G+G        E minorEm
I can't rely on hoping that you know
      G+G
So dry your eyes

        C majorC       G+G
'Cause I don't plan on dying yet
   C majorC
Just take my hand
   E minorEm
How I lucky I am
  C majorC      G+G
The only life I get

     E minorEm  C majorC  G+G
I get to hold you close
     C majorC   E minorEm  C majorC
With the lights down low
        G+G
And dance real slow (Woah, woah)
     B minorBm
When you hear this song

C majorC
And when I'm gone
 D MajorD        C majorC
I know that you'll know


Chorus:
     E minorEm
If I did one thing right
    C majorC
It was you and I
    G+G
Oh, I loved you
   C majorC   G+G
I'll always love you

      E minorEm
So play it loud all night
      C majorC
If I'm not by your side
     G+G
I'm up above you
   C majorC    G+G
I'll always love you

      E minorEm  D MajorD  C majorC
I've had a good, good life
       E minorEm   D MajorD  C majorC
So, darling, dance, don't cry
       G+G
On the day I die
       E minorEm    D MajorD   G+G
On the day I die (Woah, woah)

 G+G
(Woah, woah)
             E minorEm       C majorC
On the day, on the day I die, oh (Woah, woah)
 G+G
(Woah, woah)


Outro:
G+G
On the day I die
      C majorC      G+G
You better dance, don't cry
  E minorEm      C majorC      G+G
Oh baby, I'll be leaving on a high
C majorC    G+G
On the day I die