The Day I Die chords by Chris Stapleton

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 3rd
• Difficulty: Intermediate

Key: Bb majorBb

🎸 Intro:

G+G C majorC G+G C majorC


🎸 Chorus:
    G+G      C majorC
When my heart stops breakin'
    E minor 7Em7    Dsus4Dsus4 D MajorD
When my eyes won't cry
        E minor 7Em7        C majorC
When there's a day I can live without you, baby
    A minorAm  C majorC   G+G
It'll be the day I die

🎸 Verse 1:
D MajorD      C majorC          G+G
I had never ever, ever hurt this way
  D MajorD       C majorC        G+G
The pain is almost more than I can take
D MajorD      C majorC        E minorEm
I'd give anythin' for you to stay with me
          Dsus4Dsus4 D MajorD
And never say, "Goodbye"


🎸 Chorus:
    G+G      C majorC
When my heart stops breakin'
    E minor 7Em7    Dsus4Dsus4 D MajorD
When my eyes won't cry
        E minor 7Em7        C majorC
When there's a day I can live without you, baby
    A minorAm  C majorC   G+G
It'll be the day I die


🎸 Verse 2:
D MajorD      C majorC         G+G
I don't understand the rеasons why
  D MajorD       C majorC       G+G
Was every "I love you" a lovеr's lie?
    D MajorD        C majorC       E minorEm
Please, tell me that you felt it at the time
             D MajorD
And that what we had was real

🎸 Chorus:
    G+G      C majorC
When my heart stops breakin'
    E minor 7Em7    Dsus4Dsus4 D MajorD
When my eyes won't cry
        E minor 7Em7        C majorC
When there's a day I can live without you, baby
    A minorAm  C majorC   G+G
It'll be the day I die


Lap Steel 🎸 Solo:
G+G C majorC A minorAm C majorC G+G


🎸 Bridge:
C majorC
I have nothin' if I don't have you
G+G                D/F#D/F#
This is all I'm lookin' forward to


🎸 Chorus:
        G+G      C majorC
'Cause when my heart stops breakin'
    E minor 7Em7    Dsus4Dsus4 D MajorD
When my eyes won't cry
        E minor 7Em7        C majorC
When there's a day I can live without you, baby
    A minorAm  C majorC   G+G
It'll be the day I die
      A minorAm  C majorC   G+G
Oh, it'll be the day I die


🎸 Outro:
C majorC G+G C majorC G+G
C majorC G+G C majorC

The Day I Die chords

“The Day I Die” is a song by Chris Stapleton from his album “Higher”, released on November 10, 2023. The lyrics convey a profound sense of longing, expressing the sentiment that the day the singer can live without his beloved will be the day he dies.